Seized in Spain 900 kilograms of cocaine – Prensa Latina

September 4, 2016, 7:24 Madrid, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) The Spanish National Police seized 900 kilograms of cocaine from Colombia, camouflaged in an alleged container fruits that arrived at the port of Algeciras, in the southern Andalusian city of Cadiz, it was reported today.

the cargo was hidden inside boxes of bananas, he said in a statement the Agency -dependent tax Hacienda- ministry, whose officials Customs Surveillance participated in the operation by the Civil Guard.

on the device they were arrested three members of an organization dedicated to import drugs from South America to Spain for later distribution.

the detainees now appeared to make a lawful commercial activity based on imports of fruit from that region, and it had a company, with headquarters in Seville (Andalusia), who used ‘as cover ‘, the source said.

the investigation began in late April, after learning of the existence of an international network based in this country dedicated to the introduction of marine containers with cocaine for further distribution.

the agents concluded that the band had a fruit company located in Sevilla to simulate a legal business activity and identified the administrator’s who traveled a couple of times to Colombia to negotiate with suppliers of the drug.

in addition to the Spanish police and tax authorities, in the operation collaborated units counternarcotics intelligence from France and Ecuador, said the official note.

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