25 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.
Spain’s Customs Surveillance Service and the Civil Guard seized nearly 25,000 kg
of hashish from a lorry at the port of Algeciras on 26 April 2024.[1][2][3]The
operation was a joint action by the Tax Agency’s customs arm and the Civil
Guard.[1][2]
The lorry had arrived from Morocco and was documented as carrying melons bound
for Perpignan in France.[1][2][3]Officers flagged it in the port’s domestic
transport area after a canine-unit officer’s drug-detection dog marked it as
suspicious.[1][2]Inside the trailer they found 22 wooden compartments packed
with bales of hashish alongside only a small quantity of the declared melons.[1][2]
The agency said the haul could have fetched about 50 million euros and called
it the largest seizure of hashish in road transport since a 48-tonne seizure at
Algeciras in 2015.[1][2][3]
The lorry driver was arrested on suspicion of an offence against public health
and brought before the judicial authorities.[1][2][3]
Case data
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Guardia Civil officers in Segovia dismantled a clandestine marijuana plantation hidden in a greenhouse near El Espinar after neighbours reported a strong smell of cannabis. Two local residents were placed under investigation for alleged drug-trafficking cultivation, and officers seized 8.05 kg of plant material.
The Guardia Civil investigated a man in Aguilar de la Frontera, Córdoba, after a neighbour reported being threatened with a short firearm; he handed over an air pistol. Officers then found eight cannabis plants, about 1.60 metres tall, grown inside his home, with buds weighing 920 grams, and put the file before a court.
Guardia Civil officers intercepted a parcel holding 15.9 kilos of hashish resin at a transport company near Asturias airport, then arrested the 37-year-old Seville man who flew in to collect it in a simulated delivery. A judge sent him to prison on 6 November 2026.
Mossos d'Esquadra found a fully equipped forest camp in Figuerola del Camp holding more than 1,000 kilos of marijuana buds ready for sale. No arrests were reported and the investigation to identify those behind the site remains open.
