Overview
- National Police units and Customs Surveillance executed a joint, intelligence-led search of a targeted container ship arriving from South America.
- The operation was coordinated with the Anti-Drugs Prosecutor’s Office in Pontevedra and Vigo’s Investigating Court No. 8.
- Five foreign nationals were detained, including three identified as Albanian citizens.
- The seizure marks Galicia’s first cocaine consignment detected in 2026, after a 1,250-kilo haul was stopped in Vigo last year.
- Colombian authorities recently halted a separate 2,386-kilo shipment in Cartagena de Indias bound for Vigo, underscoring cross-border cooperation.