Spain seizes record 9.5 tonnes of cocaine

Drugs worth an estimated €2.5bn found hidden in crates of bananas in shipping container which had come from Ecuador to  southern Spanish port of Algeciras

Police say the cocaine was destined for more than 30 of Europe’s criminal gangs, based on the number of different logotypes on the consignment. Picture: iStock

Spain has seized its largest-ever cocaine haul after 9.5 tonnes of the Class A drug worth an estimated €2.5bn were found hidden in crates of bananas .

The seizure was made in a shipping container which had come from Ecuador to the southern Spanish port of Algeciras. Police say the cocaine was destined for more than 30 of Europe’s criminal gangs, based on the number of different logotypes on the consignment.