Spanish police have seized a record 13 metric tons of cocaine hidden in a shipment of Ecuadorian bananas, discovered on October 14 in Algeciras. Veuer’s Maria Mercedes Galuppo has the story.
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00:00Spanish police have seized a record 13 metric tons of cocaine hidden in a shipment of Ecuadorian bananas
00:07discovered on October 14 in Algeciras.
00:10The drugs were destined for distribution across Europe, not just Spain.
00:14Antonio Martinez Duarte, head of Spanish Central Narcotics Brigade, told Reuters
00:18this amount was far too large for the Spanish market.
00:21It was intended for Europe.
00:23The bus broke Spain's previous record of 9.4 tons seized in 2023.
00:27Authorities were tipped off by Ecuador, and one woman has been arrested,
00:31while two managers are still on the run.