Pubdate: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 Source: San Diego Union Tribune (CA) Copyright: 2001 Union-Tribune Publishing Co. Contact: PO Box 120191, San Diego, CA, 92112-0191 Fax: (619) 293-1440 Website: http://www.uniontrib.com/ Forum: http://www.uniontrib.com/cgi-bin/WebX SPANIARDS SEIZE 5 TONS OF COCAINE MADRID, Spain (AP) -- Spanish police said they seized about 5 tons of cocaine yesterday in a major anti-drug operation. The drug was found on the ship Abrente when it was boarded before dawn, some 350 miles west of Spain's Canary Island archipelago. Officials said 13 suspects were arrested. The government said customs police had been watching the vessel during the past year as it docked frequently in the Canary Islands and on mainland Spain to unload fish. Last month, the ship sailed to an unspecified place in the south Atlantic to pick up the cocaine, which came from Colombia, the ministry said. - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D