The cargo , belonging to the Spanish team Epsilon from Chile

1,400 kg of cocaine in the wheels of the truck seized Dakar

The cargo , belonging to the Spanish team Epsilon from Chile , was intercepted in France. This is the largest quantity of drugs seized in the country.

Nearly 1,400 pounds of cocaine, wrapped in a protective plastic triple and hidden in the tires of a truck assistance of a Spanish team that participated in the latest edition of the Dakar Rally in Argentina, Bolivia and Chile , were discovered by a group operating European drug . The cargo was intercepted in France : it is the largest ever consignment of drugs seized in the country.

 Equivalent , according to El Pais , about 270milioni euro.

THE SEIZURE - The truck , belonging to the Spanish team Epsilon , has landed Wednesday in the port of Le Havre, together with another vehicle technical assistance coming from the Chilean port of Valparaiso, after closing the motoring competition on January 18 . Sources close to the team explained that the vehicle, conducted in Spain, was intercepted in a rest stop in France.

 As part of the transaction were apprehended the two coordinators of the team who were traveling in the vehicle and two other people, of Bulgarian origin , which would be part of a criminal organization linked to drug trafficking from Latin America .

 Intercepted at his home in Barcelona, ​​and stopped, also the founder of the team David Oliveras . As explained in a note from the core drug , known as OCRTIS , was decisive collaboration between law enforcement French, Spanish and Bulgarian , for months on the trail of the criminal organization .

 The load of drugs from Bolivia and Colombia , and carried on the ship Rio Nevado , it would have been destined for the Spanish market .