The Tax Agency confiscates 3.6 tonnes of hashish on a fishing boat in Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Cádiz)
New blow to drug trafficking
- Two people have been arrested
- Four tons of hashish have been seized in two operations in Sanlúcar and San Pedro de Alcántara (Málaga)
- A fishing boat, an all-terrain vehicle and a semi-rigid boat were intervened in both actions.
August 21, 2019 .- The Tax Agency has seized 3,600 kilos of hashish in a fishing boat in Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Cádiz), in an operation carried out in the early hours of August 19 and in which has detained its two crew members.
This operation began when the Customs Surveillance aerial means of the Tax Agency detected on Sunday night a fishing boat of about 14 meters that did not follow the normal guidelines of usual behavior in fishing tasks, so it could have loaded an undetermined amount of packages commonly used to transport hashish.
As a result, the corresponding operation was established in which different naval and air Customs assets participated, initiating a control device that led to the boarding of the fishing vessel, near Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Cádiz).
It was observed that he was carrying a large number of bundles in the area where the nets were housed, which they were trying to hide with them.
For this reason, the occupants were arrested and the vessel was transferred to port for a thorough examination.
Once a drug count was carried out, 120 packages were counted, weighing approximately 3,600 kilos of high purity hashish, according to the field analysis carried out with a narco test.
The two detainees, along with the seized drugs and the seized boat, were placed at the disposal of the investigating court acting as guard in Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Cádiz).
Second arrest in 24 hours
On the other hand, in the early hours of August 20, the air-naval surveillance operation established by Customs detected a semi-rigid boat sailing without lights that was heading towards the beaches of San Pedro de Alcántara in Malaga.
The control device has been activated that led to the stash being aborted on the beach. 11 packages of hashish have been seized, weighing approximately 400 kilos, and a semi-rigid boat measuring about seven meters in length and a stolen SUV, with which they intended to transport the load, have been seized. Although those responsible fled under the cover of darkness in the area, investigations are still underway to discover their identity.
These two operations are a consequence of the control device established by the Tax Agency to control illicit traffic.
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