Coverage dated July 15, 2024 to July 16, 2024

Paraguay carries out largest cocaine bust in its history as 4 tons are found in sugar shipment headed to Europe

Headline from KTVZ Bend

By Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Paraguay seized over 4 tons of cocaine with a market value of around $240 million inside a shipment of sugar that was destined for Belgium, the country’s anti-drug agency Senad said Tuesday.

KTVZ Bend's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.

Reports & sources

11 articles, oldest first.

  1. Newsweek

    Paraguay seizes 4 tons of cocaine in country's largest ever drug bust (opens Newsweek)

    Published

    Newsweek's feed description

    Paraguay's anti-drug agency found the cocaine concealed in a sugar shipment.

  2. KEYT Santa Barbara

    Operation Sweetness: Paraguay finds 4 tons of cocaine stashed in sugar in its biggest drug bust yet (opens KEYT Santa Barbara)

    Published

    KEYT Santa Barbara's feed description

    Associated Press ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Authorities in Paraguay have announced the largest cocaine seizure in the country’s history as officials were

  3. KTVZ Bend

    Paraguay carries out largest cocaine bust in its history as 4 tons are found in sugar shipment headed to Europe (opens KTVZ Bend)

    Published

    KTVZ Bend's feed description

    By Abel Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Paraguay seized over 4 tons of cocaine with a market value of around $240 million inside a shipment of sugar that was destined for Belgium, the country’s anti-drug agency Senad said Tuesday.

  4. Deutsche Welle

    Paraguay finds 4 tons of cocaine in Belgium sugar shipment – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

    Published

    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    Authorities in Paraguay have announced the largest cocaine seizure in the country's history. Authorities found just over 4 metric tons of cocaine hidden amongst a sugar shipment that was set to sail for Belgium.

  5. CBS News

    4 tons of cocaine found hidden in sugar in biggest bust in Paraguay (opens CBS News)

    Published

    CBS News's feed description

    President Santiago Peña said the record discovery, code-named "Operation Sweetness," added to a string of "very sad episodes" in Paraguay.

  6. Fox News

    Paraguay finds 4 tons of cocaine hidden in sugar in 'Operation Sweetness' (opens Fox News)

    Published

    Fox News's feed description

    “Operation Sweetness," Paraguay's largest cocaine seizure, turned up more than 4 tons of cocaine hidden inside a shipment of sugar bound for Belgium.

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

Paraguay carries out largest cocaine bust in its history as 4 tons are found in sugar shipment headed to Europe | Since Then