Spanish police in the northwestern port of Vigo seized 7.5 tons of cocaine from South America hidden in frozen tuna destined for distribution across Europe, it said on Tuesday.
It was the biggest drug bust by volume in the history of Galicia, the Atlantic region whose rugged coastline – the longest in Spain – has been used for drug smuggling for decades, police said.
In a second operation, police also found 3.5 tons of cocaine hidden in a shipping container in the Eastern port of Valencia.
Spanish police found 7.5 tons of cocaine in frozen tuna from South America. Reuters Spanish police in the port of Vigo seized 7.5 tons of cocaine from South America. Photo by ALFONS LUNA/AFP via Getty Images At least 20 people have been arrested. Reuters
A total of 20 people from two organizations of Balkan origin have been arrested, police said, in what they described as a “major blow” to one of Europe’s most powerful distribution networks.
An import company was set up by a smuggling ring to trade frozen fish and seafood internationally and invest in real estate, police said.
It said that during several months of surveillance, its officials determined that the firm covered up its involvement in drug smuggling by sending a large flow of containers by sea from various companies of origin with the Iberian Peninsula always as a destination.
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