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TEGUCIGALPA, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Honduran police discovered nearly half a metric ton of the synthetic drug fentanyl hidden in a shipping container, officials said on Wednesday, in the first such seizure of the opioid in the Central American country.

Security Minister Gustavo Sanchez said in a social media post that the record haul of 493 kilograms (1,087 pounds) of fentanyl came on a ship that originated in Britain and arrived at the Cortes port, due north of the industrial city of San Pedro Sula, on Honduras’ Atlantic Coast.

Police are investigating whether Honduras was the ship’s final destination, or if it was only meant to be a stop on its way elsewhere, according to officials.

Honduras has for years been a transit point for cocaine trafficked from South American nations including Colombia and Bolivia en route to the United States, but its role in the fentanyl trade is poorly understood.

Former President Juan Orlando Hernandez is awaiting trial in the United States on cocaine trafficking charges following his extradition last year, in a case that prosecutors said shows how the Honduran government had been closely involved in the drug trade.

The seized fentanyl was packed into dozens of sealed brown cardboard boxes, according to police photos that also showed anti-narcotic officers wearing hazardous material suits and gas masks.

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