Going on intel from Interpol, under "Operation Garuda", the CBI took the help of Customs in the exercise and seized the suspected contraband.
The container came from Brazil to a Vizag-based private firm. (Supplied)
Based on an Interpol alert, the CBI detained a shipping container, reportedly with a huge consignment of yeast mixed with narcotic substances, suspected to be cocaine, at the Visakhapatnam port, officials said. The container was booked from Santos Port, Brazil, to be delivered to a Visakhapatnam-based private company. The booking declaration said the container carried 1,000 bags of inactive dried yeast.