Spanish police seize 25 tonnes of endangered eels destined for smuggling.<br /><br />The Spanish Guardia Civil posted a video on Twitter/X with footage of the find.<br /><br />The bust was part of anti-smuggling operation “ASKEZ IV-LAKE”, a Guardia Civil project in cooperation with Europol as well as different European and American partners.<br /><br />”Thirty suspects have been arrrested in Spain, seizing 18 tons of European eel (Anguilla anguilla) which would have an estimated value of €20 million in the black market,” the post read.
