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2,500 kilos of hashish seized inside a farm in Ayamonte

A joint operation by the Tax Agency and the Guardia Civil

  • A pistol, two magazines with ammunition, several boxes of mobile phones, SIM cards and license plates from five different vehicles were seized.
  • The organization used two stolen vans to transport drugs

November 22, 2022.- The Tax Agency and the Civil Guard, in a joint operation, have seized 2,415 kilos of hashish hidden in a farm in Ayamonte and have arrested a person as suspected perpetrator of a crime against public health.

The events occurred when the Civil Guard Headquarters learned of the existence of a semi-rigid boat near the coast of Ayamonte (Huelva), from which drugs could have been transferred to two other boats that were also in the area. zone.

For all these reasons, a device was established in which Customs Surveillance officials from the Tax Agency and several Civil Guard Units participated, who went to the place where the possible landing of the drugs took place.

After inspecting the area, two vans were located that were reported stolen and that were used to transport hashish. Likewise, it was possible to locate the place where the narcotic could be stored, a farm in the town of Ayamonte.

After requesting entry and search of the property from the competent judicial authority due to evidence of drug storage, 69 bales of hashish, a pistol, two magazines with ammunition, several mobile phone boxes, and SIM cards were seized inside. and license plates of five different vehicles.

The detainee and the proceedings carried out will be sent to the Investigative Court No. 2 of Ayamonte.

Customs Surveillance officials from the Tax Agency, agents for the fight against drug trafficking OCON-EDOA from the Civil Guard Command of Huelva and the Tax and Border Patrol of Ayamonte participated in the device.

Filming of operation (to download the video you must enter the following web address):

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