JINAN, June 22 (Xinhua) — Qingdao Customs in east China’s Shandong Province has just lately seized greater than 215 kg of cocaine, the most important drug smuggling case busted by the nation’s customs this 12 months.
Authorities swung into motion after receiving a tip-off {that a} international ship with a big cache of medication was heading for Qingdao Port.
The customs officers totally examined the ship upon its arrival on the port and located 9 suspicious packages in seven cargo holds loaded with soybeans.
Laboratory identification confirmed that the 9 packages contained a complete of 215.37 kg of cocaine. The case is beneath additional investigation.
Since 2017, Qingdao Customs has seized practically 360 kg of smuggled cocaine on ships crusing internationally.