20 Dec, 2018 @ 15:50
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One tonne of cocaine found hidden in avocados on Spain’s Costa del Sol

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ONE tonne of cocaine has been found hidden among avocados on Spain’s Costa del Sol. 

The haul, with a street value of around €160 million, was found in a warehouse in Velez-Malaga earlier this month.

Led by the Unit against Drugs and Organised Crime (Udyco), cops stormed a ship by surprise after being tipped off that it was stashed with the Class A narcotic.

Two Spaniards, a Moroccan and Romanian were arrested in connection with the raid.

They are being held behind bars.

The white drug, agents learned, had come from South America and into Spain through the port of Algeciras in the Campo de Gibraltar.

It was then taken to a fruit and vegetable company in Axarquia where it was hidden among avocados before being driven to Velez-Malaga.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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