“This is on a scale never before seen in Europe,” Spanish police said. Officers from Spain’s Policía Nacional force, working with counterparts from Portugal and Colombia, seized 1,300kg of cocaine base paste and 151kg of processed cocaine after discovering the “mega-lab” in the north-west region of Galicia. The Spanish police said members of the gang were also the ones who distributed the processed cocaine across the country. “It was a large house in Pontevedra province, set apart from other properties and built on a large piece of land. After coordinating units in Gran Canaria, Pontevedra, Madrid and Bilbao, the police arrested 18 people, carried out 14 searches and intercepted a van carrying 100kg of cocaine as it entered Madrid.

Source: The Star April 14, 2023 16:44 UTC