Fishing boat carrying 3,000 kilos of cocaine seized in the Atlantic

A joint operation by the Guardia Civil and Customs Servive has resulted in the arrest of five people, four Galicians and a South American, and the seizure of a fishing boat in the Atlantic carrying 3,000 kilos of cocaine.

The fishing vessel ‘Ratonero’ out of O Grove in Ponetevedra was located in the Atlantic by a Guardia Civil plane and the patrol boat ‘Petrel’ and is expected to dock in Vigo on Monday or Tuesday.

The operation is ongoing and further arrests have not been ruled out.

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