Spain: dismantling of hashish trafficking by helicopters from Morocco
Two helicopters containing nearly 800 kg of hashish were seized in Spain during operations carried out jointly with the Moroccan royal gendarmerie. Nine people were arrested, including two pilots who are experts in night and low-altitude flights.
Seizure of drugs from Morocco by Spanish police (Illustrative image). AFP
By: RFI with AFP
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The Spanish gendarmerie has dismantled an organization dedicated to transporting large quantities of hashish by helicopter via low-altitude night flights between Morocco and Cádiz or Seville.
The police forces, on the trail of traffickers, tracked one of the devices which was leaving the region of Cadiz, in Andalusia in the far south of Spain. It was flying very low and without light, towards Morocco. Moroccan authorities then detected the device which only stayed “
a few minutes
” before returning to Cadiz. It was there that he was intercepted in a property located in the town of Chiclana de la Frontera.
795 kilos of hashish
Inside, thirty bales which contained a total of 795 kilos of hashish. Five people were arrested. One of the traffickers, considered “
one of the most important leaders
” of the network, was killed in a car accident while trying to flee at high speed.
Four other people were then arrested in Utrera, not far from Seville, and a second helicopter, being fitted out “
to be able to carry out narco-flights
” was seized, as explained by the Civil Guard. The rear seats of the two planes, purchased in Eastern European countries, had been removed to provide space to transport the hashish.
Due to its geographical proximity to Morocco, Spain is the main gateway for hashish into Europe.
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