Biggest ever hash haul caught at port

(Photo: Guardia Civil)

ALGECIRAS The Guardia Civil detachment at the Port of Algeciras on Monday uncovered almost 33 tons of hash hidden inside a truck supposedly transporting fruit that was coming into Spain from Tangier. This is the largest haul ever taken on land and is almost double the total taken in the whole of last year. The illicit drug was hidden behind a screen behind two pallets of melons, which is what the lorry's manifest said it was transporting. On another matter (and in another article) importers of perishable goods, meeting at the Reina Cristina Hotel, are asking for less or lighter inspections at the Customs shed.

2,071 kilos of hashish caught at drop point

CAMPO DE GIBRALTAR (Agenies/Photo: EuropaSur) Last Sunday, February 13, saw a significant setback for local drug smugglers when Guardia Civil units of La Línea and Tarifa set up an operation aimed at catching a alrge zodiac type vessel that had ben traced via the latest technology. The result was that over 2 tons of hashish did not get out into the streets. The operation began when the boat was seen approaching the coast near La Líne. At first, it looked like it was going to land there but>

Recipe for aubergine hash

ALGECIRAS (Agencies/Photo:EuropaSur) In a series of drug searches carried out  on the ferries to and from Ceuta and Tangier by the Guardia Civil over the last week, which brought in a haul of some 60 kilos, they found 1.350 kg in pellets inside a cargo of aubergines in a van driven by a Moroccan national with Spanish residence, who was arrested. The vegetables hads been cut open, pulp and seeds removed and the skin glued together.