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Ecuador seizes half-ton of cocaine marked with Haaland, Messi names

Headline from UPI

Ecuadorian authorities seized a half-ton of cocaine hidden in a truck near Colombia whose packages were marked with the names of soccer stars.

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Reports & sources

9 articles, oldest first.

  1. Al Jazeera

    Half a tonne of Erling Haaland branded cocaine seized in Ecuador (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Erling Haaland’s name and image turned up on hundreds of cocaine bricks seized by Ecuadorian police.

  2. Winchester Star

    Ecuador's police seize a cocaine shipment with stickers of Norway's soccer star Erling Haaland (opens Winchester Star)

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    Winchester Star's feed description

    Police in Ecuador have seized a cocaine shipment featuring soccer star Erling Haaland's face on the packaging. The bust occurred near the Colombian border, with 469 kilograms of cocaine found in a truck. The driver was arrested, but police didn't…

  3. CBS News

    Police seize 1,000 pounds of cocaine with stickers of soccer star (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Police released a video showing the packages spilling out from the truck's false bottom, with the stickers of Norway's soccer star Erling Haaland.

  4. Latin Times

    Netherland's Soccer Star Erling Haaland's Face Appears on Nearly Half-Ton Cocaine Shipment Seized in Ecuador (opens Latin Times)

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    Latin Times's feed description

    The face of Norwegian soccer star Erling Haaland appeared on hundreds of cocaine packages seized from a truck near Ecuador's border with Colombia, adding an unusual detail to the discovery of nearly half a metric ton of drugs.

  5. Fox News

    Police seize cocaine bricks with stickers of Norwegian soccer star Erling Haaland all over them (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Erling Haaland's face was plastered on over a thousand pounds of cocaine seized from a truck's false bottom on Ecuador's Pan-American Highway.

  6. UPI

    Ecuador seizes half-ton of cocaine marked with Haaland, Messi names (opens UPI)

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    UPI's feed description

    Ecuadorian authorities seized a half-ton of cocaine hidden in a truck near Colombia whose packages were marked with the names of soccer stars.

  7. Breitbart News

    Report: Ecuador Seizes 1,034 Pounds of Cocaine Stamped with Erling Haaland's Face (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    Ecuadorian police seized 469 kilograms of cocaine stamped with the face of Norway soccer star Erling Haaland from a truck near the Colombian border on Wednesday, according to reports. The stash weighed roughly 1,034 pounds and was packed into green

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