Five arrested in cocaine bust off Spain's Canary Islands

Five people were arrested when a fishing boat carrying nearly three tonnes of cocaine was intercepted off the Canary Islands, Spanish police said.

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Spanish police seized 2.9 tonnes of cocaine, global-economy” target=”_blank”>estimated< were remanded in custody in Las Palmas.

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“When we boarded, (officers) observed the fishing boat was foreign-policy” target=”_blank”>transporting<, so the five crew members of the boat – four of Turkish nationality and a Georgian citizen – were immediately arrested,” a spokesman for the Spanish Civil Guard said.

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($1 = 0.9254 euros)

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