The Government has admitted that the cocaine seized in Spain has tripled in five years, since 2019, a fact that has been related to the “surplus production in the cultivation of coca leaf” in the countries of origin, in reference to Latin America. .
According to Government data reflected in a parliamentary response In 2019, 37,868 kilos of cocaine were seized in Spaina fact that it triples in 2023 to reach 117,713 kilos of narcotics intervened.
The pace of cocaine seizures has been increasing progressively each year, including the years of the Covid-19 pandemic: In 2020 there were 36,948 kilos In Spain as a whole, 49,159 kilos were seized in 2021 and 57,790 kilos in 2022.
The data has been provided by the Government in a response to Vox, which was interested in the seizure in the port of Algeciras (Cádiz) of a container from Ecuador with more than 13,000 kilos of camouflaged narcotics in a shipment of fruit. The investigation is related to the arrest of an anti-money laundering chief of the Madrid Police who was hiding 20 million euros between the walls of his house.
In its written response, the Executive refers to the ongoing judicial investigation so as not to be able to give more details about it and recalls that the “important increase with respect to previous years is in line with what is happening in countries traditionally recipients of this drug in Europe”, not only in Spain.
“It should be noted that there is a surplus in coca leaf cultivation in the countries of origin, so cocaine production is reaching figures that exceed those of previous years,” comments the Government.
“The total cocaine seizure data in Spain in 2023, even pending its consolidation, already shows a significant increase with respect to previous years, along the same lines as what is happening in the countries that traditionally receive this drug in Europe,” he concludes.
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