Communications chief Carlos Danvers said: “Many unknown persons were trying to transfer the drugs to another container to be sent on a ship to Belgium.”
The volume of the catch is significantly higher than the 2,580 kg seized by Dominican authorities in the same port in 2006.
Monitoring agencies report that the Caribbean is once again the main route for drug trafficking from Colombia to Europe.
A last year’s report found that cocaine use is increasing in several Western European countries, including the UK, Belgium, France and Spain.
According to A UN report, external.
Evidence suggests that the use of the drug is beneficial severe health consequenceswith recent figures showing that drug poisoning deaths in England and Wales have reached their highest level in 30 years, contributing to a 30% rise in cocaine-related deaths.
