Customs seizes 1,600 kg of hashish from inflatable boat off Cabo de Palos
Spanish customs surveillance intercepted an inflatable boat 20 nautical miles off Cabo de Palos carrying 1,600 kilograms of hashish in 52 sacks worth about 2.2 million euros, arresting three people and seizing the vessel.
🇪🇸 20 nautical miles off Cabo de Palos, Murcia · Spain
Officials from the Tax Agency in Valencia and Murcia intercepted an inflatable boat carrying 1,600 kilograms of hashish sailing about 20 nautical miles off Cabo de Palos.[1]The drugs were divided into 52 burlap sacks with an estimated illicit market value of 2,211,200 euros.[1]
The operation began at around 6pm on 17 January, when naval aviation assets from Valencia and Murcia detected the boat heading towards the Levantine coast, and the patrol vessels Arao of Valencia Customs and Colimbo IV of Murcia intercepted it at 8am.[1]Three people were arrested and the 10-metre-long inflatable boat, fitted with two 225 hp engines, was seized.[1]The drugs, the detainees and the vessel were to be brought before the investigating magistrate’s court acting as duty court in Cartagena.[1]
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