Intercepted coke weighs 430 kilograms

Police Commissioner Humphrey Tjin Liep Shie on Tuesday told reporters that the 373 cocaine parcels that were intercepted last week have a gross weight of 430 kilos and have a street value of more than 20 million Euros. A Surinamese citizen, a Dutchman and a German are currently in custody. Police officials indicate that this is the biggest drug bust in the past ten years. Initial reports indicate that cocaine paste had been seized but police officials indicated that the parcels contain pure cocaine. The drug parcels were discovered in the back of an excavator…[+]