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Cocaine¹ in supermarket bananas

Summary

4 July 2014

In Portugal, around 200 bags of cocaine have been found in boxes of bananas on sale in supermarkets around the country. Police say they're hoping that the discovery will help them find those involved in bringing drugs from Colombia to Europe. 

Reporter:

Alison Roberts

Report

A shopper browsing² in the fruit section of a Portuguese³ supermarket had a bit of a shock on discovering a packet of cocaine in among the bananas.

According to police, a total of 237 kg of cocaine - parcelled into 198 different bags - has so far been discovered in boxes of bananas in supermarkets in various parts of northern Portugal.

They all came from one pallet from a shipment of bananas from Colombia, from which the smugglers apparently⁴ forgot to remove the drugs when ridding themselves of the fruit.

Police in Portugal, Spain and South America are now working together to trace those involved in the suspected smuggling⁵ ring.

1 cocaine   

n.可卡因，古柯碱（用作局部麻醉剂）

参考例句：

• That young man is a cocaine addict.那个年轻人吸食可卡因成瘾。
• Don't have cocaine abusively.不可滥服古柯碱。

2 browsing   

v.吃草( browse的现在分词 )；随意翻阅；（在商店里）随便看看；（在计算机上）浏览信息

参考例句：

• He sits browsing over[through] a book. 他坐着翻阅书籍。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Cattle is browsing in the field. 牛正在田里吃草。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 Portuguese   

n.葡萄牙人；葡萄牙语

参考例句：

• They styled their house in the Portuguese manner.他们仿照葡萄牙的风格设计自己的房子。
• Her family is Portuguese in origin.她的家族是葡萄牙血统。

4 apparently   

adv.显然地；表面上，似乎

参考例句：

• An apparently blind alley leads suddenly into an open space.山穷水尽，豁然开朗。
• He was apparently much surprised at the news.他对那个消息显然感到十分惊异。

5 smuggling   

n.走私

参考例句：

• Some claimed that the docker's union fronted for the smuggling ring.某些人声称码头工人工会是走私集团的掩护所。
• The evidence pointed to the existence of an international smuggling network.证据表明很可能有一个国际走私网络存在。