12 Feb, 2018 @ 13:38
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Historic 3.5 tonne cocaine haul hidden in salt on Costa del Sol ‘easily exceeds value of €120 MILLION’

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Huge coke haul
Huge coke haul

A HUGE 3.5 tonne cocaine haul discovered on the Costa del Sol could easily exceed €120 million in value, Spanish cops have said. 

The mammoth haul was found hidden in salt in a home and a warehouse in Estepona.

The stash is believed to be linked to the network of huge alleged drug boss Sito Miñanco, who was arrested in Algeciras last week.

The find is the biggest ever in Malaga and one of the biggest ever on Spanish soil.

Five people have been arrested but this could increase as investigations continue.

Right under our noses, next to the H10 hotel

Officers estimate the cocaine found has a street value of just over €120 million.

Just over two tonnes were found in a house next to the luxury H10 Estepona Palace hotel in Estepona.

The rest was in an industrial warehouse nearby.

The cocaine was in hidden packages inside bags containing salt.

 

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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