Ecuador’s police have seized a stunning cocaine shipment with stickers of Norway’s soccer star Erling Haaland. The shipment, weighing 469 kilograms, was found in a truck near the Colombian border.
Cocaine Shipment Seized
The driver of the vehicle was arrested following the seizure. Police said the shipment is valued at nearly $842,000 on the domestic market and more than $11 million in the U.S.
The use of stickers with the image of well-known sports figures like Haaland is a common practice among drug traffickers to signal which criminal network produced the merchandise and which client it belongs to.
Ecuador is considered a logistical hub for drug trafficking, with drugs stockpiled, stored, and distributed via Central American routes mainly to the United States and Europe.
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