Over 1 tonne of cocaine seized in Spain
March 5th, 2010 - 12:29 pm ICT by IANSValencia (Spain), March 5 (IANS/EFE) More than 1 tonne of cocaine that arrived in the customs area of the port in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia hidden in the false bottom of a container shipped from the Dominican Republic was seized, investigators said.
One person was arrested in Valencia and a second suspect apparently waiting for the cocaine was detained in Barcelona province.
The cocaine was aboard the Nordsea, a Cypriot-flagged ship that arrived in Valencia on Feb 23 from the Dominican Republic.
The operation was launched in the wake of an investigation of cocaine shipments in containers sent to the port of Valencia.
A review of information gathered in the case led investigators to a container that arrived from the Dominican Republic and was bound for a company in Madrid.
The container fitted a “high-risk profile” for drug trafficking, investigators said.
–IANS/EFE
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