Spanish police seize biggest ever airport cocaine haul

Vitoria, Spain - Spanish police on Monday intercepted a two- ton shipment of cocaine being smuggled into the Basque regional capital from Colombia, investigators said. Investigators said it was the largest illegal air-shipment of narcotics ever confiscated by Spanish police. The high-grade cocaine is worth approximately 70 million euros (100,860,000 dollars) on the black market, they said.

The cocaine, hidden amongst 47,000 roses and carnations, was discovered on an airplane which landed at the regional capital of Vitoria in northern Spain. Police arrested 13 people suspected of belonging to an international smuggling ring.

The smuggling band had recently conducted a test flight with legal goods. Police refused to identify the nationality of the suspects.

Source: Earth Times.
Link: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/301228,spanish-police-seize-biggest-ever-airport-cocaine-haul.html.