agents National Police, in a collaborative operation spanish navy, With 50 bales containing 1,500 kilograms of cocaine, they were put on an anesthetic boat bound for the Spanish coast in international waters. In addition to his arrest four crew, ship sank Due to the plight he was in and the danger he posed to the people on board, he was stuck in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
This is an international operation and is coordinated. Special Drug Enforcement Prosecutor– Collaboration with the British agency NCA, American and Italian authorities, CITCO and MOC-N (Lisbon). The investigation represents a police crackdown on criminal organizations and leaders who smuggle drugs by sea in the East; this is the sixth ship captured in just five months.
Initial investigations began in early 2022, when agents received information about individuals who were allegedly going to use Spain as a logistics point to carry out a major cocaine operation. From that moment on, police teams took action to identify the members of one of the most active criminal groups established in our country.
With the progress of research, Agents identified the sailboat to be used by the organization in the port of Alicanteand fully identified the crew members. Boatclaiming to carry the U.S. flag sailed away Tenerife He eventually gave false information and replaced his flag with that of Bulgaria.
They loaded the drugs in the Caribbean and headed for Spain.
At first, those researched are from Tenerife South Americaarrival BrazilThey had to fix the boat so they could go to the Caribbean. At the end of last April, after finishing the assembly of the sailboat, They set off south from the island of Santa Lucía to pick up illegal goods that were decided to be transported to our country.
Once installed 50 bales of cocaineThe boat sailed for Spain, enduring difficult conditions. Atlantic Ocean and fixing different mechanical problems that arise.
After all the evidence had been gathered, a joint naval operation was undertaken between the National Police and the Spanish Navy at the end of May, resulting in the removal of the sailboat more than a thousand nautical miles from Spain.
50 bales and 1,500 kilos of cocaine seized
agents dThey detained four crew members of the boat, of Bulgarian, French and Swedish origin, and found 50 bales It was seen that the investigated ones could not be hidden in the structure of the boat. Approximately 1,500 kilograms of cocaine with a gross weight was seized from the seized narcotic substance. Likewise, the ship sank in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean due to its plight and the danger it posed to the people on board.
This is an international operation coordinated by the Special Drug Enforcement Prosecutor’s Office and also in collaboration with the British agency NCA, American and Italian authorities, CITCO (Intelligence Center Against Terrorism and Organized Crime) and MOC-N. (Center for Analysis and Maritime Operations in the Field of Drug Smuggling, based in Lisbon).
The investigation represents a police crackdown on criminal organizations and leaders who smuggle drugs by sea in the East; this is the sixth ship captured in just five months. In addition, the amount of cocaine seized since the beginning of 2023 has increased to 13 tons.