Spanish, Portuguese police make major cocaine seizure
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Spanish police say a 15-month investigation has led to the seizure at sea of 3.3 metric tons of South American cocaine with a street value of around 100 million euros ($113 million).
Police said in a statement Friday the drug was headed to Spain and was captured when security forces from Portugal boarded a ship in the Atlantic, 150 miles (240 kilometers) off the Portuguese coast.
Authorities believe a gang was using cargo ships to transport the cocaine to Europe. The drug was usually transferred to smaller coastal craft using the ship's crane.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Police say 11 people, including eight Ukrainians, were arrested in the operation that took place at the end of January.