A joint operation by the Tax Agency and the Guardia Civil

• Ten people have been arrested and more than 5,500 kilos of hashish have been seized in various actions in the last eight months.
• The detainees manufactured all types of double bottoms in trailers to hide the drugs

July 3, 2023.- The Analysis and Risk Unit (UAR), made up of officials from the Customs Surveillance Service of the Tax Agency and Civil Guards from the Fiscal and Border Company of the port of Algeciras, has dismantled, within the framework of operation 'Completum', an organization dedicated to hashish trafficking.

The investigation began in October 2022 when investigators detected the existence of a criminal network dedicated to the transportation of large quantities of hashish hidden in all types of double bottoms carried out in trailers.

The peculiarity of this organization is that it managed to achieve a high degree of efficiency in hiding the substance and making the most of the cavities created in these transports. So much so, that the detection of the substances through scanners or through the action of dogs from the Cynological Group of the Algeciras Command became really complicated.

Seizures have been carried out on ceilings, floors, walls and fuel tanks, all with manufacturing that is very complicated to detect.

In addition, the network was in charge of recruiting people who, for some type of compensation, were willing to appear as owners of the trailers in which they introduced the drugs. They also used Moroccan license plates, and in some cases they even used data from deceased people for the same purposes. All these maneuvers were intended to make it difficult to identify those responsible for the shipments.

Altogether, and after carrying out various actions in the last eight months, including more than a dozen with an average of 400 kilos per seizure, a total of 5,560 kilos of hashish have been seized, valued at more than eleven million euros, the arrest of ten people and the investigation of two more people. In addition, eleven means of land transport have been intervened, mainly trailers.

The corresponding proceedings have been carried out regarding the events and, together with the detainees and the seized effects, have been placed at the disposal of the Judicial Authority.