A joint operation by the Tax Agency and the Guardia Civil

• Members of the Local Risk Analysis Unit (ULAR) of the Cádiz Customs have prevented the introduction of the cache when the drugs were detected in a truck from Fuerteventura

• As a result of the intervention, one person was arrested and several more were investigated.

November 25, 2022.- Members of the Cádiz Customs risk analysis unit, made up of Customs Surveillance officials from the Tax Agency and the Fiscal Protection-Civil Guard, have prevented the introduction of a 2,104 kilo cache of hashish that was going to be introduced into the Peninsula. The drug was discovered in a container whose contents were declared to be scrap metal and which was destined for the province of Seville. The container was part of an expedition made up of five more that are waiting to be inspected.

The operation took place on the morning of November 17, when members of the ULAR proposed for inspection a scrap metal container that had been declared for customs clearance.

Several indications led to the shipment being proposed for inspection at the border inspection point (PIF) of Cádiz Customs. After opening the container, at first only the declared merchandise (scrap) was observed but, after a thorough examination, several burlap bags were detected containing 60 bales of hashish of about 30-40 kilos each, resulting in a quantity total seized of about 2,100 kilos.

One person has been arrested and future arrests are not ruled out. The investigations remain open, with all proceedings having been handed over to the Cádiz Guard Court.