厄瓜多尔警方周三在靠近哥伦比亚边境的瓜瓜内格罗地区查获一批走私可卡因，共计369公斤、装在370个包裹中[1]。这批毒品包装上印有挪威足球明星埃林·哈兰德的贴纸[1]。警方逮捕了一名持哥伦比亚身份证件的女性驾驶员，仅确认其姓名为玛丽亚·R[1]。
根据估值，这批货物在厄瓜多尔国内市场价值约84.2万美元，在美国市场超过1,100万美元，在欧洲市场约1,960万美元（1,700万欧元）[1]。虽然警方未解释为何使用哈兰德的形象，但毒贩通常采用知名体育明星的标签来标记货物，以便识别走私网络和客户[1]。
厄瓜多尔面临严峻的毒品走私压力。2025年警方已缉获近215吨毒品，而2024年全年缉获约295吨[1]。该国缉获毒品的80%源自哥伦比亚，其余来自秘鲁[1]。
Ecuadorian authorities on Wednesday intercepted a major drug shipment near the Colombian border containing packages adorned with stickers of Norwegian soccer star Erling Haaland.[1] The seizure included 369 kilograms of cocaine across 370 packages in the Guaguanegro region, approximately 246 kilometers north of the capital Quito near the border city of Tulcan.[1] Police arrested a female driver carrying Colombian identification documents, identified only as Maria R.[1]
The street value of the confiscated narcotics varies significantly by market: approximately $842,000 in Ecuador's domestic market, over $11 million in the United States, and $19.6 million (€17 million) in Europe.[1] Law enforcement did not explain the specific reason for using Haaland's image on the packages, though traffickers commonly employ labels featuring prominent sports celebrities to mark shipments as a way to identify smuggling networks and customers.[1]
The bust reflects Ecuador's ongoing struggle with drug trafficking, with police seizing nearly 215 tons of narcotics in 2025 compared to approximately 295 tons in 2024 and 80 tons in the first half of that year.[1] Authorities attribute roughly 80 percent of the drugs flowing through Ecuador to Colombian sources, with the remainder originating from Peru.[1]