National Police seized over a month 11 tons cocaine in Galicia and Valencia Stored in sea containers from Latin America, so Largest seizure of this drug in Spain and a heavy blow to the Albanian organizations, currently the most “strong” in Europe.
This Tuesday, officers of the Drug and Organized Crime Unit of the National Police, together with officers of the Tax Office, detailed the results of two different operations carried out at the end of November and the first week of December.
On the one hand, Operation Tonara was the largest cocaine seizure in Galicia, with 7.5 tonnes of the drug removed from containers and hidden in frozen tuna fish, resulting in the arrest of five people.
Called for second operation flareallowed 15 people arrested -the last one this Monday in Madrid- and Seizure of 3.5 tonnes of drugs arriving more than a month ago To the port of Valencia.
As Antonio Duarte, chief commissioner of the Central Narcotics Brigade, emphasizes, although these are two different operations, there are many common links. “Behind both shipments are Albanian networks that monopolize the shipment of drugs to Europe by sea in double-bottom containers.” he emphasized.