Watch: Spanish police seize record 10 tonnes of cocaine
Spanish police have made their largest-ever cocaine seizure on the high seas, intercepting a vessel carrying almost 10 metric tonnes of the drug concealed in a shipment of salt.
Officers recovered 294 bales of the drug and a handgun from the ship that was on its way to Europe from Brazil.
The operation led to the arrest of 13 people on board.
The vessel, which ended up running out of fuel, had to be towed to port by coastguards in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, police said in a statement.
Footage showed police officers using shovels and digging with their hands to remove cocaine from beneath the salt and forming a line to move the bales to the pier.
The international effort also involved the US Drug Enforcement Administration, Brazil's Federal Police, Britain's National Crime Agency and authorities in France and Portugal.
