2 Dec, 2024 @ 15:19
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Brazen drug mule is found with €2million worth of cocaine stuffed inside his luggage at major airport in Spain

A BRAZEN drug mule has been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle an enormous haul of cocaine into Spain.

The 39-year-old suspect was stopped at Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas airport last month.

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He had just arrived on a long-haul flight from the Dominican Republic on November 27.

A search of his suitcase and rucksack revealed how they were stuffed with bricks of cocaine (pictured above).

A total of 33 bricks were seized by Policia Nacional, coming to a total weight of 37kg.

A report in January of this year said cocaine had a street value in Spain of around €60 per gram.

It means the haul from the Spaniard at Madrid airport was worth more than €2.2million.

The suspect was immediately arrested and is being held ahead of a trial.

It is not clear how he managed to board the flight with cases filled with the drug.

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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