Spain seizes 3.25 tonnes of hashish and arrests 42 in Strait operations
Spanish police seized 3.25 tonnes of hashish in two operations against drug trafficking across the Strait of Gibraltar, according to a 31 December 2018 wire report. The report put the number of arrests at 42, with five boats and five vehicles seized and arrests in Cádiz, Málaga and Ceuta.
🇪🇸 Strait of Gibraltar; arrests in Cádiz, Málaga and Ceuta · Spain
Spanish police seized3.25 metric tonnes of hashish in two operations against drug trafficking across the Strait of Gibraltar, according to a 31 December 2018 wire report.[1][2]The report put the number of arrests at 42.[1][2]
Boats seized, arrests on both shores
Five boats and five vehicles used by the alleged gang were seized.[1]The arrests were made in Cádiz and Málaga on Spain’s southern coast and in Ceuta, Spain’s North African enclave east of Tangier.[1]The account gave no details about the nationalities of those arrested or when the operations happened.[1]
Case data
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Guardia Civil officers in Segovia dismantled a clandestine marijuana plantation hidden in a greenhouse near El Espinar after neighbours reported a strong smell of cannabis. Two local residents were placed under investigation for alleged drug-trafficking cultivation, and officers seized 8.05 kg of plant material.
The Guardia Civil investigated a man in Aguilar de la Frontera, Córdoba, after a neighbour reported being threatened with a short firearm; he handed over an air pistol. Officers then found eight cannabis plants, about 1.60 metres tall, grown inside his home, with buds weighing 920 grams, and put the file before a court.
Guardia Civil officers intercepted a parcel holding 15.9 kilos of hashish resin at a transport company near Asturias airport, then arrested the 37-year-old Seville man who flew in to collect it in a simulated delivery. A judge sent him to prison on 6 November 2026.
Mossos d'Esquadra found a fully equipped forest camp in Figuerola del Camp holding more than 1,000 kilos of marijuana buds ready for sale. No arrests were reported and the investigation to identify those behind the site remains open.
