Spain’s Tax Agency and Catalonia’s Mossos d’Esquadra have dismantled a hashish-trafficking organisation that moved the drug by road from Morocco to France and central Europe from a distribution centre in Cunit, Tarragona.[1]
The investigation began after Deltebre local police tried to stop an SUV in Riumar on 20 January 2022; the driver fled, was caught nearby, and officers found 784 kilograms of hashish in 21 bales inside, arresting the sole occupant.[1] Later, on 29 January, officers found a lorry in Manresa carrying 360 kilograms of hashish hidden in its floor and arrested its driver, who was remanded in custody.[1]
Two days later, eleven raids and searches across Cunit, Segur de Calafell, Amposta, Masdenverge and Castelló led to nine arrests, adding to the two drivers already held; the group’s two leaders were among the nine.[1] The raids turned up 152,000 euros in cash, 1.7 kilograms of hashish and six vehicles, and investigators say the group laundered its proceeds through fake employment records and property deals.[1] The case went before Investigating Court No. 3 in Tortosa, which remanded three detainees in custody and released the rest on bail while the investigation continues.[1] In total the investigation seized 1,146 kilograms of hashish.[1]
