New York: US makes a historic drug bust with over 1 billion dollars in value

photo provided by U. S. Customs and Border Protection shows Customs agents unloading a truck containing cocaine where it was seized in New York

photo provided by U. S. Customs and Border Protection shows Customs agents unloading a truck containing cocaine where it was seized in New York Source: AP

The federal authorities seized around 16 tons of cocaine from 7 containers on a cargo ship that docked in Philadelphia in one of the city's biggest ever drug busts.


Listen to the full report in Arabic from our Correspondent in NYC Mohamed Elsetouhi 


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