Customs Surveillance (Vigilancia Aduanera)
🇪🇸 Spain · Customs · 42 reports
- People arrested
- 277
- Plants destroyed
- 5,858
- Cannabis seized
- 336.227 t
Totals of what these reports state; a report counts when a source it cites names the agency.
Two held as 438-plant grows and AK-47 seized in Cartagena
National Police and Customs officers dismantled two indoor cannabis grows in Los Dolores, Cartagena, arresting a 51-year-old man and the woman who owned both houses. Officers seized 438 plants weighing almost 172 kg plus an AK-type rifle, a pistol and a hand grenade.
Arrested 2Plants destroyed 438Cannabis 172 kgThree arrested as police shut a cannabis club in Las Palmas
Spain's National Police and the Customs Surveillance Service raided a business operating under the appearance of a cannabis association in central Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on 21 October 2026, arresting three people and sealing the premises by court order. Officers seized 437 grams of marijuana and 1,126 grams of hashish — 1,563 grams in total — and more than €5,600 in cash.
Arrested 3Cannabis 1.563 kgThree held as Customs and Civil Guard dismantle 420 indoor plants in Osuna
On 16 October 2026 the Tax Agency's Customs Surveillance Service in Seville and the Civil Guard searched three homes in Osuna, seized 420 cannabis plants at different growth stages, cash and a prohibited taser, and arrested three people for drug trafficking and electricity fraud. One house had underground spaces built to hide a grow.
Arrested 3Charged 3Plants destroyed 420Ten arrested after narcolancha crew fires on patrol boat off Huelva
Ten suspected traffickers were arrested after their narcolancha crew opened fire on a Guardia Civil patrol boat off Huelva on 17-18 August 2026. Officers later intercepted two boats and seized 5,926 kg of hashish; one wounded suspect was left on the Cádiz coast.
Arrested 10Cannabis 5.926 t25 arrested as 24 indoor cannabis plantations raided in El Palmar de Troya
Spanish police and customs officers searched 16 homes in El Palmar de Troya, the former district of Utrera in Seville province, dismantled 24 indoor marijuana plantations and arrested 25 people. The Tax Agency said officers seized 2,200 plants, about 70 kilograms of buds, more than 50,000 euros and a shotgun after a two-month investigation into abnormal electricity use.
Arrested 25of them seized 2,200Cannabis 70 kgSites 162,133 kg of hashish seized from six lorry trailers at Algeciras port
Spanish customs and Civil Guard officers seized 2,133 kg of hashish hidden in the beams of six lorry trailers arriving at Algeciras from Tangier, after a drug dog flagged the first trailer on 9 November 2025. The six drivers were arrested on suspicion of offences against public health.
Arrested 6Cannabis 2.133 t2,480 kg of hashish seized from road network to France; ten arrested
Spanish and French customs dismantled the eight-month Sivarite operation, a Romanian- and Slovak-run road network moving hashish from Castellón warehouses to France, seizing 2,480 kilograms and arresting ten people including the suspected ringleaders.
Arrested 10Cannabis 2.5067 t25 tonnes of hashish seized from melon lorry at Algeciras port
Spanish Customs and the Civil Guard seized nearly 25,000 kg of hashish hidden in a lorry from Morocco at the port of Algeciras on 26 April 2024. The driver was arrested in what the agency called the largest road-transport hashish seizure since 2015.
Arrested 1Cannabis 25 t3,340 kg of hashish seized from Tangier lorries at Algeciras port
On 24 November 2023 Spain's Tax Agency and the Civil Guard reported seizing 3,340 kg of hashish hidden in false compartments of four lorries that had arrived at the port of Algeciras from Tangier. Three drivers were arrested.
Arrested 3Cannabis 3.34 tFive indoor plantations dismantled and 14 arrested in Alt Empordà
Customs officers and Mossos d'Esquadra raided fifteen premises across Alt Empordà, dismantling five indoor cannabis plantations with 5,000 plants, seizing 14 kilograms of buds and arresting fourteen members of an export network.
Arrested 14Plants destroyed 5,000Cannabis 14 kg2,200 kg of hashish seized at Seville drug storehouse, four arrested
On 11 October 2023 the Tax Agency and National Police reported seizing 2,200 kg of hashish from a rural storehouse near Las Cabezas de San Juan in Seville used to hold drugs moved up the Guadalquivir river. Four people were arrested.
Arrested 4Cannabis 2.2 t6,044 kg of hashish seized from sailboat south of the Canary Islands
Spain's customs boarded a sailing vessel 95 miles south of the Canary Islands and seized 6,044 kg of hashish believed bound for Brazil. Five people were arrested as police broke up the Alicante-based trafficking network behind the shipment.
Arrested 5Cannabis 6.044 tOperation Kronos II seizes 7.2 tonnes of hashish and arrests eight in Huelva
Spanish Customs and the Civil Guard broke up an Ayamonte-based hashish clan in Operation Kronos II, seizing 7,200 kg across five stashes and arresting eight people in 14 raids on 27 June 2023. Pleasure craft with false bottoms ferried the bales ashore for distribution by off-road vehicles.
