The Portuguese police said in a communiqué released that the drugs were shipped from Latin America in a container of bananas that arrived at the Portuguese port of Setúbal.

The Portuguese and Spanish police had already identified the container, which was on its way to a Spanish-based company.

The ‘Star Bananero’ operation was a joint operation between the Spanish Guarda Civil and Cuerpo Nacional de Polícia, with support from the Portuguese Unidade Nacional de Combate ao Tráfico de Estupefacientes.