• Drug trafficking.The narcosubmarine found in Galicia transported 3,000 kilos of cocaine spread over 152 bundles
  • Detention: Two arrested in the first narcosubmarine detected in Galicia with three tons of cocaine on board

Agents of the National Police have arrested this Friday in Vigo the third crewman of the narcosubmarine who, last weekend, was located at the entrance of the Aldán estuary , in Cangas ( Pontevedra ), and that transported about 3,000 kilos of cocaine , while the Civil Guard has arrested a fourth person linked to this stash in Cangas.

According to Europa Press confirmed sources knowledgeable of the investigation, the third occupant of the semi-submersible has been located and arrested by members of the Greco Galicia of the National Police in the olivic city, and it is a Galician male.

This person had been missing since Sunday morning when he escaped the operation of Police, Civil Guard and Customs, in which the other two occupants of the narcosubmarine, of Ecuadorian nationality, were arrested after being surprised and having sunk the ship in the area of Punta Couso .

On the other hand, the Civil Guard has arrested in Cangas a fourth involved, whose participation in the events would be linked to support work from the ground.

3,000 kilos of cocaine in 152 bales

The Civil Guard, National Police and Tax Agency launched a surveillance operation on November 21 after receiving an alert from the Maritime Drug Analysis and Operations Center , based in Lisbon , about the presence of a semi-submersible navigating the Atlantic in the direction of the Galician coast.

According to investigators, the intention of the three crew members of the narcosubmarine was to transfer the drug to another vessel that would transfer it to land, but the bad weather, coupled with the fact that they were surprised by the police operation, forced the occupants of the bathyscaphe to sink the ship and try to run away.

At that time two of the crew members, of Ecuadorian nationality and who have already been imprisoned by order of the court of instruction 1 of Cangas were arrested. The third crewman has finally been arrested this Friday, as well as the fourth involved.

After several days of maneuvers to refloat and tow the narcosubmarine from the area of ​​the sinking, to the area of ​​Punta Couso, in the early hours of last Wednesday the ship could be hoisted with two large cranes installed in the port of Aldán.

Inside the semi-submersible 152 bales were found with about 3,000 kilos of cocaine , which would reach a value of about 100 million euros in the illicit market, according to the Government delegate, Javier Losada .

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