Cocaine found at UN centre

A shipment containing 16kg of cocaine was seized yesterday at the UN’s mail intake centre, a New York Police Department spokesman said.

Paul Browne, NYPD’s chief spokesman, said the drug was in a white bag evidently masquerading as a diplomatic pouch that raised suspicions when it was being scanned because it was stamped with what looked like a poorly concocted version of the UN logo.

Browne said there was no name or address on the shipment sent from Mexico City through Cincinnati.