Madrid - Spanish police interrupted the wedding banquet of a suspected drug trafficker, detaining him and 10 guests, police said Tuesday.

Police used the wedding party in Madrid to capture all the suspects, most of whom were Colombian citizens.

The ring was suspected of importing cocaine hidden in cargoes of legal merchandise, distributing it in Spain and laundering the proceedings through front companies.

Nineteen other people were held earlier in Spain and Colombia. Spanish police seized 250 kilos of cocaine in a previous phase of the operation, which was launched in 2006. (dpa)