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Canary Islands: 48 arrested in international cocaine gang bust
- On June 3, 2025, Spanish police dismantled an international cocaine trafficking ring using speedboats to smuggle drugs to the Canary Islands.
- The operation followed months of investigation of a gang ferrying cocaine from Brazil and Colombia via 'mother ships' and refueling at an abandoned shipwreck.
- Authorities arrested 48 suspects including one British national and seized nearly 3,800 kilos of cocaine, 19 boats, six properties, electronic devices, and about 100,000 euros.
- Spanish authorities described the group as one of the biggest criminal networks involved in smuggling cocaine between South America and the Canary Islands.
- The bust weakens a major cocaine supply route into Europe and highlights international cooperation among police agencies including Europol and the UK National Crime Agency.
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The large groups of South American drug traffickers have opened a new cocaine route in Spain. Once the option of the southern Peninsula has been exploited, with special...
·Madrid, Spain
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Using ultra-fast boats, drug traffickers recovered cocaine at specific locations in the Atlantic and brought it to the Canary Islands.
·Paris, France
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