Up to eight years and fines of 510 million for sailboat crews located in Cantabria with 1.7 tons of coca

Two Venezuelan citizens were convicted in Spain for their participation in the transport of more than 1.7 tons of cocaine on a sailboat intercepted in August 2023 in international waters off the coast of Cantabria. The National High Court imposed penalties of up to eight years in prison and millionaire fines on the four crew members [...] The entry Condemns two Venezuelans for transporting tons of cocaine on a sailboat in Spain was first publish…

The ship, coming from South America, was intercepted in August 2023 26 miles north of the coast of Santander, and within it 92 drug shipments were found.

The Audiencia Nacional has imposed penalties of up to eight years of imprisonment and fines of 510 million euros for the four crew members of the sailboat intercepted in August 2023 in international waters off the coast of Cantabria with more than 1.7 tons of cocaine. In a sentence issued on 17 March, and which is firm after having manifested the parties that will not appeal, the Audiencia Nacional imposes eight years of imprisonment on the only…

fines of 510 million euros for the four crew members of the sailboat intercepted in August 2023 in international waters off the coast of Cantabria with more than 1.7 tons of cocaine. In a sentence handed down on 17 March, and which is firm after the parties who will not appeal have stated, the Audiencia Nacional imposes eight years of imprisonment on the sole Spanish crew member of the sailboat, a native of Bilbao, for a crime against public hea…