巴拉圭检获269公斤可卡因

 　　MONTEVIDEO, July 19 (Xinhua) -- Paraguay has seized 269 kilograms of cocaine¹ ready for shipment to Switzerland, authorities said Friday.

　　The contraband² was discovered Thursday inside a wooden container at Puerto Fenix, an air terminal and shipping³ port on the Paraguay River, on the outskirts⁴ of the capital Asuncion, National Anti-Narcotics Secretariat Director Francisco de Vargas said.

　　The cocaine may have been flown in from Bolivia or Colombia, Vargas told a local radio station, admitting that Paraguay has " serious failures" in monitoring air traffic due to faulty radar⁵ equipment.

　　The authorities, however, have seized two sizable shipments of cocaine at Puerto Fenix before, including a 300-kg cache in February and an 875-kg cargo⁶ in May 2011, he said.

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 contraband   

n.违禁品，走私品

参考例句：

• Most of the city markets were flooded with contraband goods.大多数的城市市场上都充斥着走私货。
• The customs officers rummaged the ship suspected to have contraband goods.海关人员仔细搜查了一艘有走私嫌疑的海轮。

3 shipping   

n.船运（发货，运输，乘船）

参考例句：

• We struck a bargain with an American shipping firm.我们和一家美国船运公司谈成了一笔生意。
• There's a shipping charge of ￡5 added to the price.价格之外另加五英镑运输费。

4 outskirts   

n.郊外，郊区

参考例句：

• Our car broke down on the outskirts of the city.我们的汽车在市郊出了故障。
• They mostly live on the outskirts of a town.他们大多住在近郊。

5 radar   

n.雷达，无线电探测器

参考例句：

• They are following the flight of an aircraft by radar.他们正在用雷达追踪一架飞机的飞行。
• Enemy ships were detected on the radar.敌舰的影像已显现在雷达上。

6 cargo   

n.(一只船或一架飞机运载的)货物

参考例句：

• The ship has a cargo of about 200 ton.这条船大约有200吨的货物。
• A lot of people discharged the cargo from a ship.许多人从船上卸下货物。