Six tonnes of hashish seized from Spanish sailboat Luna III off Sicily
Italian finance police seized more than six tonnes of hashish from the Spanish-flagged sailing yacht Luna III about 160 km south of Sicily on 13 April 2019. Three Spaniards were arrested on board in a joint operation with Spanish customs surveillance after Spain flagged the boat as suspicious.
🇮🇹 Mediterranean Sea, about 160 km south of Sicily · Italy
Italian finance police seized more than six tonnes of hashish from a sailboat off Sicily, customs authorities announced on Saturday 13 April 2019.[1]The drugs were found on the 12-metre Spanish-flagged sailing yacht Luna III, stopped about 160 km south of the Sicilian coast carrying 6,000 kg of hashish.[1][2][3]
Spanish authorities had originally flagged the boat as suspicious.[1]Three Spaniards were arrested on board.[2]The seizure was part of a joint operation in which the Spanish Tax Agency’s Customs Surveillance unit took part alongside the Italian authorities.[3]The Guardia di Finanza said Spain, France, Italy and Greece had been on high alert against hashish trafficking from Morocco, and that the seizure was the fifth such interception in the waters between Sicily and Tunisia since the previous summer.[1]Authorities valued the load at about 60 million euros.[2]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Arrested
3
Cannabis
6 t
Value (official estimate)
EUR 60,000,000
Agencies
Guardia di Finanza; Customs Surveillance Service
Agency type
Police, Customs
Cannabis
Hashish (6 t)
Activity
Smuggling, Trafficking
Case stage
Under investigation
Sources
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Guardia di Finanza officers in Menaggio stopped a minor and seized a total of 53.9 grams of hashish from his clothing and his bedroom, along with a precision scale and wrapping material. The boy was reported to the judicial authority on suspicion of selling doses to minors in the area.
Carabinieri in Campo Tures, South Tyrol, reported a 29-year-old Italian man at liberty after seizing 127 grams of marijuana and 10 grams of hashish in personal and home searches. Hours later they seized a hidden hashish block of about 100 grams with no known owner, bringing the total to about 237 grams.
Carabinieri in Fiuggi seized about 30 grams of marijuana and dealing-related materials during a home search that followed a road check. A local man already known to police was reported at liberty for alleged possession intended for sale.
Penitentiary police seized about 40 grams of hashish hidden in hollowed Giotto coloured pencils in a registered parcel for a detainee at Pavilion C of Turin's Lorusso e Cutugno prison. No sender was identified, and the Osapp union used the find to protest staff shortages and overcrowding.
