2,200 kg of hashish seized at Seville drug storehouse, four arrested
On 11 October 2023 the Tax Agency and National Police reported seizing 2,200 kg of hashish from a rural storehouse near Las Cabezas de San Juan in Seville used to hold drugs moved up the Guadalquivir river. Four people were arrested.
The Tax Agency’s Customs Surveillance Service and the National Police seized2,200 kilos of hashish from a storehouse in a hamlet of Las Cabezas de San Juan in Seville that served as a logistics hub for drugs moved up the Guadalquivir river.[1]
The investigation began in the summer after officers spotted suspicious movements near the river, identifying people who collected large hashish consignments from riverside hiding places and stored them in a country house away from the town centre.[1]When the premises were raided and searched, officers found the 2,200 kilos of hashish alongside two cannabis plantations of large-sized plants and two shotguns with a large quantity of ammunition.[1]
Four people were arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking and unlawful possession of weapons, and everything seized and arrested was brought before Investigating Court No. 2 in Lebrija, which led the investigation.[1]Further arrests were not ruled out.[1]
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Guardia Civil officers intercepted a parcel holding 15.9 kilos of hashish resin at a transport company near Asturias airport, then arrested the 37-year-old Seville man who flew in to collect it in a simulated delivery. A judge sent him to prison on 6 November 2026.
Mossos d'Esquadra found a fully equipped forest camp in Figuerola del Camp holding more than 1,000 kilos of marijuana buds ready for sale. No arrests were reported and the investigation to identify those behind the site remains open.
