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The cocaine was bound for an important smuggling ring based on the Costa del Sol in southern Spain, the statement added. Police also seized 1.2 million euros ($1.3 million) in cash and a handgun. The interception led to a larger seizure of cocaine, weapons and vehicles in a warehouse in the city of Pontevedra. The seizure in the northwestern Galicia region was “the biggest for this type of drug on Galician soil since 1999”, the police said in a statement, without revealing when the operation Read more [...] Madrid. — Spanish police said yesterday they had seized three tonnes of cocaine and arrested 12 suspected drug smugglers from Spain, Britain and the Netherlands in a major drugs bust in the north of the country. The seizure in the north-western Galicia region was “the biggest for this type of drug on Galician soil since 1999”, the police said in a statement, without revealing when the operation took place. The cocaine was bound for an important smuggling ring based on the Costa del Sol in Read more [...] The alleged leader of a drugs gang who planned to sell three tonnes of cocaine in Britain was caught in Spain after flashing €500 bills. Gary Williams, 41, from Kingston upon Thames, southwest London, spread out the money on a table as he apparently completed a deal with two Dutch accomplices in full view of the staff of a luxury hotel. The National Crime Agency had been following a British gang for eight months and had tipped off its Spanish counterpart. The Dutch men, who had stayed at the Hotel Read more [...] Video loading This footage shows the massive £480m Spanish drugs haul that led to the arrests of five Liverpool men. Three tonnes of cocaine thought to be destined for Merseyside was intercepted in northern Spain after a tip-off from the National Crime Agency. The video shows Spanish police uncovering vast amounts of cocaine at a warehouse in Galicia, as well as a firearm and one million euro (£730,000) in cash. The drugs find is the biggest in the Galicia region for two decades. Read more [...] Three tonnes of drug seized as police claim to have broken large-scale drugs network By Alyssa McMurtry MADRID – Spanish police on Tuesday claimed to have broken one of Europe’s largest drug networks after seizing three tonnes (6,600 pounds) of cocaine and arresting 12 suspected traffickers. Local media reported that weapons and 1.2 million euros ($1.3 million) in cash were captured in the operation last month. Those arrested included buyers from the Netherlands Read more [...] MADRID -- Spanish police said Tuesday they seized 3,000 kilograms (3.3 tons) of cocaine and arrested 11 people, including Spaniards, Britons and Dutch citizens. A police statement said 700 kilograms of the drug were found in a truck bound for the southern coastal city of Malaga and the rest in a warehouse in Spain's northwestern city of Pontevedra. The drug was destined for a British drug trafficking gang based in Malaga. The statement said those arrested included two Spaniards Read more [...] Comments (0) A suspected drug smuggler from South Gloucestershire has been arrested in Spain after the discovery of three tonnes of cocaine. The 50-year-old man from Thornbury was one of seven British men detained by Spanish National Police (SNP) in Galicia after a tip-off from the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA). During the bust – code named operation Piñata – three tonnes of cocaine, a loaded Glock gun and almost a million Euros in cash were seized from Read more [...] Eight Brits are among 12 people arrested by Spanish police on suspicion of smuggling three tons of cocaine into the country, according to reports. The cocaine, worth an estimated £500m (€682m, $734m), was seized in Galicia, north-west Spain, suspected of being bound for an important group of drug traffickers based on the Costa del Sol.The Galicia region of Spain is known to be a major smuggling port for drugs into Read more [...] The drug load was seized in Spain's north-western region of Galicia, police said Spanish police have seized 3,000kg of cocaine and arrested 12 people, including Spaniards, Britons and Dutch citizens. A police statement said the drug load was seized in Spain's north-western region of Galicia but was destined for the southern Costa del Sol tourist area. No more details regarding the operation were immediately available. The statement said it was the biggest drug haul on land in the region Read more [...] MADRID, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- Spain's national police force arrested 12 suspected drug smugglers of Spanish, British and Dutch nationalities and seized more than three tons of cocaine in the region of Galicia. Spain's special operations forces intercepted a van that was transporting more than 1,500 pounds of cocaine from the northern Galicia region toward Málaga in the country's southern Costa Del Sol region. The interception led to a larger seizure of cocaine, weapons and vehicles in a warehouse in the Read more [...]

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