1,200 kg of hashish seized with hollow transport beams in Estepona
Police raided a warehouse in Estepona's Martín Méndez industrial estate, finding 1,200 kilos of hashish and prepared hollowed-out wooden beams used to move the drugs to the UK. Three Britons were arrested, one of them a 16-year-old.
Police raided a warehouse in the Martín Méndez industrial estate in Estepona used
by a gang of British drug-runners, chosen for its proximity to the motorway and to
the local beach where the drugs were landed in bales.[1][2]The gang used
hollowed-out wooden beams to transport the drugs to the UK.[1][2]
Officers found 1,200 kilos of hashish at the site, along with enough prepared
beams to move the cargo.[1][2]They arrested three Britons, one a 16-year-old
minor.[1][2]
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