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<h6 class="headline___CuovH f8 f9-m fw3 mb3 mt0 founders-cond lh-none f10-xl"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Authorities </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Feb 28 </strong></span><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>made massive cocaine seizure at<span class="mr3"> the Port of New York/Newark days ago</span></strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="headline___CuovH f8 f9-m fw3 mb3 mt0 founders-cond lh-none f10-xl"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Customs official seized 3,200 pounds of illegal drugs with an estimated street value of $77 million, the largest drug bust in 25 years</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="headline___CuovH f8 f9-m fw3 mb3 mt0 founders-cond lh-none f10-xl"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>The drugs cache was found in a shipping container that was recovered from a ship that originated in South America</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="headline___CuovH f8 f9-m fw3 mb3 mt0 founders-cond lh-none f10-xl"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>The drugs were turned over to Homeland Security for further investigation</strong></span></h6>
<h6 class="headline___CuovH f8 f9-m fw3 mb3 mt0 founders-cond lh-none f10-xl"><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>No arrests have been made</strong></span></h6>
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<h6 class="heroMediaHolder___1X_U1 mb8"><strong><span class="mr3"><img class="alignnone wp-image-310176" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/NY-mega-cocaine-bust-1-300x201.png" alt="" width="1120" height="748" /> 3,200 pounds of cocaine [photo] was seized at the Port of New York/Newark</span></strong></h6>
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<p class="">US customs officials have seized the biggest shipment of cocaine recovered at the ports of New York and New Jersey in almost 25 years.<br />
The massive bust Feb. 28 at the Port of New York/Newark in Elizabeth came after authorities checked a shipping container entering the country. They found 60 packages containing 3,200 pounds of a white powdery substance that proved to be cocaine, U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a statement Monday.</p>
<figure class="portrait___DEdHw medium___16lj6"><picture class="theimg___1sY8s" data-lazyloaded="true"><source srcset="https://media2.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2019_11/2781581/190312-newark-cocaine-seizure-mn-1105_1fa029499231e454591d7f16c4ba6665.fit-560w.jpg" media="(min-width: 1000px)" /></picture><figcaption class="caption___fMPAB f3 lh-copy grey-100 publico-txt caption___1mNth mt4"></figcaption></figure>
<h6><span class="mr3"><strong><img class="alignnone wp-image-310178" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/NY-mega-cocaine-bust-12-212x300.png" alt="" width="761" height="1077" />An examination of a shipping container entering the country revealed sixty packages containing a white powdery substance that field-tested positive for cocaine</strong></span></h6>
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</span>The bust was made Feb. 28 at the Port of New York/Newark in Elizabeth came after authorities checked a shipping container entering the country</strong></h6>
<p class="">The seizure, which has an estimated street value of $77 million, is the biggest cocaine bust at the ports since 1994 when about 6,600 pounds were seized, according to a CBP spokesman.<br />
The container was recovered from a ship that originated in South America, the spokesman said.<br />
US Customs turned the drugs over to federal Homeland Security officials for investigation.</p>
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US Customs seize 3,200 pounds of cocaine at NY area port – Largest seizure in 25 years worth an estimated $77 million, street value
