Spanish Court Fines Drug Smugglers €13 Million for Massive Hashish Trafficking Operation

In addition to the custodial sentences, the defendants will have to pay fines of 13,020,000 euros. They are being prosecuted as alleged perpetrators of drug trafficking and smuggling offenses. Three of them were arrested by the Civil Guard as they were unloading 77 packages containing 2,232 kilos of hashish on the coast of Granada, according to La Voz de Cádiz.

The facts date back to July 6, 2021, when civil guards observed people near the beaches of La Rábita and El Pozuelo, "unloading fuel barrels from a van onto a boat that had accessed the beach with a large number of hashish bales". At the sight of the agents, they fled before being arrested.

Among the defendants are two Moroccans, aged 41 and 27, and a 32-year-old Algerian. Their boat was destroyed by judicial authorization. In total, 28 fuel drums and 77 bales containing 2,232 kilos of hashish were seized. Their value is estimated at 4,380,741 euros. The trial of the defendants will open on September 14 at the provincial court of Granada.