Spanish police find an unusual cocktail - pineapple and cocaine

The cocaine was in hollowed-out pineapples.

Hundreds of kilograms of cocaine has been found concealed within pineapple shipped from South America.

A joint operation between Spanish and Portuguese police resulted in the seizure of 745kg of the drug.

The 10-month investigation led to nine arrests and broke up an international smuggling ring led by Colombians.

Sky News reports that cylinders of the drug were placed inside the hollowed-out fruit skin. They were covered in yellow wax to look like pineapple fruit.

Each fruit contained 800-1000g of cocaine, Sky News said.

The shipment arrived at Setubal, Portugal, from Costa Rica before being transported to Spain.