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2017 Report

Table 20. Main activities of the Customs Surveillance Service

COCAINE

Port of Algeciras. 16 containers (*)

9,726 Kg

Port of Valencia. 27 containers

6,016 Kg

Tug boat “Thoran” in International Waters

3,305 Kg

Fishing boat “Aliprimera” in International Waters

2,264 Kg

HASHISH

Merchant vessel “Lady Boss” in International Waters

16,023 Kg

Sailing ship “Mónica” in International Waters

10,533 Kg

House search in San Roque (Cádiz)

3,500 Kg

Fishing boat “Ángel and María” in Mazagón (Huelva)

3,290 Kg

MARIJUANA

Operation “Mastín-Mariachi”

2,772 Kg

Plantation in Canovelles (Barcelona)

137,140 plants

HEROIN

Operation “Cuarzo” in Barcelona

264 Kg

Operation “Tirabuzón” in Vigo

64 Kg

PRECURSORS

Barajas Airport. PMK methyl glycidate

2,685 Kg

TOBACCO

Freighter “Falkvag”. 6 Containers

2,730,142 packets

Operation “Cuchipanda” in Seville

53,107 Kg smoking tobacco

Operation “Rocok” in Barcelona

536,980 packets

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Port of Melilla. 32 containers

1,865,367 articles

Barajas Airport. 1,060 actions

63,411 articles

Port of Alicante. Fake jewellery

19,736 articles

OFFENCES AGAINST THE PUBLIC TREASURY

Operation “Sith”. VAT fraud in electronic and computer products

25 Mill. euros

Operation “Rueda”. VAT fraud in the tyre sector

9 Mill. euros

Operation “Zar”. VAT fraud in the hydrocarbons sector

8.6 Mill. euros

Operation “Día”. VAT fraud on imports from China

6.4 Mill. euros

Operation “Valerio”. VAT fraud in the scrap metal sector

3.6 Mill. euros

MONEY LAUNDERING OFFENCE

Operation “Vergel”. Money laundering in escort clubs

28.7 Mill. euros

Operation “Jaque Mate”. Money laundering from drug trafficking

20 Mill. euros

Operation “Shopping”. Money laundering in online sales to China

2.5 Mill. euros

SMUGGLING OTHER KINDS

Online sale of anabolic steroids in Madrid

1.4 Mill. euros

(*)Includes operation “Nativity”, in which a container was seized with 5,883 Kg of cocaine. This is the second largest haul of cocaine seized in Spain to date.