Spanish Police Arrest Three at Barcelona Airport with 4 Kilos of Hashish

The three suspects, two men and a woman, were arrested upon arrival at El Prat from Morocco. They were carrying a large quantity of drugs hidden in their bodies, the National Police said in a statement on Tuesday.

The "excessively nervous" attitude of the first, who was unable to justify the purpose of his trip, drew the attention of the agents in charge of passenger control upon arrival. After being transferred to the airport’s radiology department, it was discovered that he was carrying drug capsules. He was taken to the reference hospital to have them extracted. In total, 127 capsules of Moroccan hashish, estimated at 1,396 grams, were removed.

Barely ten days later, two other passengers were arrested within 48 hours of each other. Both residents of Murcia, they opted for the same modus operandi as the first.

The second, a man, was arrested in possession of 100 capsules of Moroccan hashish weighing 1,106 grams. As for the third, a woman, she was arrested with 172 capsules of Moroccan hashish containing 1,872 grams.