Spanish police seize £12m worth of cocaine hidden in fake bananas

Spanish police seize £12m worth of cocaine hidden in fake bananas

Spain’s Civil Guard said, on 26 March, that it had seized a shipment of cocaine hidden in fake bananas. Some 7kg (15lb) of the drug was found in 57 fake resin bananas; a further 10kg were found hidden among real bananas. The military force charged with police duties said a Spanish man and an Italian man had been arrested and that a second Italian national was being questioned. Mar 28, 2017
Cyclone Debbie batters coastal areas in Australia

Cyclone Debbie batters coastal areas in Australia

Towns along the Queensland coast in Australia have been hit hard as Cyclone Debbie made landfall between Airlie Beach and Bowen at around 2am GMT on Tuesday (March 28). The Insurance Council of Australia has declared the cyclone a catastrophe as powerful gale-force winds and flooding prompted authorities to evacuate around 30,000 people. Mar 28, 2017