Joint operation of the Tax Agency and National Police

• The drug was found among bags with corn seeds and was traveling from Brazil to Oran (Algeria)

May 23, 2023 .- The Customs Surveillance Service of the Tax Agency, together with the National Police, has seized a container in the port of Algeciras that, together with its declared legal cargo ( corn seeds), was transporting 16 bags with a total of 322 kilos of cocaine. The container had left Brazil and was destined for the Algerian town of Oran.

The operation began when investigators learned of the imminent arrival in Algeciras of a container transporting corn seeds and which had allegedly been 'contaminated' with cocaine.

Once the information was analyzed and compared with that existing in the Tax Agency databases, the number of a suspicious container from South America, specifically from Brazil, transporting bags of corn seeds and destined for the port of Oran, was obtained.

After the container was identified and located, a physical inspection was carried out, and a total of 16 'contaminated' bags were found, inside which was a white, floury substance that, subjected to the 'narcotest', tested positive for cocaine.

The total weight of the narcotic substance amounted to approximately 322 kilograms of cocaine.

The proceedings and the drugs have been made available to the head of the Algeciras court on guard duty.