Spain seizes 3.7 tonnes of hashish and arrests 33 in two raids
Spanish authorities said on 17 February 2017 they had dismantled two hashish-trafficking networks running Moroccan hashish into Malaga, seizing 3.7 tonnes of hashish and arresting 33 people in under two days. The Civil Guard broke up one network in Malaga and Granada and a second in Murcia and Alicante, also seizing a helicopter, speedboats, vehicles, a gun and cash.
Spanish authorities announced that in less than two days they had dismantled two international networks smuggling hashish from northern Morocco into the port of Malaga.[1]Officers confiscated a helicopter, cars, boats and communications gear along with the drugs, and arrested 33 members of the two networks.[1]A second account of the same operation put the haul at 3.7 metric tonnes of hashish plus the helicopter, cars, boats, cash and weapons, with Moroccan authorities cooperating in the investigation.[2]
According to a Civil Guard statement, officers broke up the first network in the cities of Malaga and Granada, seizing three tonnes of hashish valued at about $4 million and arresting 15 Moroccan and Spanish nationals.[1]Raids on houses used by that network turned up five speedboats worth about $600,000 with trucks to carry them to and from the beach, plus seven leisure boats, stolen cars, documents, computers and smartphones.[1]The second network, caught in Murcia and Alicante, lost 700 kilos of hashish, three boats, 13 cars, a gun with ammunition, communications gear and large sums of money, with 18 more people arrested.[1]
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The report uses 17 February 2017, when the operation was announced; the raids ran over the preceding two days and their exact dates were not published.
Morocco World News, citing the Civil Guard, reports 33 arrests and a 3-tonne plus 700-kilo split, while High Times, citing the same operation, reports 50 arrests; the report uses the detailed Civil Guard breakdown.
Moroccan authorities cooperated in the investigation, but what they did was not detailed in the opened sources.
Charges or trial outcomes for the 33 people arrested were not reported in the opened sources.
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