Half a kilo of cocaine posted to Alcoy

Half a kilo of cocaine posted to Alcoy
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By h.b. - Jul 9, 2009 - 7:57 AM
A 63 year old Argentinean was arrested when he collected the package

The contents of the package in Alcoy - Photo Ministry for the Interior

A man has been arrested after picking up a toy posted to the Correos post office in Alcoy.

Civil Guard sources said they were waiting for the man after they discovered that half a kilo of cocaine was hidden in the package. They think that the drug has been sent in a similar way to several different post offices and now they are trying to track down who organised the parcels.

It’s thought to be part of a large organisation which uses Latin American people to pick up the packages, and indeed the case in Alcoy has resulted in the arrest of a 63 year old Argentinean.

It’s understood that the gang has as many as 15 apartados or postal boxes in offices across Alicante province.

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