Spain seizes 13 tonnes of cocaine hidden behind bananas on a container from Ecuador

Authorities successful Spain seized 13 tonnes, aliases 13,000 kilograms, of cocaine successful a cargo instrumentality apparently filled pinch bananas

MADRID -- Authorities successful Spain seized 13 tonnes (13,000 kilograms) of cocaine successful a cargo instrumentality apparently filled pinch bananas, successful what they called nan biggest anti-narcotics cognition successful nan country's history.

Officials recovered bricks of narcotics hidden down nan consequence connected a alloy astatine nan confederate larboard of Algeciras successful confederate Spain, constabulary said successful a connection Wednesday. The vessel had sailed from Guayaquil, Ecuador.

The operation, successful collaboration pinch nan Ecuadorian police, took spot past period and resulted successful 5 raids and 1 arrest.

The Ecuadorian export institution was connected constabulary and customs records for a history of “illicit trafficking,” according to nan police. Police are looking for 2 of its managers.

To date, nan largest supplier seizures successful Spain was 9.4 tonnes successful 2023, and different 8.7 tonnes 5 years earlier.

Ecuador intercepted a full of 204 tonnes of narcotics betwixt January and September this year, almost nan yearly mean for nan past 3 years, authorities figures show.