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900 kilos of cocaine, €70k and luxury watches found in floating backpacks in the sea

The backpacks were fitted with tracking and flotation devices.

SPANISH POLICE SEIZED cocaine in an undersea smuggling operation off the coast of Valencia.

Officials found 900 kilos of cocaine hidden inside 37 floating backpacks.

The bags were fitted with a tracking and flotation device, that kept them below the water’s surface but prevented them from sinking.

Police said the packs were used to smuggle the drugs along the Mediterranean coast to southern Spain, which is a popular spot for tourists.

Five arrests were made.

Police also netted cash about €70,000, three vehicles and a boat.

Jewellery and luxury watches were also impounded.

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    Oct 25th 2015, 7:28 PM

    Fair play to them

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    Oct 26th 2015, 6:16 AM

    What i want to know is what happened to the donkeys they kicked out of the shed?

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    Oct 26th 2015, 7:56 AM

    Specials …..

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    Oct 26th 2015, 10:07 AM

    They became part of the starters!

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    Oct 26th 2015, 6:37 AM

    Cruel backstards. Kicking donkeys. I head the “Anti donkey kicking alliance” and we believe kicking donkeys is an abomination and we call for a boycott of this so called restaurant and death threats to be sent to the perpetrators of this heinous crime.

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    Oct 26th 2015, 6:58 AM

    Relax, I think donkey was a metaphor for local people.

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    Oct 26th 2015, 7:04 AM

    Fair play. Food looks great.

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