browser Costa Rica seizes record five tonnes of cocaine San Jose: Costa Rican police on Saturday made the largest drug seizure in the countryu2019s history after discovering more than five tonnes of cocaine hidden in a container due to be shipped to the Netherlands.
The drugs were concealed in a consignment of ornamental flowers at the port of Limon which was destined for Rotterdam.
The suspicious container was spotted on Friday and a search the following day uncovered 202 suitcases containing a total of 5,048 packages of cocaine weighing around one kilo ( 2.2 pounds) each.
Airstrikes kill over 30 civilians in Yemen Sanaa: Airstrikes by a Saudi- led coalition fighting in Yemen killed more than 30 civilians in a mountainous northern province, the rebels said, and the UN humanitarian chief called the attack u2018 shocking.u2019 The attack came hours after Yemeni rebels, known as Houthis, on Saturday said they shot down a warplane of the Saudi- led coalition over the province of Jawf.
