Five crew members of a narcolancha loaded with 2,000 kilos of hashish arrested after a spectacular high seas persecution

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Agents of the National Police and officials of the Tax Agency, in a joint operation, have arrested the five crew members of a

after a chase at sea that lasted

and 100 nautical miles .

As explained in a joint statement by the National Police and the Tax Agency, those arrested

.

The intervention took place last week, when the National Police helicopter detected a 'narcolancha' that was sailing through the

some 80 miles off the

.

The boat, about 14 meters long and with two 300 hp engines, was manned by

and was approaching the beaches of Valencia with the purpose of unloading the bundles of hashish it was carrying.

At that moment, a persecution began with a Customs Surveillance patrol boat of the Tax Agency, which lasted for more than five hours and 100 nautical miles, and which forced the crew to dispose of the hashish, throwing the bales overboard.

Finally, the joint and coordinated action on the high seas allowed Customs Surveillance officials to

.

In total,

were intervened

, in addition to various satellite phones and computer devices.

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