Uruguay Customs coordinated with the navy to capture at least 4.4 tons of cocaine at the Port of Montevideo, in an unprecedented seizure of drugs.

This huge amount of drugs is disguised as soy flour hidden in 4 shipping containers. The Uruguayan navy and customs decided to inspect it after it detected unusual signs of the container numbers via a scanner at the Port of Montevideo on December 26.

"There is one more container that has not been inspected," announced Uruguay Customs Director Jorge Borgiani. However, the authorities collected 4,003 cocaine cakes weighing more than 4.4 tons in the first two containers. This drug is believed to be worth about one billion dollars. The Uruguayan government said it was "the largest drug arrest in its history".

The source of the drug has not been determined, but Borgiani said the cocaine cakes were put on container trucks from 24/12 at a farm in the Soriano region, 290 km from Montevideo.

Local media said the containers were preparing to be loaded onto an Italian vessel, due to arrive in Togo, the capital city of Togo. The investigating agency in Uruguay is questioning people involved in the cocaine transport line.

The Uruguayan navy said the campaign was "the most powerful reception in the history of Uruguay to target drug trafficking."

In August, German authorities seized about 4.5 tons of cocaine on a cargo ship from Uruguay to Hamburg port. By November, the Uruguayan government discovered more than 3 tons of drugs being prepared to be transferred from the capital Montevideo to Africa.