Spanish cops seize 1.2 tonnes of cocaine on ship busted for second time in two weeks

Hidden among sacks containing 3,500 tonnes of corn, cops found 1,210kg of cocaine.

Spanish cops seized more than 1.2 tonnes of cocaine on a ship carrying corn from Brazil, two weeks after Brazilian cops confiscated 1.5 tonnes from the same vessel. The Unispirit was intercepted 50 nautical miles off the island of Gran Canaria.

The tip came from Brazilian cops who reported the ship left Brazil under mysterious circumstances before they had finished examining it's cargo. They landed 1,524kg.