11 Tons of Cocaine Seized in Spain
Drugs smuggled in shipping containers, hidden among frozen tuna and in false bottoms, linked to Balkans criminal organizations.
Overview
- Spanish authorities have confiscated 11 tons of cocaine and arrested 20 people in two separate operations.
- 7,500 kilograms of the seized cocaine were hidden among frozen tuna in the northwestern city of Vigo.
- A criminal organization was using a frozen seafood company as a front to smuggle the drugs from South America to Spain.
- Another 3,400 kilograms of cocaine were found in false bottoms of shipping containers in the port of the eastern city of Valencia.
- Both operations are linked to criminal organizations from the Balkans region.