MADRID, July 29 (RIA Novosti) - Spanish police seized 2.5 tons of cocaine Tuesday after boarding a vessel from Latin America, Spanish National Radio reported.
Five Venezuelan nationals, crew members of the Rio Manzanares, were detained during the operation in the Atlantic Ocean, the radio said, citing the Interior Ministry.
The drugs were to be transferred to another vessel and transported to Spain by Spanish drug dealers.
The Rio Manzanares, which is registered in Venezuela, should be towed to the Canary Islands in about a week.
