Five arrested in cocaine bust off Spain's Canary Islands

Police officers discharge drugs from the fishing boat "AKT-1" seized south of the Canary Islands in the port of Las Palmas, in the island of Gran Canaria, Spain, April 16, 2022. REUTERS/Borja Suarez

MADRID (Reuters) - Five people were arrested when a fishing boat carrying a reported two tonnes of cocaine was intercepted off the Canary Islands, Spanish police said.

The Akt1 was stopped by a Spanish coastguard vessel in waters south of the Spanish archipelago on Saturday and escorted to Las Palmas in Gran Canaria.