Spain seizes record 9.5 tonnes of cocaine from Ecuador

Spanish police and customs officials announced the seizure of nearly 9.5 tonnes of cocaine in a container from Ecuador, saying it marked Spain's biggest seizure to date. The seizure, which took place on Wednesday in the southern port of Algeciras, exceeds a previous record haul in 2018 in the same city.

The narcotic was stashed in banana crates inside a "refrigerated container", Spanish Tax Agency said. The drugs had come from Guayaquil, the Ecuadoran port city known as a springboard for South American drugs heading to the United States and Europe.