The Spanish police dismantled a hashish trafficking network from Morocco to Portugal, active for five years. In total, two people were arrested and 172 kilos of hashish seized.
The Spanish Civil Guard has arrested a Moroccan in possession of 11.2 kilos of hashish that he was hiding in the legs of a wooden table.
The trial of the 15 alleged members of the drug trafficking network called Los Pantojas, including its leader, opened this Tuesday at the provincial court of Cadiz.
The maritime service of the Civil Guard intercepted a luxury yacht transporting 810 kilos of hashish, after a half-hour chase between Pilar de la Horadada and the waters of Cabo Roig, next to Orihuela (Alicante). The crew members, three Spaniards and one Moroccan, were arrested.
Moroccan hashish traffickers in the Campo de Gibraltar have adopted new strategies in the face of the persistent pressure of the police who are waging a relentless fight against organized crime on the Andalusian coast. They now transport the drug by boat or sailboat.
The Civil Guard has seized, on a boat sailing near the coast of Tenerife, 1,640 kilos of Moroccan hashish, as well as the arrest of three men of Moroccan origin.
The Customs Surveillance Service of the Spanish tax administration intercepted this week in the waters east of the Strait of Gibraltar, a semi-rigid boat transporting more than 4,700 kilos of hashish. The three crew members, of Moroccan origin, were arrested.
The UDYCO of Estepona and Ceuta have dismantled a network trafficking Moroccan hashish destined for France. In total, 10 kilos of this drug, hidden in eggplant cartons, were seized and 3 individuals were arrested.
Moroccan Fikri Amellah Agharbi, considered one of the most important hashish and cocaine traffickers in the strait, and supplier of the Messi clan and Los Castaña, was arrested this week by the Spanish police.
The Civil Guard has this week dismantled a network of cocaine and hashish traffickers from Morocco to southern Spain. In total, 17 people, including Moroccans, were arrested.
A Civil Guard rejected on Monday the drug trafficking charges against him for events dating back to 2012 at the port of Esombreras, in Cartagena, involving 17 other people of Spanish, Colombian and British nationalities.
The Civil Guard of Ceuta arrested on Saturday a Moroccan who was transporting drugs hidden in a vehicle, while he was going to Algeciras (Cadiz) with his wife and their three minor children.