2,332 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.
Aerial surveillance units of the Tax Agency’s Customs Surveillance service and the Guardia Civil, patrolling the Strait of Gibraltar, detected several semi-rigid inflatable boats sailing without lights and laden with bales of the type used for hashish, heading for the Algeciras coast where no fewer than fifteen people waited to unload them.[1][2]The forces alerted their command centres and reinforced the operation with maritime and land patrols.[1]
When aerial surveillance confirmed the bales were being unloaded, a helicopter intervened and the traffickers fled, abandoning what they were unloading.[1][2]Civil Guard officers and Customs Surveillance patrols then searched the area and recovered 71 bales weighing 2,332 kilos in total.[1][2]The difficult terrain and vegetation prevented any arrests, though the operation remained open and further arrests were not ruled out.[1][2]The seizure was presented as part of the government’s ongoing fight against drug smuggling in the Campo de Gibraltar.[1][2]
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Spanish Governmentlamoncloa.gob.esMore than 2,300 kilos of hashish seized in Algeciras during joint operation between Spanish Tax Agency and Guardia Civil
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No one was arrested and no court proceedings were reported, though the operation remained open.
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