Spanish police seize record cocaine haul in banana shipment from Ecuador

Partner in company due to receive shipment arrested after 13 tonnes of drug discovered at port of Algeciras

Spanish police and customs officers have intercepted the largest known consignment of cocaine ever to reach the country, seizing more than 13 tonnes of the drug, hidden in a cargo of bananas shipped from Ecuador.

Spain’s Policía Nacional said the seizure was the second largest recorded in Europe and one of the largest anywhere in the world.

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Spanish police seize record cocaine haul in banana shipment from Ecuador

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Police seize record cocaine haul in banana shipment in Spain

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