"The 15-month investigation began in October 2024 when Policia Nacional officers found 88kg (194lbs) of cocaine in a vehicle in the southern Spanish town of Mijas. The drugs led them to three gangs, including a Balkan cartel, who were working together to bring huge quantities of cocaine into Spain from Colombia. The gangs used the so-called monkey' technique to get the shipments of cocaine into maritime containers that were being transported on container ships, the force said in a statement on Thursday."
"The drug-trafficking technique involves using youngsters from poor backgrounds who are good swimmers to get the drugs on to ships while they're at sea. Members of the same organisation then headed to Spain in order to get to the containers by intercepting the ships carrying them before they reached the strait of Gibraltar. One such attempt was thwarted in the middle of last year when a ship bound for the port of Cadiz informed the maritime rescue service that it had found stowaways on its deck, leading to the seizure of a container in which 1.4 tonnes of cocaine had been stashed."
Police carried out a 15-month investigation that began in October 2024 after officers found 88kg of cocaine in a vehicle in Mijas. The discovery linked three gangs, including a Balkan cartel, collaborating to bring large quantities of cocaine from Colombia into Spain. The gangs used the so-called monkey' technique, employing young swimmers from poor backgrounds to place drugs into maritime containers on container ships at sea. Organised members then intercepted ships before they reached the Strait of Gibraltar to recover the hidden shipments. One interdicted operation led to seizure of a container with 1.4 tonnes of cocaine after stowaways were reported; other attempts involved armed stowaways who unloaded bundles and evaded capture.
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