Spanish police announced on Wednesday the record seizure of 13 tonnes of cocaine in an Andalusian port. The drugs were camouflaged among bananas in a container coming from Ecuador.
Lines and lines of boxes were exposed on Wednesday, under the watchful eye of law enforcement.
This record seizure – 13 tonnes of cocaine – was carried out on October 14 in the port of Algeciras, in Andalusia. The container in question was intended “for a Spanish importer who had been receiving, for years, large quantities of fruit from Ecuador”, the police said.
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This is “the largest seizure in the history of drug trafficking in Spain” and “one of the largest seizures worldwide”, according to the Spanish police.
The previous record in Spain dated from August 2023, with the discovery of 9.5 tonnes of cocaine in a container which also came from Ecuador.
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