Driver held as 354 kg of hashish seized in Antigua, Fuerteventura
Spain's Guardia Civil seized 354 kg of hashish in Antigua, Fuerteventura, after watching a rubber boat land and intercepting an SUV. The driver was arrested and ordered into pretrial detention without bail.
Spain’s Guardia Civil, the country’s civil guard force, detained a man found
with a 354 kghashish shipment in Antigua on the island of Fuerteventura.[1][2][3]Before the arrest, officers had watched a rubber boat reach one of the beaches
in the municipality of Antigua.[1][2][3]As the load moved inland, officers
intercepted an SUV at the exits of the coastal area.[1][2][3]Officers arrested the
SUV driver at the interception point and took him into custody.[1][2]After the
arrest, the driver was referred to the judiciary for further legal proceedings.[1][2]The court then ordered that he be held in pretrial detention without bail
pending the case.[1][2][3]
The coastal operation seized a total of 354 kg of hashish.[1][4][3]That hashish was
distributed across six large bales together with additional smaller parcels.[1][2][3]Antigua is the municipality on Fuerteventura where the beach landing and
road interception took place.[1][2]
The seizure came amid continued movement of hashish toward Europe through
multiple trafficking routes confronting European states.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The article gives no separate date for the Fuerteventura operation; 28 October 2026 is its publication date.
Only one source could be opened for the Fuerteventura seizure; no second account confirming the 354 kg figure could be accessed.
The same article also reports a separate 800 kg hashish seizure in Huelva province, a different event left out here and already recorded as chucena-a49-800kg-hashish.
The driver was not named, and the exact beach, SUV details and court identity were not given.
The headline calls the hashish Moroccan, but the operation paragraphs describe it only as hashish without a stated basis for the origin.
The submitted article gives no separate operation dates and cites the Algerian press agency rather than the Guardia Civil statement.
The submitted article describes the hashish as Moroccan without giving a basis in the operation paragraphs, while the Guardia Civil statement gives no origin.
The submitted article combines the Fuerteventura seizure with a separate 800 kg Huelva seizure as a 1,154 kg total, which is recorded separately as chucena-a49-800kg-hashish.
The headline gives 1150 kg while the body gives 1.154 kg; 1,154 kg is the sum of 800 kg plus 354 kg.
The article calls the hashish Moroccan but the operation paragraphs give no basis for that origin.
The article gives no separate dates for the two operations; 29 October 2026 is only its publication date.
The same article also reports the separate 800 kg Huelva seizure, which is recorded separately as chucena-a49-800kg-hashish.
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