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A historic drug seizure at Rotterdam sees eight tons of cocaine, worth $653m, concealed in a Maersk ship's shipment of bananas.
The Port of Rotterdam was the scene of a record drug bust as Dutch customs seized eight tons of cocaine from a Maersk containership.
To put it into perspective, this bust is nearly twice the size of the 4.6 tons found in 2005. Still, globally, it trails behind a 20-tonne cocaine seizure at Philadelphia's port in 2019.
Source: Splash
The port of Rotterdam is one of the largest drug hubs in the world, consumes huge amounts of fossil energy and is therefore not a good example of green energy.
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