Spanish authorities seized 67 kilograms of cocaine that were hidden in a pineapple cargo that originated from Costa Rica.

It was this past Sunday that Spain’s National Police informed of the discovery which was made in a market in the city of Madrid, as part of the operation the police arrested suspects in Madrid and Barcelona.

Apparently, the pineapples were hollow and stuffed with cylinders of cocaine, each holding between 800 grams to 1 kilogram and covered with “yellowish wax” to disguise the smell of the drugs.

The load originated from Costa Rica and arrived at the port of Setubal, Portugal, it was then transported by land to MercaMadrid.

Just this past August 14, the Costa Rican police seized a total of 133 kilograms of cocaine hidden between pineapple boxes which had Ireland as its last destination.