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Drug bust at Newark port seizes ton and a half of cocaine worth estimated $77 million

     New York — Authorities at the Port of New York and New Jersey have seized about 3,200 pounds of cocaine in what authorities are calling the largest cocaine seizure at the port in nearly 25 years, and the second largest of all time.
The drugs were found aboard a shipping container that entered the US from Buenaventura, Colombia, last month and has an estimated street value of $77 million.

The drugs were discovered at the port of Newark after authorities detected an irregularity in the pin used to close the shipping container doors, according to Special Agent Erin Mulvey with the New York division of the US Drug Enforcement Administration. “It was the pin that indicated something was off,” Mulvey told CNN.
Authorities opened the shipping container to discover 60 packages containing a white powdery substance that later field-tested positive for cocaine.

Mulvey said a legitimate shipment of dried fruit was behind the packages and that the drugs were likely loaded near a set of doors so as to be easily accessible to smugglers. The ship was headed next to the Belgian city of Antwerp.

Mulvey said it was not yet clear whether the drugs were intended to remain in the US or to continue on to Europe.

FITCHBURG Ma. — A city man was arraigned Monday on cocaine-trafficking charges after officers, while executing a search warrant, discovered more than 60 grams of a Class B controlled substance.

Confessor Troche III, 41, of 450 Rollstone St., Apt. 2, was arraigned on a single count of trafficking more than 36 and less than 100 grams of crack cocaine, according to court documents.

The search warrant that led to the charges was executed on Jan. 17 where officers discovered and seized 62 grams of crack.

Troche was released Monday on a written promise to appear.

His next court date is May 7.

If convicted, Troche could face between five and 20 years in prison and be fined between $5,000 and $50,000.