The General Directorate of Customs (DGA) reported this Saturday (02.09.2023) the seizure at the Ezeiza International Airport (Buenos Aires) of a total of two kilos of cocaine that They were heading to Liverpool, Australia.
An risk matrix prepared by the organization Based on the background information, a package with a chess board caught the attention of customs personnel. They suspected that it could contain drugs. In this context, they decided to carry out an exhaustive inspection of the product that was being sent in a package to the oceanic country.
Indeed, when reviewing the board they noticed the existence of a double bottom which contained a white powdery substance. After carrying out a drug test, the Customs agents confirmed that it was cocaine and seized it.
Drug trafficking specialists from Customs assure that this quantity of drugs It could have been sold for 600 thousand euros in Australia, more than 20 times the value it has in Argentina, where the price per kilogram of maximum purity is estimated to be around USD 15 thousand.
The General Directorate of Customs notified the courts and the National Court for Economic Criminal Matters No. 7, headed by Dr. Galvan Greenway, intervened. In the meantime, the persons registered in the postal shipment are under investigation.
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