Overview
- Spanish police, which disclosed the find Tuesday, say they unearthed a three-level passage about 19 meters deep that ran from Ceuta into Morocco.
- A year-long probe tied repeated drug finds to a wider ring and led to raids in Ceuta, Andalusia and Galicia with more than 250 officers.
- Officers arrested 27 suspects and seized over 17 tonnes of hashish, €1.4 million in cash and 17 luxury cars.
- The Ceuta entrance was hidden behind a large soundproof refrigerator under an industrial hangar, with rails, carts, hoists, small cranes, pumps and acoustic insulation built in.
- Investigators point to an international network with an alleged tunnel architect in Morocco and a coordinator in Ceuta, and they say the passage had not been used for some time.