Guardia Civil recovers 127 bales, about 5 tonnes of hashish, off Ayamonte
On the night of 21 October 2026 the Guardia Civil, with Portugal's GNR and Maritime Police, recovered 127 bales of hashish, about five tonnes, thrown from a four-engine boat at the mouth of the Guadiana in Ayamonte. The crew abandoned the boat and fled on foot.
🇪🇸 Mouth of the Guadiana, Ayamonte, Huelva · Spain
- Cannabis
- 5,000 kg
On the night of 21 October 2026 a four-engine semi-rigid boat was seen approaching the mouth of
the Guadiana at Ayamonte, in Huelva.[1] The Guardia Civil set a search by sea, land and air,
with the provincial maritime service, public-safety officers, the Pegaso team, the rapid-action
group and the air service, and with Portugal’s maritime GNR and Maritime Police.[1]
As the crew fled they were seen throwing bales into the sea.[1] Officers recovered 127 bales of
hashish.[1] Europa Press’s headline puts the load at more than five tonnes, and the note it
quotes puts the weight at about five tonnes.[1] The people on the boat abandoned it and ran
inland.[1] The boat was seized, taken to police premises and held for the court.[1] The
inquiry continues to find those who fled.[1]
Sources
- Intervenidas más de cinco toneladas de hachís en el río Guadiana en una operación conjunta de España y Portugal. Europa Press, 23 October 2026. In Spanish. Archived copy.
Open questions the AI reported
- The weight is given as about five tonnes, and also as more than five tonnes, not as a weighed total.
- No one was arrested. The number of people on the boat was not given.
- The Guardia Civil's own page did not load past a cookie wall, so this account rests on Europa Press quoting the force's note.
- The map point is the town of Ayamonte, not the point in the river where the bales were recovered.
