Spain’s Tax Agency and the Civil Guard seized 7,740 kg of hashish on the morning of 31 January 2012 at a warehouse in the Granatilla Industrial Estate in Níjar, Almería.[1] The drugs were inside a container carrying 320 rolls of plastic sheeting for greenhouses, 185 of which held hashish concealed in PVC pipes lined with lead to defeat scanners.[1]
The container had arrived from Casablanca and was located at the port of Valencia, where investigators found evidence of drugs inside and the Special Anti-Drugs Prosecutor’s Office authorised a controlled delivery.[1] Customs surveillance teams then tracked the lorry discreetly until it reached the Níjar warehouse at eight in the morning, when the container was seized and the man waiting for it was arrested.[1]
The suspect ran a small business selling agricultural products, and two vehicles were seized from him before he was brought before Investigating Court No. 4 in Almería.[1] The agencies said shipping hashish in containers was a new method and this was the first consignment of its kind detected.[1]
