ABC of Spain 2 / A patrol of Customs Surveillance Service has found 560 kilograms of pure cocaine drifting in 18 bales in waters north of the province Alicante.
According to a statement from the tax office, ready to cut and distribute the drug was ready for his rescue by smuggling organizations.
The operation took place on Sunday when, in the course of routine monitoring, the crew of the cruiser “Arao” spotted off the coast of Gandia (Valencia) a series of packages floating in the water.
The head of the vessel ordered to stop engines to inspect the area and gradually, were hoisted on board a total of 18 bales properly waterproofed and well prepared, with plastic drums that made buoy that would float long enough before his rescue.
The patrol entered the port of Denia about five in the afternoon and there expecting a provision of the National Police, who took over the cargo for transportation and custody until his final repository.
The Tax Office has indicated that this seizure at sea could be the biggest cocaine in recent months in Spain.
The operation comes just a week after the latest stash intercepted in waters near Valencia, about 300 kilograms of cocaine aboard a pleasure boat (called “red-handed”), where there were three arrests.
The most important precedent for this type of operation occurred in October 2013 when it was found on the shore of a beach near Valencia capital a number of packages, backpack interlocking type, with about 900 kilograms of cocaine.
Research Sources have told EFE that the investigation remains open and so far no arrests.
The patrol “Arao” Tax Agency and based in Alicante, is 31 meters long, two main engines and a power of 5,600 horses, allowing it to reach a speed of 35 knots.
Information ABC of Spain 2
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