National Security Service of Armenia seizes 1 ton of cocaine from Ecuador

The National Security Service of Armenia detained 1 ton of cocaine, which was brought to the republic by a company that imports fruit from Ecuador, Report informs via Armenian media.

The NSS noted that a huge batch of drugs entered the country in transit through Italy and Georgia.

Earlier the Italian media reported on the detention in one of the local ports of 2.7 tons of cocaine, hidden in a cargo of bananas of 78 tons, which, judging by the waybills, were sent from Ecuador to Armenia through the Georgian port of Batumi. The total cost of drugs was estimated at 800 million euros.

According to the National Security Service, the total value of the detained and seized consignment is about 250 million euros.