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Never before have you seen so much coke in one place. More than 12 tons of cocaine bricks were seized from the most powerful drug barons in Europe — that’s Albanian narcos, also called the Balkan cartel. Let me tell you about it. The Mob Reporter here with details on the operations that not only captured 12 tons of South American cocaine, but also 20 of the people alleged to be behind it. The enormous haul arrived from South America in two shipments. The largest of the seizures weighed more than 8 tons, equivalent to 7.5 metric tonnes, packed in the center of shipping pallets and surrounded by frozen tuna. The businessman accused in this caper has companies registered in the province of A Coruña. The company’s name is Spanish for Blue Sea. More like white tide. Police say it was likely planned to feed the increased demand for cocaine over the Christmas and New Years holidays. It landed in the Port of Algeciras at the mouth of the Strait of Gibraltar, and then shipped to Vigo, in Spain’s northwest, aboard a cargo ship registered in Liberia. The containers were then hauled 90 miles north by truck, to an industrial warehouse in Cambre. The smaller of the two seizures announced this week — almost four tons, or 3.5 metric tonnes — arrived at Spain’s eastern port of Valencia. And although less than half the size, in some ways it’s more interesting. The cocaine was hidden in secret compartments specially built into shipping containers. It was moved to a warehouse in Xirivella. The gangsters were cautious. Cops raided the warehouse, the restaurant, and stopped circling counter-surveillance vehicles. The cocaine originated in Colombia and likely packed for Europe at Guayaquil, a port in Ecuador. Most of those arrested are Albanians, police say. There were also a few Spaniards, a Colombian and a Dominican. Police say the Balkan gangs, Albanians first among them, are the cocaine kings of Europe, now. CREDITS: Music is: Shadoma by The Mini Vandals // Carnivale Intrigue by Kevin MacLeod // Na Ballkone by Kido with Emily Hurst : Carnivale Intrigue by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. Source: Artist: Map animations created in Google Earth Studio; some street images from Google Street View Gibraltar Rock sea video by Videvo, Galicia by cabo-ortegal at Videvo; Shipping container video by Pat Whelen; Containers in port video by Tom Fisk; Containers being moved by Kelly; Galicia beach video by Petra Nesti; Cargo ship video by Alexander Bobrov; Albanian flag video by Simón Gómez; Bubbles Video by ad urpina at Pexels. Shipping containers at night photo by Parttimephotographer - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, Tirana photo by Albinfo - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, ~ The Mob Reporter is a professional journalist bringing you real-life mob, police and true crime news, investigative journalism and educational videos. ~ PLEASE SUBSCRIBE: ~ Please subscribe to my other channels: • Crime Watch: • Crime in Italy: ~ To read my written journalism: Please like, share, comment and subscribe. Thanks for watching! -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: “Genius jewel heist wrecked by sloppy mistakes“: -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-
