空心菠萝藏毒67千克 西班牙警方一举查获

AUTHORITIES FIND NEARLY 150 POUNDS OF COCAINE HIDDEN INSIDE HOLLOW PINEAPPLES
空心菠萝藏毒67千克 西班牙警方一举查获 

Authorities in Spain discovered nearly 150 pounds of cocaine hidden inside carved out pineapples at MercaMadrid, Madrid’s main wholesale fruit and vegetable market.
据美国《新闻周刊》网站8月27日的消息：西班牙当局在Mercamadrid批发市场查获近150磅藏在菠萝里的可卡因。Mercamadrid是马德里最大的果蔬批发市场。

On Sunday, police arrested three people in Madrid and four people in Barcelona after the 67 kilograms (148 pounds) of cocaine were discovered. Authorities said the illegal drugs were transported in hollowed-out pineapples that were then filled with cocaine compacted into cylinders.
周日，继这67千克（148磅）可卡因被发现以后，警方在马德里抓获涉事人员3人，在巴塞罗那抓获4人。当局表示，这些毒品被压缩成一个个圆筒，藏在菠萝中，而后被运输出去。

The cocaine cylinders, which carried between 800 and 1,000 grams each, were then coated in a yellow waxy substance. The wax coating also helped conceal “odors of the chemical products which the drug contains and avoid its detection,” police said.
每个圆筒外都裹上了一层黄蜡，存放800到1000克不等的可卡因。警方表示，这层黄蜡也有助于掩盖“毒品中化学物质的气味，躲过了检测。”

Investigators discovered that the drug shipment came from Costa Rica and arrived at a port in Setubal, Portugal. Officers nabbed the illegal shipment as it was being unloaded at MercaMadrid.
调查人员发现，这批毒品是从哥斯达黎加出发，运到了葡萄牙塞图巴尔的一个港口，在马德里Mercamadrid批发市场卸货时被警方查获。

Authorities said they needed to crack open each pineapple to locate the drugs. Footage released by the National Police shows an officer piercing the fruit and later smashing it against the ground to reach the cocaine.
当局表示，必须敲开每个菠萝才能找到毒品。西班牙国家警察（National Police）发布的视频显示，有名警察戳破了菠萝，在地上砸碎了才取出里面的毒品。

This is not the first time law enforcement in Spain have seized cocaine shipments found hidden inside fresh pineapples. In January, police in Portugal and Spain joined forces and discovered hundreds of kilograms of cocaine.
西班牙执法部门查获用新鲜菠萝藏毒走私毒品的案例，这并非首次。今年1月，葡萄牙和西班牙警方通力合作，查获数百千克可卡因。

Police found 747 kilograms (1,642 pounds) of cocaine in shipping containers after an investigation that began in April 2017. The cocaine was coated in the same pineapple-yellow wax that the latest shipment was found with and was hidden inside hollowed-out pineapples.
自2017年4月调查启动以来，警方抓从数个集装箱中查获747千克（1642磅）可卡因。跟最近在空心菠萝里发现的走私毒品伎俩一样，这些可卡因都裹上了一层颜色同菠萝相近的黄蜡。

Nine gang members were charged in connection with transporting the illegal drug from South America. The gang had two labs in Pinto and Nuevo Baztan near Madrid, the New York Daily News reported. The cocaine was held in Barcelona before being transported to Madrid every 15 to 20 days.
九名帮派成员因涉嫌运输南美国家的毒品而受到控诉。据《纽约每日新闻》的报道，这个黑帮团伙在平托和马德里附近的新巴斯坦（Nuevo Baztan）有两个制毒实验室。毒品会被放在巴塞罗那，每隔15到20天运往马德里。

Spain is the main entry point for cocaine from South America to Europe, the New York Post noted. Authorities have discovered cocaine in a variety of vessels, including breast implants, a plaster cast surrounding a man’s broken leg, a wheelchair cushion and a wig.
《纽约邮报》指出，西班牙是南美毒品进入欧洲的主要通道。当局曾发现各种各样的藏毒方式，有将毒品隆进胸部的，有将毒品放置在断腿部位的石膏中的，还有将毒品藏在轮椅坐垫和假发中的。(译：王珮)

https://www.newsweek.com/cocaine-pineapples-drug-trafficking-spain-policia-national-portugal-1091769

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