3,225 kg of hashish seized among recycled cardboard shipped from Melilla
Customs Surveillance and the Civil Guard tracked a suspect consignment of recycled cardboard from Melilla to Granada and seized 3,225 kg of hashish hidden inside, arresting two people. The agency calls it one of the largest recent seizures of hashish originating from Melilla.
🇪🇸 Province of Granada; consignment shipped from Melilla via Málaga · Spain
Customs Surveillance and the Civil Guard launched Operation Sarcina after detecting a suspicious consignment of recycled cardboard sent from Melilla to the mainland.[1]Officers tracked the cargo from Melilla to the peninsula, inspected it at the port of Málaga, and finally intercepted it in the province of Granada.[1]
Despite wrapping and treatment meant to mask the smell, sniffer dogs of the Civil Guard’s canine unit found the drugs hidden among the cardboard bales.[1]Officers seized3,225 kilos of hashish with a market value of 20 million euros and arrested two people for membership of a criminal organisation and drug trafficking.[1]The consignment had travelled from the port of Melilla, and the cardboard was bound for recycling on the mainland.[1]The agency calls it one of the largest seizures of hashish originating from Melilla in recent years.[1]
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