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A small plastic bag containing cocaine has been discovered at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, inside a restricted work area where the shuttle Discovery is being prepared for launch in March, the space agency reported Thursday.

Spanish police have seized a ship carrying nearly $600 million worth of cocaine, in a joint operation with London's Metropolitan Police, Britain's Serious Organised Crime Agency, and maritime authorities, Scotland Yard announced.

Mexico's navy has seized more than a ton of cocaine stuffed inside frozen sharks, as drug gangs under military pressure go to greater lengths to conceal narcotics bound for the United States.