2,500 kilos of cocaine found on Panamian boat off Canaries - Typically Spanish News

Tue, 21 Feb 2006, 23:14


The 2,500 kilos of cocaine which were hidden on board a Panamian fishing vessel boarded off the Canary Islands. Photo - EFE.

Twenty one people have been arrested in an anti-drugs operation which has impounded a Panamanian fishing vessel in the Canaries, loaded with 2,500 kilos of cocaine.

The four crew members of the �Mars� were amongst those arrested. Another seven people were arrested in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, four in Fuerteventura, four in Madrid, and another two in M�laga and Badajoz.

Police say they were all part of a network which brought large quantities of the drug into the country. The Colombian leader of the gang, arrested in Madrid, had been under investigation for more than a year.
The vessel was boarded 30 miles to the north of Tenerife."