A video released by Spanish authorities shows how officers uncovered 2.6 tonnes of cocaine hidden beneath coconuts in a shipment that arrived from Ghana.

The footage shows officers at a warehouse using a forklift to move wooden crates filled with coconuts. As the crates are tipped over, the coconuts spill out, revealing several packages hidden beneath them.

A closer look at the crates shows that they had been fitted with false bottoms to conceal the drugs. Beneath the coconuts were brick-shaped packages wrapped in different colours and marked with numbers.

The cocaine was discovered in two shipping containers that left Ghana’s Tema Port on August 2, 2026, and arrived at the Port of Valencia in Spain 20 days later.

According to Spanish authorities, the containers attracted the attention of a joint team from the Guardia Civil and the Customs Surveillance Service of Spain’s Tax Agency after they were suspected of carrying illegal drugs.

Officers searched the containers and discovered that the wooden crates carrying the coconuts had been modified with hidden compartments.

Inside the false bottoms, they found several packages containing a white substance, which laboratory tests later confirmed to be cocaine.

Spain seizes 2,600kg of cocaine hidden in Ghana coconut shipment

However, instead of immediately seizing the containers, investigators removed the drugs, resealed the cargo and continued monitoring the shipment to identify the people waiting to receive it.

Their investigations eventually led them to two refrigerated trucks that arrived to collect the containers.

Officers followed the trucks to a warehouse at the La Juaida industrial estate in Almería, where two men were arrested while the cargo was being unloaded.

The suspects are believed to be the importer of the cocaine and the person responsible for supervising the unloading process.

Although the operation took place in August, Spanish authorities released details of the interception on November 11, 2026.

The seizure has drawn attention to Ghana’s Tema Port, as the two containers carrying the cocaine began their journey from the country’s main seaport.

However, information released by Spanish authorities does not establish where the cocaine was hidden in the crates or whether it was loaded in Ghana or introduced into the shipment elsewhere.

There is also no confirmed information about whether any Ghanaian nationals are connected to the operation or whether Ghanaian security agencies assisted with the investigation.

The seizure adds to a number of international drug interceptions involving shipments or travellers connected to Ghana.

In one incident, Lebanese customs officials reportedly seized 46.7 kilogrammes of cocaine at Beirut Airport from a Syrian passenger who had travelled from Accra.

French customs officials also reportedly intercepted nearly 3.9 tonnes of cocaine concealed in a container carrying plastic waste that had departed from Ghana.

In another case, Tema Police seized 866 parcels of suspected cocaine hidden in sacks of gari at a warehouse within the Tema Harbour enclave.

The latest seizure in Spain adds to the list of international drug interceptions involving cargo originating from Ghana.

#OperacionesGC | ¡2.600 kilos de cocaína intervenidos en el Puerto de #Valencia!

📦 La droga viajaba oculta en dobles fondos de cajas de cocos procedentes de Ghana.

👮‍♂️ 2 detenidos en Viator (#Almería) tras el seguimiento de la mercancía.

Operación conjunta de la @guardiacivil y @aduanassva.

— Guardia Civil (@guardiacivil) November 11, 2026