Arrested 8Cannabis 7.2 tTen held as Guadix hashish and cannabis network is dismantled
Customs and Guardia Civil officers have dismantled a Guadix-based network that hid hashish and cannabis in wool bales, livestock trucks and scrap consignments bound for central Europe, arresting ten people. The operation seized 1,147 kg of hashish and 755 kg of cannabis and froze bank accounts, homes and vehicles.
Arrested 10Cannabis 1.902 tSpanish customs seize 5,400 kg of hashish from fishing vessel off Huelva
Spain's Customs Surveillance Service boarded the Portuguese-flagged fishing vessel Praia de Montegordo off Isla Cristina as its crew prepared to move 150 bales of hashish to a speedboat, seizing 5,400 kg and arresting four crew.
Arrested 4Cannabis 5.4 tSailboat BIBI boarded off Huelva with six tonnes of hashish
Spanish Customs and National Police boarded the sailing yacht BIBI in the Atlantic about 130 miles off Huelva and seized around 6,000 kg of hashish. The three crew, including a veteran skipper, were arrested.
Arrested 3Cannabis 6 tNearly four tonnes of hashish seized in two Huelva operations
The Tax Agency and the Civil Guard stopped two hashish landings on the Huelva coast within 24 hours around 1 May 2022, seizing 124 sacks of hashish, nearly four tonnes, and arresting four people.
Arrested 4Cannabis 4 t19.9 tonnes of hashish seized from cargo ship Natalia off Fuerteventura
Spanish authorities boarded the Palau-flagged merchant ship Natalia 40 miles south-east of Fuerteventura on 8 August 2021 and found 19,876 kilograms of hashish hidden in a plaster cargo, arresting its 11 Syrian crew.
Arrested 11Cannabis 19.876 tEight held as 15 tonnes of hashish seized from Seefuchs at sea
Spanish authorities stormed the former rescue ship Seefuchs about 100 nautical miles south of Spain and seized 15 tonnes of hashish, arresting five crew at sea and three more on land in an operation announced 30 July 2021.
Arrested 8Cannabis 15 tOdyssey 227 boarded off Canaries with 22.1 tonnes of hashish
Spanish authorities boarded the Mongolian-flagged trawler Odyssey 227 east of Fuerteventura on 1 June 2021 and seized 22,100 kg of hashish, arresting its four crew. The first announcement put the haul at about 15 tonnes before the final count.
Arrested 4Cannabis 22.1 tTug Felsted intercepted with 7,130 kg of hashish off Gibraltar
Spanish authorities boarded the Vanuatu-flagged tug Felsted after it crossed the Strait of Gibraltar on 14 April 2021 and found 200 bales of hashish weighing 7,130 kilograms, arresting its three Ukrainian crew members.
Arrested 3Cannabis 7.13 tCustoms seizes 3,750 kg of hashish in two Strait operations
Spanish customs stopped two drug-smuggling boats in the Strait of Gibraltar on 19 and 21 December 2020, recovering 114 bales of hashish weighing about 3,750 kilograms and arresting four crew members.
Arrested 4Cannabis 3.75 t30 tonnes of hashish seized from four yachts in Atlantic operation
Spain's Tax Agency and National Police seized more than 30 tonnes of hashish from four sailing yachts of one organisation in the Atlantic between 24 and 28 September 2020 and arrested nine Bulgarian and Russian nationals. Authorities called it the largest anti-hashish operation at sea to date in Spain.
Arrested 9Cannabis 30.5 tMerchant vessel ELG seized with 10 tonnes of hashish off Cartagena
Spanish Customs boarded the Moldovan-flagged merchant vessel ELG 98 miles south-east of Cartagena on 17 June 2019 and found about 10,000 kilos of hashish in its forepeak hold. All eight crew members, Ukrainian nationals, were arrested after a six-month surveillance operation.
Arrested 8Cannabis 10 t2,332 kg of hashish seized in Algeciras as smugglers flee
The Tax Agency's Customs Surveillance service and the Guardia Civil seized 2,332 kilos of hashish in 71 bales on the Algeciras coast on 10 August 2018. Aerial surveillance spotted semi-rigid boats unloading bales where some fifteen people waited; the traffickers fled when a helicopter intervened and no one was arrested.
Cannabis 2.332 tSpain seizes about 12 tonnes of hashish from mother ship in Atlantic
Spanish Customs Surveillance and National Police boarded a fishing vessel about 130 nautical miles south-west of Cádiz on 25 January 2018, seizing about 12 tonnes of hashish and arresting its 13 Moroccan crew members.
Arrested 13Cannabis 12 t25 held as hashish network shipping to Libya and Egypt is broken up
Spanish police, the Guardia Civil and the Tax Office broke up a hashish network that moved multi-tonne loads by yacht into Spain for distribution across Europe and North Africa, arresting 25 people. Officers boarded two yachts off Algeria carrying 4,000 kg and 950 kg, bringing total seizures past five and a half tonnes.
Arrested 25Cannabis 5.5 t15.7 tonnes of hashish seized from Just Reema off Málaga
Spanish authorities boarded the merchant vessel Just Reema 45 miles south of Málaga and found about 15.7 tonnes of hashish resin hidden in a double bottom. All nine crew members were arrested in the joint Operation Urca.
