Bulgarian authorities seize 170 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a banana shipment from Ecuador

SOFIA, Bulgaria — Bulgarian customs officials confiscated about 170 kilograms (370 pounds) of cocaine from a ship transporting bananas from Ecuador, prosecutors said Tuesday. District prosecutor Georgi Chinev said the drugs were hidden in a fruit container on the cargo ship Madison 2, which also made a stopover in Malta. He valued the cocaine at … Read more