Officials in Spain seized 9.5 tons of cocaine that originated from Ecuador. The packages were hidden in banana crates. This is the largest cocaine haul in the country's history.
agents and National Police said Friday they confiscated the country’s biggest cocaine haul to date of 9.5 tons hidden in a banana freight container originating from Ecuador.
The drug was found Wednesday in the southwestern port of Algeciras in a refrigerated container among a cargo shipment supposed to have held 1,080 boxes of bananas, said José Carlos Arobes, a senior official for the Spanish tax agency that covers customs inspections. Prior to this seizure, Spain's biggest cocaine bust was of 8.4 tons in 2018, also found in a supposed banana container in Algeciras.said the investigations began in July when police received information about a pending shipment of Colombian cocaine via Ecuador in August. The organization behind the shipment operated through a banana exporting company in Machala, Ecuador, the agency said.
Spanish National Police and Customs officers hold packages of cocaine that were found hidden in a container from Ecuador on Aug. 25, 2023.
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