Dock worker jailed over attempt to smuggle Colombian cocaine into the UK in banana crates
A dock worker from Portsmouth, who was involved in a plot to smuggle millions of pounds worth of cocaine into the UK in pallets of bananas was caught after police switched out the drugs for dummy

Cocaine, 6 tonnes hidden in bananas
The banana packages were a perfect hiding place for cocaine, so much so that they had come to contain more than 6 tonnes of it. The discovery - as reported by euronews.com - came with 'the seizure

Cocaine worth 175 million found in shipment of bananas
Spanish police officials have busted an Albanian criminal organisation that tried to smuggle €175-million worth of cocaine into Europe, hidden in a shipment of bananas. The cargo arrived into

DFHV: Drug smuggling in the international trade business
Fruit trading companies in Germany are also abused as "unwanted servants" in drug smuggling from South America to Europe. This was the conclusion drawn by investigators from the Federal Criminal

Senegalese mango exports have resumed
Senegal has been shaken in recent days by clashes between opposition demonstrators and the police. The security situation has cast a shadow over the country's economic activity, particularly the

"Senegalese mango exports will restart very soon"
"Senegal's mango campaign is due to resume in the next few days, after a halt forced by the country's security situation and clashes between opposition demonstrators and police," reassures Mohamed

Greece: Police officials find €3.2 million worth of cocaine in banana containers
In northern Greece, police officers have seized dozens of packages of cocaine stashed in containers laden with bananas that had been shipped from Latin America. Police seized two suspect

Denmark: Trucker detained after huge potato spill delays traffic on Storebaelt bridge
A truck driver was detained yesterday after a load of potatoes was found spilled on a key bridge linking the Danish islands of Zealand and Funen. The driver was held on suspicion of causing

Growing beans or melons in China? Then, beware of the agriculture police
Chinese President Xi Jinping's so-called agricultural police numbers 87,000 officers. They check that growers in China cultivate only government-approved crops. These often unprofitable crops like

DFHV Annual Conference: Investigators from the BKA and LKA Bavaria shed light on drug smuggling in the international trade business
Media repeatedly report the discovery of cocaine in deliveries from South America, preferably in banana crates. "In many cases, companies are unsure how to act properly when such a find is made,"

Greek police seize 105 kilograms of cocaine hidden in banana shipment
On Tuesday, Greek authorities have arrested 10 people that were suspected of smuggling drugs from South America to Europe. Some 105 kilograms of cocaine were seized. The arrests made in

Spanish police arrest 26 farmers for illegal water use
Spanish police have stated they have arrested 26 farmers for illegal water use in Malaga. Police officials inspected more than 3 million m2 of land being used to grow subtropical crops in

Portugal: Police find 4.2 tons of cocaine in banana shipment
Yesterday, Portuguese authorities announced they had seized 4.2 tons of cocaine hidden in pallets of bananas from Colombia. According to Vitor Ananias, criminal investigation coordinator at the

Oslo: Again cocaine found in banana shipment
For the second time in less than three weeks, Oslo police have seized as much as 900 kilos of cocaine found in boxes of bananas believed to have originated from Ecuador. The police think it was

Norway: Largest-ever cocaine seizure made in Oslo
Norwegian police officials have made the largest-ever cocaine seizure in the nation when they discovered 800 kilograms of the drug in boxes of fruit in Oslo. According to Norwegian news agency