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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sam Jones in Madrid

Spanish police seize 10 tonnes of cocaine hidden in ship off Canary Islands

Spanish police officers inspect drug packages found in the cargo vessel that they seized.
A total of 9,994 kg of cocaine was found onboard the ship. Photograph: Ramón de la Rocha/EPA

Spanish police have made their largest seizure of cocaine at sea after finding almost 10 tonnes of the drug hidden among a cargo of salt on a merchant ship off the Canary Islands.

Detectives and anti-drug prosecutors investigating a multinational criminal group alleged to be exporting “enormous quantities” of cocaine from South America to Europe had identified a suspect ship that had set off from Brazil, the Policía Nacional said in a statement on Monday.

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