Bulgaria busts cocaine trafficking

BULGARIAN officials said Sunday they had busted a cocaine trafficking route from Colombia after finding an estimated 500 kilogrammes (1,102 pounds) of the drug in two trucks loaded with citrus fruit.

The cocaine, which was found on Friday, was concealed in the cardboard of some 6,700 boxes.

Interior ministry chief of staff Ivaylo Ivanov said police estimates showed that each box contained between 80 and 100 grammes of the drug, putting the total amount at “about 500 kilogrammes”.

“The evidence collected even at this very early stage of the investigation signals about the existence of an international drug trafficking route,” a court statement said.