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8,000 kilos of coke from Suriname intercepted in Spanish port
February 12, 2024

Authorities in Spain have seized 8,000 kilos of cocaine in a container at the port of Algeciras. The party came from Suriname and was hidden in a fake generator. This is one of the largest cocaine seizures ever made in Spain.

According to Spanish customs, the cargo came from the port of Paramaribo. The ship sailed with the cocaine in a fake generator in a container and stopped in Panama, after which it arrived in the southern Spanish port city of Algeciras. However, the destination port was Leixoes in Portugal, from where the drugs would then travel by road back to Spain, to be distributed further into Europe.

According to authorities, this is the first time that drugs from Suriname have been intercepted in Spain. They call the route remarkable and say that it was chosen to make the detection of illegal cargo more difficult.