Spain sniffs out coke-dealing gangsters
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Published: 3 Sep, 2013 CET.
Updated: Tue 3 Sep 2013 13:59 CET
Spanish and Swiss police said on Tuesday they had smashed a South America-linked cocaine ring, leading to 19 arrests.
The gang moved cocaine from South America to Spain, from where it was shipped to Switzerland and Italy, Spanish and Swiss police said in separate statements.
Some 19 people were arrested as part of an investigation that began in November 2002.
Check out The Local's list of Spain's top ten weirdest drug busts.
Six of the arrests were in Spain including that of the Gambia-born alleged gang boss living in Barcelona.
Twelve arrests took place in Switzerland and one at Italy's Milan airport, they said.
Just over three kilogrammes (6.6 pounds) of cocaine was seized, police said.
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The gang moved cocaine from South America to Spain, from where it was shipped to Switzerland and Italy, Spanish and Swiss police said in separate statements.
Some 19 people were arrested as part of an investigation that began in November 2002.
Check out The Local's list of Spain's top ten weirdest drug busts.
Six of the arrests were in Spain including that of the Gambia-born alleged gang boss living in Barcelona.
Twelve arrests took place in Switzerland and one at Italy's Milan airport, they said.
Just over three kilogrammes (6.6 pounds) of cocaine was seized, police said.
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