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| US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) area port director Mark Laria stands next to the haul of cocaine which his colleagues seized at a port in Norfolk, Virginia, during a press conference on Thursday. The drugs were seized on December 20 in a shipment of Trinidad Juices (inset) from T&T bound for New York. Laria said it was worth US$100 million on the street. Photos courtesy The Virginian Pilot (Guardian photo and caption) |
United States authorities have seized an estimated US$100 million (approx TT$644 million) worth of cocaine concealed in cans of juice shipped from Trinidad to Norfolk, Virginia. Although the shipment was seized on December 20, the haul was only reported in US media on Thursday after officials held a media briefing and issued a press release. The find was described as the largest seizure in the port of Norfolk’s history.
The drugs were concealed in 700 cans that appear to be manufactured by the Citrus Growers Association, a subsidiary of SM Jaleel, and were being shipped in a container destined for New York. The cans contained a total of 732 pounds of cocaine.
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SM JALEEL SAYS:
"All export containers shipped in 2013 were received by the authorised food and beverage company, the last shipment being received in November. This December shipment was not made by SM Jaleel."
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