Customs vessel seizes 4 tonnes of hashish from yacht off Cartagena
Spain's Customs Surveillance service seized 4,000 kilograms of hashish from a 12-metre motor yacht about 60 nautical miles south-east of Cartagena on 22 November 2009, detaining six people and taking the vessel to Cartagena.
🇪🇸 Mediterranean Sea, about 60 nautical miles south-east of Cartagena, Murcia · Spain
Spain’s Customs Surveillance service seized4,000 kilograms of hashish from a 12-metre motor yacht about 60 nautical miles south-east of Cartagena on 22 November 2009.[1]The Colimbo IV patrol vessel spotted the suspicious yacht at around 4 pm and boarded it, finding 128 burlap sacks of hashish piled on the deck and in the open areas of the vessel.[1]The agency put the black-market value of the haul at 5,528,000 euros.[1]
Officers detained six people aboard and said most of the crew and the owner already had police records for drug smuggling.[1]The drugs, the detainees and the yacht were taken to Cartagena and handed over to the duty investigating magistrate’s court.[1]The agency said investigations were continuing to identify and arrest the remaining members of the organisation.[1]
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