2,300 kg of hashish seized from a boat crew on the River Piedras
Spanish Tax Agency, National Police and Civil Guard officers seized 2,300 kilograms of hashish in 73 bales from a rigid-hulled boat on the River Piedras in Huelva in August 2017 and arrested two men at a nearby estate. Officers also seized an assault rifle and a silenced pistol guarding the drugs.
Air and sea surveillance units detected a rigid-hulled inflatable boat loaded with packages typically used for hashish heading towards the River Piedras in Huelva in the early hours of 24 August 2017.[1]Officers from the Tax Agency’s Customs Surveillance unit, the National Police and the Civil Guard moved in as the boat reached a riverbank and unloaded the drugs into two off-road vehicles that drove to a nearby estate.[1]
Officers found 73 bales of hashish weighing about 2,300 kilograms inside the two vehicles.[1]Two men were arrested at the estate after one of them drove out and rammed the police cars, while three others escaped and the smugglers set the boat alight to remove it from police control.[1]
Searching the estate, officers seized an AO 17 assault rifle with magazines and more than 150 rounds plus a silenced semi-automatic pistol with ammunition, weapons the release says were used to protect the drugs.[1]The operation formed part of a special surveillance effort along the Andalusian coast against vessels in illegal activity.[1]
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Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
The account rests on the Tax Agency's statement alone; no independent reporting of the operation was opened.
The release dates the detection to the early hours of 24 August and describes the unloading and arrests as following, so 24 August is the operation date rather than a separately stated seizure date.
Three people escaped the estate and the release says further arrests cannot be ruled out, with no later outcome given.
No charges or court outcome for the two arrested men were reported.
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