Spanish police seized a record 13 tonnes of cocaine in the southern Spanish port of Algeciras in a container carrying bananas from Ecuador The haul, discovered on October 14, breaks the previous record of 9.4 tonnes of cocaine which had been found in 2023 also in the port of Algeciras, which is the fourth largest container port in Europe. “It is obvious that these 13 tons of cocaine were not only intended for the Spanish market. The Spanish market cannot absorb such a large amount of drugs at once. This drug was going to be distributed throughout Europe,” Antonio Jesus Martines, head of the Central Narcotics Prosecution Brigade of the National Police, told reporters. Spanish police were on alert when they were tipped off by their counterparts in Ecuador, the world’s biggest banana exporter, that a suspicious shipment was on its way. Martinez stated that a woman, a partner of the company that received the cargo, was arrested, though […]
Source: News Beast
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