Huge cocaine haul seized in tugboat in Atlantic

Nearly four tonnes of cocaine worth an estimated $260m (£200m) was seized by international law enforcement officers in the Atlantic.

The drugs were found on a boat between Portugal's Madeira and Azores islands.

Officials found 165 individual packages of cocaine weighing 23kg - a total of 3.7 tonnes - concealed beneath the vessel's cooking area. It is not clear where the drugs were being taken to.

The Comoros-flagged vessel was towed into the Spanish port of Cádiz on Friday after Spanish officials received intelligence from the UK's National Crime Agency (NCA). The crew, from Turkey and Azerbaijan, were arrested.

UCJ, UNILORIN.