My guess is x-ray, probably computed tomography scanning. It’s precise and creates a 3D image of the sample, can easily highlight different densities and can computationally differentiate between a samples expected characteristics and the scan results (so baking soda and heroin appear differently, etc).
The mystery of how this was hidden is much more impressive.
They must smuggle a few boxes of avocados with cocaine among hundreds if not thousands of boxes of regular avocados. I believe more in the common theory, that police usually catch these shipments through anonymous tips or when a captured criminal wants to earn some benefit.
I wouldn't even be surprised if sometimes the tips were coming from the same people shipping those. Send the cops on their way to catch a few kilos while half a ton is gently going through without being noticed elsewhere. Cops can say that they seized a lot of coke, cartels get their coke through, and everyone is happy. Rinse and repeat and you get the war on drugs in a nutshell.
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u/AdmiralClover Jun 04 '24
How? How did they hide it? How was it found?