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Federal agents have seized a massive amount of cocaine at the Port of Philadelphia.
Found inside a shipment from Costa Rica, the controlled substance was discovered with pumpkins and squash.
Authorities stated the 360 pounds of cocaine had a potential street value of $6 million.
They added the Sept. 17th seizure is the eighth-largest in the port’s history.
The cocaine was stored in thin packages lining the inside of boxes from the shipment.
It was destined for New York City.

The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday that federal authorities seized 16.5 tons of cocaine worth more than $1 billion from a ship in Philadelphia in one of the largest drug seizures in U.S. history. Reuters reports that Federal, state and local law enforcement agents on Monday boarded the MSC Gayane, a cargo ship docked in Philadelphia’s Packer Marine Terminal, and found cocaine in seven shipping containers, according to a criminal complaint filed in Philadelphia federal court. The ship was in Chile, Peru and Colombia and Panama over the last month.