Police uncover hashish tunnel in Ceuta, seize 17 tonnes and arrest 27
Spanish police uncovered a drug-smuggling tunnel beneath an industrial warehouse in Ceuta, seizing 17 metric tons of hashish and €1.4 million in cash and arresting 27 people. Police said the three-level structure used a rail system and underground cranes to move hashish from Morocco into Spain.
Spanish police uncovered a drug-smuggling tunnel beneath an industrial warehouse in Ceuta, Spain’s North African exclave, and said it was used to move hashish from Morocco into Spain.[1][2]
The structure extended over three levels, with a descent shaft, an intermediate chamber for storing pallets, and the tunnel itself, equipped with a rail system and underground cranes.[1][2]
Police seized17 metric tons of hashish and €1.4 million (about $1.6 million) in cash and arrested 27 people in the operation.[1][2]The police did not disclose the street value of the haul.[1][2]
Hashish, made from cannabis resin, is usually smuggled into Spain by sea in speedboats.[1][2]Spain is a major entry point for hashish into Europe, and Ceuta and Melilla form the European Union’s only land borders with Africa.[1][2]In 2023 Spain accounted for 68% of cannabis resin seizures in the EU, according to EU drugs agency data.[1][2]
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A person works inside the smuggling tunnel in Ceuta, in an undated picture released by Spanish police on 31 March 2026Photo details
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