Spanish police seize 6.5 tons of cocaine from boat off Canary Islands, arrest 9 people after US tip

Spanish police seized 6.5 tons of cocaine from a boat off the Canary Islands, which are near Africa, and arrested nine people after a U.S. tip-off.

The police announced on Sunday that the boat, which was flying a Tanzanian flag and had departed from Panama en route to Vigo, Spain, was intercepted 600 miles off the Canary Islands on Wednesday, CBS News reported.

The narcotics were hidden in the hold of the boat, which had unusual structures on board that concealed the narcotics, police said...