The National Police and the Civil Guard have recently dismantled two organizations specializing in drug trafficking and allegedly linked to Abdellah El Haj, better known as the "Messi of hashish", and another drug trafficker from the "Charlines clan".
The Civil Guard dismantled on Saturday a major Moroccan hashish trafficking network on the east coast of Malaga. In total, 26 people were arrested and 3,362 kilos of hashish seized during the operation.
The Civil Guard intercepted on Tuesday in Malaga a helicopter containing 200 kilos of Moroccan hashish. One person was also arrested during the operation.
The Spanish National Police, in collaboration with the French police, dismantled in the Axarquía region of Malaga, a criminal organization that uses a giant drone, equipped to transport hashish and marijuana from Morocco to Spain for distribution in France.
Three Civil Guard agents have been arrested and prosecuted for corruption and complicity with a hashish trafficking network from Morocco to Spain. The accused received 7,500 euros each for not intercepting a boat carrying 750 kilos of hashish.
Civil Guard agents arrested a Moroccan and a Spaniard who were transporting 725 kilograms of Moroccan hashish hidden between pallets of peppers in an overweight truck. They are being prosecuted for the alleged crime against public health.
Three drug traffickers from Morocco, pursued by Civil Guard agents, were rescued after their boat capsized. They were arrested for the alleged offenses of smuggling, disobedience and resistance.
Moroccan police have carried out two drug trafficking dismantling operations this week. They resulted in the seizure of seven tons of hashish.
The elements of the Royal Gendarmerie of Echemmaia have dismantled a drug trafficking network to which belongs an authority agent working in the Dar Bouâouda region under the province of Youssoufia.
Moroccan cannabis farmers will see their incomes increase if parliament were to endorse the current bill on the lawful uses of the psychotropic product. This is what the Moroccan Minister of the Interior, Abdelouafi Laftit, declared on Thursday in Rabat.
Drug traffickers have stepped up operations in recent weeks between Morocco and Spain. In an attempt to put an end to this, or at least mark the police presence, a large-scale operation was carried out this Wednesday in Algeciras, mobilizing some 250 agents.
The provincial court of Lanzarote acquitted the Moroccan Abdellatif Bourbaa, accused of having hidden a boat that arrived in Lanzarote with 11 migrants, one of whom died by drowning, and a cargo of 21.7 kilos of hashish, for lack of evidence.