Officers from Spain’s Customs Surveillance service and French customs have seized 2,480 kilograms of hashish from a road network that trucked the drug from warehouses in Castellón to France and the rest of Europe, arresting ten people over eight months of joint work starting in October 2024.[1]
The organisation, made up of Romanian and Slovak nationals, hid hashish in lorries and vans with false bottoms escorted by scout cars warning of checks.[1] On 7 November 2024 French customs opened the account at the Mougins service area near Cannes, finding 1,385 kilograms of cannabis resin in a trailer and arresting its two Romanian drivers.[1] Investigators then located the Spanish loading point, a guarded property in Vinaròs, Castellón.[1]
On 2 May 2025 officers stopped a Romanian-plated van in Figueres carrying 240 kilograms of hashish plus 26.7 kilograms of cannabis buds and 2.2 kilograms of cocaine, arresting its two Romanian occupants.[1] On 3 June a chase from Vinaròs into France ended with a Romanian arrested and 218 kilograms of hashish found hidden in olive-oil containers, and on 6 July a Bulgarian driver was arrested at Llers, Girona, with 637 kilograms concealed in his lorry’s cargo.[1] On 23 July the operation closed with the arrest of four suspected ringleaders, three Romanians and the Slovak guard of the Vinaròs property, where officers also seized 13.2 kilograms of unmarked tablets and 6,260 clonazepam tablets.[1] Five of the ten arrested were remanded in custody, and the case sits with Investigating Court No. 5 in Vinaròs.[1]
