Efe Algeciras (Cádiz)

Algeciras (Cádiz)

Updated Thursday, February 15, 2024-11:54

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A man was arrested this Thursday on the

Puente Mayorga

beach , in

San Roque (Cádiz)

, after ramming a Civil Guard vehicle when he was caught carrying contraband tobacco.

According to police sources, the events occurred in the early morning, when a surveillance device from the

Algeciras Civil Guard Command

(Cádiz) became aware that a tobacco landing operation was taking place on Puente beach. Mayorga.

When a Civil Guard patrol appeared at the scene, the boat from which the shipment was taking place fled, leaving only the driver of a vehicle on the beach in which packets of tobacco had been placed, which they occupied. the entire cabin, except the driver's seat.

When trying to escape, a camouflaged Civil Guard vehicle also intervened in the area and activated the priority lights to prevent the vehicle from escaping. However, the driver acted violently, ramming the unmarked car in his attempt to escape.

As his vehicle became unusable, he continued to flee on foot, trying to escape by swimming along the beach, at which time he was detained by the officers involved.

This new episode of aggression against the Civil Guard occurs less than a week after two agents lost their lives in the port of

Barbate

(Cádiz), when they were run over by a drug boat, an event for which eight people from the police were arrested. that six went to prison.