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Ship seized with two tons of cocaine

The 'Mersin Express', which had been seized in Livorno with 2,000 kilos of cocaine, unloaded 1,400 tons of bananas and pineapple in Vigo. The ship which transported the cargo from Ecuador, made its usual stop in the port to unload refrigerated containers. Most of the product arriving in Galicia was banana, the most commonly used by drug trafficking groups to conceal drugs. The ship that operates the regular route between South America and Europe through the Port of Vigo, unloaded approximately 1,400 tons of fruit on its last visit to the Guixar dock on March 12, mostly bananas but also pineapple. The ship was carrying at least 2,000 kilos of cocaine, which were seized on March 22, 2025, when the vessel made a stopover in the port of Livorno by officials from the local customs anti-fraud unit and financiers of the Livorno group. The huge amount of drugs, divided into 1,800 loaves of bread, was hidden in a container of cocoa powder and loaded onto the ship at the port of Guayaquil. The ship was released again on March 24 en route to Barcelona.