Pubdate: Fri, 13 Feb 2004
Source: Associated Press (Wire)
Copyright: 2004 Associated Press
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SPANISH POLICE SEIZE 10 TONS OF COCAINE

MADRID, Spain - Police seized about 10 tons of cocaine on a fishing
boat off the Cape Verde Islands and arrested 13 people, authorities
said Friday.

Spanish Civil Guards boarded the Belize-flagged boat about 1,000 miles
from the island chain off the coast of West Africa, police said.

The cocaine was found wrapped in 215 parcels, each weighing about 55
pounds.

The crew of the "Lugo," all Colombians, were arrested. Six other people -
five Spanish men and a Dominican woman - also were arrested in connection
with the seizure in Spain's northwestern region of Galicia, according to the
police statement.
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