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60 kg of cocaine were discovered inside a passenger's baggage at Hong Kong International Airport (itinerary: Brazil -China -<br />
Hong Kong, China)<br />
Photos courtesy of Hong Kong Customs<br />
intercepted. However, Mexico continued to be the<br />
main country of consignment for cocaine intercepted<br />
in the United States.<br />
Spain and the Netherlands excelled in <strong>2013</strong> by<br />
reporting quantitative results up by over 200 per cent<br />
and 300 per cent respectively. These extremely<br />
positive results were influenced by a number of<br />
exceptional seizures made in these two countries<br />
during <strong>2013</strong>. On 17 July <strong>2013</strong>, Spanish Customs<br />
seized 3.3 tonnes of cocaine from a vessel on the high<br />
seas, while on 14 October <strong>2013</strong>, Netherlands<br />
Customs officers seized 1,031 kg of cocaine in sea<br />
freight at the Port of Amsterdam. The shipment arrived<br />
from Colombia.<br />
Despite the substantial fall in the quantities of cocaine<br />
intercepted in <strong>2013</strong>, the number of exceptional<br />
seizures remained relatively high. As it happens, 24<br />
cocaine seizures were in excess of 500 kg and 12 in<br />
excess of one tonne.<br />
US and Colombian authorities seized 1.7 tonnes of cocaine<br />
on a "Go-fast" boat<br />
Photo courtesy of the US CBP<br />
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