A shipment of cocaine worth 500 million rubles has been discovered at the port of St. Petersburg, APA reports citing the press service of the Russian Federal Customs Service.
The cargo ship, which contained 50 kg of cocaine, had arrived from Latin America. As in previous cases, the drugs were hidden inside banana boxes.
Authorities emphasized that the black-market value of the seized drugs exceeds 500 million rubles.
A criminal case has been launched under charges of drug trafficking.