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Cocaine record catch in Uruguay
The Uruguayan police and navy have intercepted 4,418 kilos of cocaine , including in the port of the capital Montevideo.

The coke was hidden in four containers of soybean meal destined for Lomé in Togo, a country in West Africa. The authorities speak of the largest amount ever seized in the South American country. According to local media, four suspects have been arrested.

The soybean meal and a quantity of drugs were loaded on a farm in southwestern Uruguay. After a raid, the police also found cocaine on the farm.

Transit point
Countries in West Africa have been a widely used cocaine transit point for years that comes to Europe from South America. A part of the drugs goes on by ship, another part goes via routes in the Sahara to North African countries such as Morocco.

In recent years, the number of seizures of (mainly) Peruvian and Bolivian cocaine in southern South American countries has increased, in particular in Brazil and on ships originating from Brazil. In August 4.5 tonnes were packed in Hamburg from Uruguay. This fall, 3,000 kilos were intercepted in Paraguay.