"The investigation, which has led to a total of 14 arrests, began in August after Policia Nacional officers, working with the US Drug Enforcement Agency, detected an alleged drug-smuggling gang based in the Galician town of Outes that was said to be concealing its activities by posing as a company selling and repairing nautical equipment. On 13 September, the gang's high-powered boats were spotted heading out of the nearby port of O Freixo, prompting police to scramble teams to intercept the boats."
"As soon as the boats returned and the gang began loading bales of cocaine into two trailers, officers pounced, they said. A tonne of the drug was recovered after one of the trailers overturned during a high-speed chase, and the remainder of the seizure was discovered the following day, hidden under a tarpaulin on a nearby beach, police said. The alleged crew of the sub a Colombian man and two Ecuadorians were later arrested after trying to evade officers by fleeing in a taxi"
Spanish police arrested three men believed to have piloted a narco-submarine that delivered more than 3.6 tonnes of cocaine to Galicia. The probe began in August after Policia Nacional, with the US Drug Enforcement Administration, identified an alleged smuggling gang in Outes posing as a nautical equipment company. On 13 September high-powered boats were tracked leaving O Freixo and intercepted while loading bales into trailers. Officers recovered one tonne after a trailer overturned and found the rest hidden under a tarpaulin on a beach. The alleged sub crew fled in a taxi in wet clothes and were arrested; a wetsuit was found. Authorities seized 3.65 tonnes of cocaine, cash, two boats, five cars, a trailer and arrested 14 suspects.
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