Spanish police seize record cocaine haul in banana shipment from Ecuador
by Sam Jones in Madrid from World news | The Guardian on (#6S1SV)
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 Policia Nacional said the seizure was the second largest recorded in Europe and one of the largest anywhere in the world.
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