Five people held after 752kg of drug found in 25-tonne blocks imported from Mexico
Police in Spain have seized 752kg of methamphetamine after breaking up a gang that was smuggling the drug into the country by hiding it in special cavities drilled into huge blocks of marble.
The investigation into Spains largest-ever methamphetamine seizure of the drug began last August after police and inland revenue officers noticed that a company was importing 25-tonne marble blocks from Mexico to the Spanish port of Valencia despite lacking the necessary resources and infrastructure.
A joint operation between the Guardia Civil, national police and customs officers was launched to look into the apparent shell company and soon began probing a shipment of six large marble blocks that arrived in Valencia in mid-October.
Officers noticed strange markings on the base of one of the blocks and monitored the stone as it was transported to a quarry in the town of La Romana in Alicante province.
Subsequent raids led to the arrest of five people, the confiscation of 352kg of methamphetamine and the discovery of the smugglers modus operandi.
To avoid detection, the suspects had drilled holes or cylindrical cavities into the marble, in which they had hidden 43 plastic-wrapped packets of the drug, the Guardia Civil said in a statement.
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