Spanish authorities have intercepted a merchant vessel carrying approximately 6,500 kilograms of cocaine around 600 miles off the Canary Islands, following a joint operation involving the National Police, the Spanish Navy, and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
According to the National Police, the operation was carried out under the direction of Spain’s Special Anti-Drug Prosecutor’s Office of the National Court, after intelligence from the DEA on 8 October alerted authorities to the movements of an international criminal network transporting a substantial cocaine shipment across the Atlantic Ocean.
The vessel, a Tanzanian-flagged supply ship, had reportedly departed from the Panamanian port of Cristóbal and was destined for Vigo, in Spain’s Galicia region. The ship measured more than 54 metres in length, 12 metres in width, and 4.5 metres in depth.
Following the alert and the identified course, Spanish authorities launched a coordinated maritime operation to prevent the drugs from reaching European shores.
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