Spanish authorities seized seven tonnes of cocaine hidden in underground containers on a farm, while Portuguese authorities found 3.5 tonnes of cocaine in a shipment of bananas arriving from Latin America.
Spanish authorities seized seven tonnes of cocaine hidden in sea freight containers installed underneath a farm on Monday, arresting three suspected smugglers. The Civil Guard police launched the operation on Friday when they detected two suspicious speedboats at the mouth of the Guadalquivir River. The boats were tracked to a rural estate in the municipality of Coria del Rio, south of Seville, where the suspects stored the drugs in two containers hidden underground.
Spain's geographical location, close to Morocco, a top cannabis producer, as well as its close ties with former colonies in Latin America, make it a vulnerable point for drug trafficking. Separately, Portuguese authorities seized close to 3.5 tonnes of cocaine hidden in a shipment of bananas in a cargo ship arriving from Latin America. The operation, carried out with Britain's National Crime Agency, discovered the stash at the port of Setubal, just south of Lisbon. 'Given the large number of pallets carrying bananas being transported by the boat, finding the drugs was possible only thanks to long and meticulous work by investigators,' police said in a statement
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