Share a coke with…the Spanish Navy
It seems like a group of Colombian Narcotraficantes got smart and ruthless with some Spanish Armada members on shore leave in that country recently.
They likely offered the bluejackets a choice between plata o plomo which led the sailors to try to smuggle some 150 keys of pure Colombian scarface in separate shipments to New York City, where its street value is mega high, and then back to Spain. In Europe, coke is the premium drug of choice by the jet setters and as such is highly valued there.
Unfortunately the would-be smugglers had their connection in NYC burned, where agents seized 20 keys, and then the Spanish Civil Guard found the other 127 keys still hiding in the reserve sail locker of their ship.
Wait, reserve sail locker?
Yup, the ship in question was the pride of the Spanish Armada, the naval training ship, Juan Sebastián Elcano. The handsome 3673-ton ship dates back to 1927 and at 113 meters (370 feet) long, she is the third-largest Tall Ship in the world.
