Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, with a population of 17.4 million residents as of 2023. It is bordered by Colombia, Peru, and the Pacific Ocean.
According to reports, about 6.23 tons of cocaine valued at $224 million USD were seized by the police at the Posorja deepwater port southwest of Ecuador’s largest city, Guayaquil.
The drugs were hidden in a banana shipment headed for Germany. Five people have been arrested following the discovery of 5,630 parcels hidden under crates of bananas filled with a white substance that tested positive for cocaine.
