Rabat - Algeciras port authorities seized a huge amount of cocaine estimated at 8.7 tons on Sunday, which had been concealed in a banana container from Colombia, announced the Spanish Ministry of the Interior on Wednesday.
Rabat – Algeciras port authorities seized a huge amount of cocaine estimated at 8.7 tons on Sunday, which had been concealed in a banana container from Colombia, announced the Spanish Ministry of the Interior on Wednesday.
The ministry identified the seizure as the biggest of its kind in the history of Spain, adding that the drug was distributed over one thousand bananas boxes.
Five suspects were arrested, three in Spain and two in France, according to the same source.
The activities of the Colombian container exporting company and the importing company in Spain have been placed under the surveillance of the national police and customs, in order to identify the suspicious cargo, explained the ministry.
Algeciras port serves as an entry to the European continent for drug smugglers who move through Morocco.
