2,345 kg of hashish seized from dinghy off Gran Canaria
Spain's Guardia Civil seized 2,345 kg of hashish from an inflatable boat off Gran Canaria on 29 April 2024 after a tip from Morocco's DGST surveillance service. The boat's two crew members were arrested and the investigation stayed open.
🇪🇸 off the coast of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands · Spain
Spain’s Guardia Civilseized2,345 kilograms of hashish after intercepting an
inflatable boat off the coast of Gran Canaria on 29 April 2024.[1][2]Morocco’s
DGST territorial-surveillance service had tipped off the Guardia Civil that a boat
coming from Morocco intended to land on the island’s coast.[1][2]
Officers from the Las Palmas Judicial Police organic unit and the Provincial Maritime
Service deployed by land and sea, and the patrol boat Rio Tambre approached a small
boat sailing without lights near the coast.[2]Officers found 66 bales of hashish
weighing more than 2,300 kilograms aboard the seven-metre pneumatic boat, and also
seized its two outboard motors, a satellite phone, two GPS devices and several mobile
phones.[2]
The boat’s two crew members, aged 36 and 26, were arrested for a crime against public
health.[2]The investigation remained open, with further arrests not ruled out.[2]
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