[(Title)] Authorities Find Nearly 150 Pounds of Cocaine Hidden Inside Hollow Pineapples.

Authorities in Spain discovered nearly 150 pounds of cocaine hidden inside carved out pineapples at MercaMadrid, Madrid's main wholesale fruit and vegetable market.

西班牙当局在马德里主要的水果和蔬菜批发市场发现了隐藏在菠萝里面的近150磅（将近70公斤）可卡因。

On Sunday, police arrested three people in Madrid and four people in Barcelona after the 67 kilograms (148 pounds) of cocaine were discovered.

周日，警方在马德里逮捕了3人，在巴塞罗那逮捕了4人，共发现67公斤可卡因。

Authorities said the illegal drugs were transported in hollowed-out pineapples that were then filled with cocaine compacted into cylinders.

当局称，可卡因被放在钢瓶内，然后被装进挖空的菠萝里运输。

Spain's National Police seized nearly 150 pounds of cocaine hidden inside hollowed-out pineapples at a market in Madrid. Authorities arrested seven people on suspicion of participating in the drug trade on August 26.   Policia National

The cocaine cylinders, which carried between 800 and 1,000 grams each, were then coated in a yellow waxy substance. The wax coating also helped conceal  "odors of the chemical products which the drug contains and avoid its detection,"  police said.

每个可卡因钢瓶可以装800到1000克毒品，外面被涂上黄色蜡状物质。警方称，蜡涂层有助于掩盖“药物所含化学产品的气味，避免被发现”。

Investigators discovered that the drug shipment came from Costa Rica and arrived at a port in Setubal, Portugal. Officers nabbed the illegal shipment as it was being unloaded at MercaMadrid.

调查人员发现，这批毒品运自哥斯达黎加，抵达葡萄牙塞图巴尔的一个港口。在马德里市场卸货时，官员们截获了这批非法货物。

Authorities said they needed to crack open each pineapple to locate the drugs. Footage released by the National Police shows an officer piercing the fruit and later smashing it against the ground to reach the cocaine.

当局表示，他们需要打开每个菠萝，才能找到这些毒品。警察发布的照片显示，一名警察捅穿了菠萝，后来又将它砸到地上，才找到了可卡因。

This is not the first time law enforcement in Spain have seized cocaine shipments found hidden inside fresh pineapples. In January, police in Portugal and Spain joined forces and discovered hundreds of kilograms of cocaine.

这并非西班牙执法部门第一次查获藏在新鲜菠萝内的可卡因。今年1月，葡萄牙和西班牙警方联手查获了数百公斤可卡因。

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Police found 747 kilograms (1,642 pounds) of cocaine in shipping containers after an investigation that began in April 2017.

在2017年4月展开的调查中，警方在集装箱中发现了747公斤可卡因（1642磅）。

The cocaine was coated in the same pineapple-yellow wax that the latest shipment was found with and was hidden inside hollowed-out pineapples.

当时可卡因也被藏在菠萝中，外面涂上菠萝黄颜色的蜡，和最近一批被发现的货物一样。

Nine gang members were charged in connection with transporting the illegal drug from South America. The gang had two labs in Pinto and Nuevo Baztan near Madrid, the New York Daily News reported.

据《纽约每日新闻》报道，9名犯罪团伙成员因从南美运输非法毒品而被起诉。该团伙在马德里附近的平托和新巴兹坦分别设有两个实验室。

The cocaine was held in Barcelona before being transported to Madrid every 15 to 20 days.

可卡因被放在巴塞罗那，然后每15至20天运输到马德里一次。

Spain is the main entry point for cocaine from South America to Europe, the New York Post noted.

《纽约邮报》指出，西班牙是可卡因从南美到欧洲的的主要入境点。

Authorities have discovered cocaine in a variety of vessels, including breast implants, a plaster cast surrounding a man's broken leg, a wheelchair cushion and a wig.

当局在各种各样的容器中发现了可卡因，包括隆胸、包裹一名男子断腿的石膏模型、轮椅坐垫和假发。

Spain's National Police discovered nearly 150 pounds of cocaine packed inside hollowed out pineapples in Madrid. The drug bust comes less than a year after police found more than 1,500 pounds of cocaine in a similar bust in January.   Policia National

本次缴获接近150磅毒品距离1月份在类似半身塑像中缴获1500磅毒品还不到一年。