In this handout video grab released by the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), a view shows bricks with drugs which were found by Federal Security Service (FSB) officers in cooperation with the Russian Federal Customs Service in a container that arrived with a shipment of bananas on the Cool Emerald ship from the Republic of Ecuador to St. Petersburg, Russia. As a result of analyzing data received from foreign partners, on August 29, 2025, a total of 1,500 bricks with cocaine weighing 1,750 kg, with an estimated value exceeding 20 billion rubles (240 million U.S. dollars) were seized, the FSB said on September 19.
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- Package: Russia Cocaine Smuggling Prevention
- Categories: Crime, Law & Justice
- Location: St. Petersburg, Russia
- Event date: 19.09.2025
- Date published: 19.09.2025
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Russian Federal Security Service
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 1920x1080px, 864.1Kb
- Job-ID: ac3ace257f15bb5c