A joint operation of customs surveillance of the Tax Agency and National Police – in the collaboration of the American Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), which warned of the possible entry of the drug in Spain – has intervened 150 kilos of cocaine that was in the submerged structure of the helmet of a merchant container in Vigo.
According to a statement from the Tax Agency, the drug was going to be introduced in Spain through the port of the Olivic city. For their seizure they had to intervene agents of the Customs Surveillance Base in Vigo, together with divers of the Special Operations Group, to the Be attached to the ship’s helmet below the flotation line.
Open research to locate members
The investigation began in early April when, through the DEA, information was received that an international criminal organization intended to introduce into the country a significant amount of cocaine through the Olivic port. The inquiries allowed to find out that, for the transport of drugs to Spain, It was intended to use a boring vessel that would dock in the vigues city.
In addition, the agents detected that the concealment method could be by means of attached to the submerged part of the entrepreneur’s helmet. Once tied to Puerto el Barco in which It was suspected that the drug was hiddenan inspection of the submerged part of the ship was carried out.
During the inspection, agents of the Operating Unit and Maritime Base for Customs Surveillance in Vigo and divers of the Special Operations Group that located, in one of the helmet compartments participatedfive bags that hid 150 kilos of cocaine. The research remains open for clarification of the facts and locate the members of the organization involved in the shipment.
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