2023-08-25 13:32:17
By The Economist| On 08/25/2023 – 14:34 | Share
Spanish police announced on Friday the seizure at the port of Algeciras of nearly 9.5 tons of cocaine from Ecuador, the largest in the country’s history.
“This operation has dealt an unprecedented blow to one of the largest cocaine distribution criminal organizations in the world, targeting major criminal networks in Europe”said the Spanish police in a press release. “The 9,436 kg of narcotics were seized in a refrigerated shipping container from Ecuador, hidden in banana crates”the police said, adding that more than 30 different logos were detected on the illicit shipment, corresponding to the various European criminal organizations receiving the shipment.
The criminal organization responsible for supplying cocaine to the most powerful networks in Europe had an extensive commercial network for the shipment of maritime containers from Ecuador to Spain, explains the Spanish police.
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