The Spanish Guardia Civil carried out an operation during which 1,715 kg of hashish divided into 47 batches were seized and seven individuals arrested, we learn in an article published on the Diariodeavisos information site.
The interception took place around 4:00 a.m. on May 1, and the location of the drug boat was made possible thanks to the cooperation of the exchange of information with the Directorate General of Surveillance of the Moroccan Territory (DGST), which alerted of the arrival on the coast of Tenerife of a boat, coming from Morocco, with the objective of smuggling on our coasts, we learn via the same Source.
Taking into account these facts, the command of the Civil Guard of Santa Cruz de Tenerife designed a special operation on the coast of Tenerife during which the agents of the Civil Guard surprised the seven detainees on the promenade of the Mesa del Mar , belonging to the municipality of Tacoronte. The seven people were arrested while securing a large quantity of bales from a semi-rigid boat into a van, five of them were loading drugs and the other two acted as captains of the boat, which is why at that precise moment they proceeded to the immediate arrest of all these people, as well as the seizure of the 1.715 kg of hashish. 715 kg of hashish, continues the author of the article.
Also seized were the inflatable boat, a van-type vehicle, as well as other items such as a satellite phone, a GPS navigation device and numerous cell phones.
Agents from different units participated in the operation: the Organic Judicial Police Unit (UOPJ), Citizen Security patrols, different units of the Prosecutor’s Office and Borders and the Provincial Maritime Service, with the permanent support of the Center for Operational Services (COS) of this Command.
This operation underlines the close cooperation of the Moroccan authorities in the fight against drug trafficking and organized crime.
The seven detainees were handed over to the San Cristóbal de La Laguna investigating court, which ordered their provisional detention, the same article concludes.
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