2,500 kilos of hashish seized from fishing boat off Málaga
Spain's Tax Agency seized 2,500 kilos of hashish from a fishing boat heading for La Caleta de Vélez in the early hours of 4 August 2008. Six crew members, two Moroccan and four Spanish nationals, were arrested.
🇪🇸 Port of La Caleta de Vélez, Vélez-Málaga, Málaga · Spain
Spain’s Tax Agency seized2,500 kilograms of hashish in the early hours of
Monday 4 August 2008, when a helicopter and a patrol vessel of the Andalusian
Customs Surveillance unit intercepted a fishing boat heading for the port of
La Caleta de Vélez.[1]The six crew members on board, two Moroccan nationals
and four Spanish nationals, were arrested on suspicion of smuggling and
offences against public health.[1]
The detainees and the vessel were taken to the port of Málaga, where
Investigating Court No. 2 authorised a full search that uncovered eighty
packages of hashish resin weighing about 2,500 kilos in the holds.[1]The
drugs, the vessel and the detainees were to be brought before the duty
investigating magistrate’s court in Málaga.[1]
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