Spanish police have broken up a drug trafficking ring that used elite Ukrainian helicopter pilots to fly drugs across the Strait of Gibraltar in daring low-level night flights.

Guardia Civil officers arrested two Ukrainians as they attempted to escape after they landed a helicopter in a field near Chiclana de la Frontera in southern Spain.

One pilot has been identified as Vitor Blaha, a former Ukrainian police colonel, who is accused of piloting the helicopter, which was carrying just under 800 kilograms of cannabis resin.

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