2,364 kg of hashish seized from speedboat in Alboran Sea
Spanish Customs Surveillance seized about 2,364 kg of hashish resin in 68 bales from a drug-smuggling speedboat in the Alboran Sea on 7 July 2022 and arrested its four Moroccan crew, who had thrown bales overboard during the chase. A Motril court remanded the four in custody.
🇪🇸 Alboran Sea, south-east of Alborán Island · Spain
A Customs Surveillance aircraft on routine patrol spotted three rigid-hulled inflatable boats moored together 15 miles south-east of Alborán Island in the early hours of 7 July 2022, with one loaded with burlap and raffia bales of the kind used to move hashish.[1]The patrol vessels Colimbo II and Fénix III, both based in Motril, were sent to track them.[1]
Fénix III closed in on the loaded three-engine speedboat, whose crew fled while throwing part of the cargo overboard and ignoring stop signals; the patrol boat then boarded it.[1]The four crew members, all Moroccan nationals, were arrested with the vessel and its cargo, while Colimbo II recovered the jettisoned bales.[1]
The seizure totalled 68 bales weighing about 2,364 kilos of hashish resin, which the agency valued at over 15 million euros; the drugs, vessel and detainees were taken to the Motril base.[1]A Motril duty court remanded the four detainees in custody.[1]
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