This is the biggest powder catch in Spanish history. Spanish police and customs announced on Friday the seizure of nearly 9.5 tons of cocaine from Ecuador.
The seizure took place on Wednesday in the port of Algeciras (south) and constitutes “the largest hidden shipment of cocaine in Spain to date”. 9,436 kg had been concealed in crates of bananas in a refrigerated container, authorities said.
More than 30 European criminal organizations
This operation constitutes “an unprecedented blow to one of the most important criminal organizations, at the world level, in the distribution of cocaine whose recipients were the main criminal networks in Europe”, indicates the press release, without identifying this organization.
The logos of more than 30 European criminal organizations, recipients of the shipment, were detected in this shipment. The organization in charge of this transport could send 40 containers per month to Europe and “had an extensive commercial network for the shipment of containers from Ecuador to Spain”, also using the port of Vigo, in the north. -western Spain. Police reported no arrests during the operation.