More than a ton of cocaine hidden between sacks of corn seized on a ship from Brazil
The cocaine traveled hidden among almost 3,500 tons of corn transported by a ship bound for Cádiz and stopover in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
The ship had been intercepted in Brazil weeks before, where 1,524 kg of cocaine were also seized by agents of the Receita Federal and the Federal Police of Brazil
In a joint operation between the National Police, the Civil Guard and the Tax Agency, more than 1,200 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a ship loaded with corn from Brazil have intervened. The cocaine traveled hidden among almost 3,500 tons of corn transported by a ship bound for Cádiz and stopover in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. The ship had been intercepted in Sao Sebastiao (Brazil) weeks earlier, where 1,524 kg of cocaine were seized by agents of the Federal Receita and the Brazilian Federal Police.
1,524 kilos previously intervened at its origin
Two weeks earlier, the ship had already been inspected in the Port of Sao Sebastiao (Brazil) by the Receita Federal and the Federal Police of Brazil, while they were loading 4,000 tons of corn bound for Cádiz (Spain). On that occasion 1,524 kilos of cocaine hidden inside 15 contaminated bags loaded with approximately 100 kilograms of cocaine were intervened, distributed in various packages.
At the beginning of the month the ship continued its route to Spain, planning to make a stop at the port of Las Palmas before arriving in Cádiz. However, there were suspicions that there was still a hidden drug inside. The Brazilian Federal Police notified the Spanish Security Forces and Bodies that the ship had left under strange circumstances and without the inspection started in Brazil having ended. For this reason, he asked the agents of the National Police, Civil Guard and AEAT that the cargo be re-examined when it arrived in our country.
New inspection in Spain
Thus, a joint operation was launched to verify this and the ship UNISPIRIT was intercepted some 50 nautical miles from the island of Gran Canaria. From there, he was escorted by the National Police, Civil Guard and Customs Surveillance agents. In this second inspection, carried out between October 16 and 21, Spanish agents found twelve new bags of contaminated corn, with a total of 1,210 kilos of cocaine, each bag containing approximately 100 kilograms of the drug distributed in several packages.
