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8,064 kilos of cocaine hidden in banana pallets found at the port of Rotterdam, 10 August 2023.
Crime
€600 million cocaine shipment found at Rotterdam port; largest drug bust ever in NL
10 August 2023 - 16:15
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300 kilos of cocaine found in a container of waste from Colombia at the port of Rotterdam, 22 July 2022
Crime
€35 million worth of cocaine intercepted at Rotterdam port
29 July 2022 - 19:00
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Over 4,000 kilograms of cocaine found at Rotterdam port in a fruit container from Ecuador, 18 March 2021
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€300 million in cocaine confiscated at Rotterdam port
18 March 2021 - 11:00
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Load of cocaine in vintage Volkswagen
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1069 kilos of cocaine intercepted between a load of beer and vintage cars
16 January 2021 - 11:30
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Bricks of cocaine found hidden in a shipment of VW Beetles.
CrimeWeird
Hundreds of kilos of cocaine found in Volkswagen Beetle shipment
12 May 2020 - 16:40
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865 kilos of cocaine found at the port of Rotterdam, hidden in a pineapples from Costa Rica, 30 March 2020
Crime
Over 2,000 kilos of cocaine found at Rotterdam Port since Friday
31 March 2020 - 13:20
Crime
Over 13,000 kilos of cocaine seized at Rotterdam Harbor
18 January 2017 - 16:15
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Bananas
Crime
€6M coke found in banana shipment
2 September 2014 - 08:13
Crime
Enormous cocaine bust in Rotterdam
21 April 2014 - 08:24
Crime
Banana shipment filled with cocaine; 5 arrested
16 February 2014 - 04:31
Crime
Rotterdam saw record coke busts in 2013
13 January 2014 - 12:45

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