The Local Police Maritime Unit locates a backpack with 20 kilos of cocaine in the bay of Benidorm

The discovery occurred within the framework of the maritime surveillance patrol of the Serra Gelada Natural Park

The Maritime Unit of the Benidorm Local Police located this morning in the bay of Poniente beach a diving backpack that contained 20 kilos of pressed white powder, presumably cocaine, distributed in packages. 

The discovery occurred around 10:15 a.m., during maritime surveillance work in the Serra Gelada Natural Park, when police officers spotted the backpack floating in the sea. After extracting it from the water, the agents verified that inside it contained 20 packages covered with the logo of a sports brand. Each package contained about a kilo of pressed white substance.

The seized merchandise will be delivered to the Fiscal and Border Patrol of the Civil Guard of Calpe for analysis and subsequent instruction of the corresponding procedures.