The government has admitted that the cocaine seized in Spain It has tripled in five yearssince 2019, a fact that has related to the “surplus of production in the cultivation of coca leaf” in countries of origin, in reference to Latin America.
According to government data reflected in a parliamentary response, in 2019 37,868 kilos of cocaine in Spain were seized, a fact that triples in 2023, until noting 117,713 kilos of narcotic intervened.
The cocaine seizure rhythm has progressively increased every year, including pandemic years of Covid-19: In 2020 there were 36,948 kilos in the whole of Spain, in 2021 49,159 kilos were seized and in 2022 there were 57,790 kilos.
The data has provided by the government in a response to Voxwhich was interested in the seizure in the port of Algeciras (Cádiz) from a container from Ecuador with more than 13,000 kilos of the narcotic camouflaged in a fruit cargo. The investigation is related to the arrest of a police officer in Madrid in Madrid who hid 20 million euros between the walls of his house.
More drugs arrives to European countries
In his written response, the Executive refers to the ongoing judicial investigation so as not to be able to give more details of it and remember that the “significant increase with respect to the previous years is online With what is happening in traditionally receptor countries of this drug in Europe “, not only in Spain.
“It should be noted that there is a surplus in coca leaf cultivation In countries of origin, so cocaine production is reaching data that exceeds those of previous years, “says the government.
“The total cocaine seizure data in Spain in 2023, even being aware of its consolidation, already shows a significant increase With respect to the previous years, along the same lines that are happening in the traditionally receiving countries of this drug in Europe, “he concludes.
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