Arrested 9Cannabis 15.7 tFishing boat Eiskos boarded off Almería with 20 tons of hashish
Spanish Customs boarded the Portuguese-flagged fishing vessel Eiskos south of Almería on 23 November 2014 and seized about 20 tons of hashish, arresting ten crew; the network's alleged leader was arrested later in Operation Adiada.
Arrested 11Cannabis 20 tMerchant vessel held off Alborán with 18 tonnes of hashish
Spanish Customs Surveillance intercepted a flag-of-convenience merchant vessel off the island of Alborán in the early hours of 19 April 2014 and found about 18 tonnes of hashish aboard. The seven Syrian crew members, caught trying to sink the vessel, were arrested and ordered to sail it to Almería.
Arrested 7Cannabis 18 tEgyptian fishing boat held off Almería with 13 tonnes of hashish
Spanish Customs Surveillance intercepted a flagless Egyptian fishing vessel about 60 miles south-east of Cabo de Gata on the night of 6 March 2014 and found 450 bales of hashish, weighing about 13 tonnes, hidden in its hold. The eight Egyptian crew members were arrested and the vessel was towed to Almería.
Arrested 8Cannabis 13 tSpanish customs seize 12 tonnes of hashish from Turkish trawler
Spanish customs intercepted the Turkish-flagged fishing vessel Berk Kaptan about 60 miles south of Almería with 480 bales of hashish, about 12 tonnes, hidden in its hold, arresting its four Turkish crew. The Operation Bosphorus boarding confirmed a new eastern Mediterranean trafficking route.
Arrested 4Cannabis 12 tFishing boat boarded off Cartagena with 9 tonnes of hashish
Spanish Customs Surveillance boarded the flagless trawler Avenir de Safi II about 50 miles south-east of Cartagena on 12 October 2013 and found around 300 bales of hashish resin, weighing about nine tonnes, hidden in its cold store. The six Moroccan crew members were arrested and the vessel was towed to Cartagena.
Arrested 6Cannabis 9 t7,740 kg of hashish seized hidden in greenhouse plastic in Níjar
Spanish customs and the Civil Guard seized 7,740 kg of hashish hidden inside rolls of greenhouse plastic sheeting at a Níjar warehouse, the first detected use of container shipping for hashish, arresting one man.
Arrested 1Cannabis 7.74 t4.3 tonnes of hashish seized from a fishing boat off Murcia
Spain's Customs Surveillance service seized 4,320 kilos of hashish from the fishing vessel S Siroco off Cartagena and arrested its five crew, closing Operation Sophie with an estimated haul value of 6.2 million euros.
Arrested 5Cannabis 4.32 t20 tonnes of hashish seized from Dutch vessel Nancy-II
Spanish Customs intercepted the Dutch-flagged fishing vessel Nancy-II 70 miles off Morocco and seized more than 20,000 kilos of hashish resin. Three Dutch crew members were arrested and the vessel was brought to Cádiz.
Arrested 3Cannabis 20 tSpain and France seize 1,230 kg of hashish in Mediterranean operation
Spanish and French customs seized 1,230 kg of hashish in a joint air and naval operation in the Mediterranean on 29 and 30 April 2010. Seven people were arrested and two vessels seized, with the main haul of 1,200 kg taken 60 miles south of Cartagena.
Arrested 7Cannabis 1.23 tCustoms seizes 1,600 kg of hashish from inflatable boat off Cabo de Palos
Spanish customs surveillance intercepted an inflatable boat 20 nautical miles off Cabo de Palos carrying 1,600 kilograms of hashish in 52 sacks worth about 2.2 million euros, arresting three people and seizing the vessel.
Arrested 3Cannabis 1.6 tOperation Bogavante nets 3,240 kilos of hashish at Sanlúcar
Spain's Tax Agency seized about 3,240 kilos of hashish in 108 bales from a fishing vessel at the Bonanza quay in Sanlúcar de Barrameda on 3 July 2009 during Operation Bogavante. The vessel's owner was arrested and the boat seized.
Arrested 1Cannabis 3.24 t4,500 kg of hashish seized from planing boat off Cabo de Palos
Customs Surveillance vessels boarded a planing boat approaching the Murcia coast near Cabo de Palos on the night of 7 May 2009 and seized about 4,500 kg of hashish, arresting six foreign nationals; the Civil Guard joined the follow-up search.
Arrested 6Cannabis 4.5 t3,300 kilos of hashish seized on Brosquil beach, Cullera
Spain's Tax Agency seized 3,300 kilos of hashish on Brosquil beach in Cullera on 15 January 2009 after tracking a laden inflatable boat from south of Alicante. No arrests were reported; the investigation stayed open.
Cannabis 3.3 t2,500 kilos of hashish seized from fishing boat off Málaga
Spain's Tax Agency seized 2,500 kilos of hashish from a fishing boat heading for La Caleta de Vélez in the early hours of 4 August 2008. Six crew members, two Moroccan and four Spanish nationals, were arrested.
Arrested 6Cannabis 2.5 t