Spanish police and customs officers seized 1,763 kilograms of cocaine packed inside timber logs shipped from Ecuador, then arrested four men at a warehouse near Valencia as they cut the drugs out of the wood. The operation began after a mobile customs scanner at the Port of Valencia detected two different densities inside two containers of Ecuadorian timber. Investigators obtained court approval for a controlled delivery so officers could track the containers from the port to a warehouse outside Valencia. Police moved in on Tuesday in Aldaia, near Valencia. The four men were wearing protective gear and using chainsaws when officers arrived. Three of the men have been remanded in custody, with the case placed under a secrecy order. The fourth suspect, who works for the warehouse company, was released on condition he reports to court every week and surrenders his passport. The joint operation involved Spain’s two national police forces, the Guardia Civil and the Policía Nacional, working with the country’s customs service, acting on information from Ecuador’s police. Investigators are checking whether the group sent earlier shipments to Valencia, and a fifth suspect was not present at the warehouse during the raid. A judge in Torrent remanded the suspects in custody on Friday.