Spanish police seize 2.5 tonnes of 'Godfather' cocaine
Spanish and Portuguese police have arrested ten people and seized around 2.5 tonnes of cocaine sealed in bricks with logos of The Godfather film stamped on them.
Police seized two tonnes of cocaine at a warehouse in Lisbon and around half a tonne hidden as it was being transported by car just across the border in the Spanish province of Badajoz, Portugal's narcotics police chief, Artur Vaz, told a news conference.
The cocaine was inside vacuum sealed bricks contained about one kilo each that were decorated with the logos for Rolls-Royce and Mini vehicles as well as the logo for 1972 crime film "The Godfather" alongside an image of its star, Marlon Brando.
The following January 30th tweet by Guatemalan media group Emisoras Unidas shows that other cocaine bricks with the classic mafia film label on them have been previously seized by international police.
Incautan 450 paquetes de cocaína con fotografías de “El padrino” valorada en Q40 millones. https://t.co/XSieppbhv5 pic.twitter.com/ANvPHK72gD
— Emisoras Unidas (@EmisorasUnidas) January 30, 2018
"The drugs were to go first to Spain and from there to other destinations in Europe," said Vaz.
The authorities declined to give an estimate for the street value of the cocaine, which was put on display for the media at Portuguese police headquarters in Lisbon.
Police arrested ten people, mainly Colombians and Spanish nationals, who were caught during a police road stop transporting the cocaine hidden inside false bottoms of four vehicles, Spain's narcotics police chief, Antonio Duarte, said.
The smuggling ring was based in Madrid and it was "completely broken up" by the operation, he added.
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Police seized two tonnes of cocaine at a warehouse in Lisbon and around half a tonne hidden as it was being transported by car just across the border in the Spanish province of Badajoz, Portugal's narcotics police chief, Artur Vaz, told a news conference.
The cocaine was inside vacuum sealed bricks contained about one kilo each that were decorated with the logos for Rolls-Royce and Mini vehicles as well as the logo for 1972 crime film "The Godfather" alongside an image of its star, Marlon Brando.
The following January 30th tweet by Guatemalan media group Emisoras Unidas shows that other cocaine bricks with the classic mafia film label on them have been previously seized by international police.
Incautan 450 paquetes de cocaína con fotografías de “El padrino” valorada en Q40 millones. https://t.co/XSieppbhv5 pic.twitter.com/ANvPHK72gD
— Emisoras Unidas (@EmisorasUnidas) January 30, 2018
"The drugs were to go first to Spain and from there to other destinations in Europe," said Vaz.
The authorities declined to give an estimate for the street value of the cocaine, which was put on display for the media at Portuguese police headquarters in Lisbon.
Police arrested ten people, mainly Colombians and Spanish nationals, who were caught during a police road stop transporting the cocaine hidden inside false bottoms of four vehicles, Spain's narcotics police chief, Antonio Duarte, said.
The smuggling ring was based in Madrid and it was "completely broken up" by the operation, he added.
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