Spanish police seize 2.9 tonnes of cocaine on fishing boat, five arrested

Описание: Video released by the Spanish police and the customs office on Sunday (April 17) shows police storming a 20-metre fishing boat carrying over 2.9 tonnes of cocaine reportedly worth more than 50 million euros.
Customs office police boarded the fishing vessel off the Canary Islands on April 13 and arrested five members of the crew, a joint news release issued on Sunday by Spain's interior ministry and the Guardia Civil police said.
The vessel Akt1 was stopped by the Spanish coastguard in waters south of the Spanish archipelago and escorted to Las Palmas in Gran Canaria on Saturday (April 16).
Video footage released by police showed officers removing sacks of cocaine hidden in the fishing boat's fuel tank.
Spanish local newspaper El Dia earlier had reported that police had seized at least two tonnes of cocaine, estimated to have a street value of 50 million euros ($54.03 million).
The joint police and customs office news release did not specify the value of the seized drugs.


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