High Seas Bust on Russia-Bound Boxship Leaves Spanish Police Empty-Handed

After a high seas boarding, Spain’s Guardia Civil brought the boxship Baltic Summer into port at Vigo to be searched for drugs – the latest in a series of busts at the quiet port of Vigo, just north of the Portuguese border. This time, however, the authorities came away empty-handed.

Baltic Summer was under way on a voyage from Puerto Bolivar, Ecuador when it was stopped by Spanish authorities and diverted to the harbor at Vigo, with assistance from …