Thirteen people were arrested this week, on suspicion of crimes against public health, after 3 tons of hashish were found on a fishing boat 47 miles odd the coast of Almería.
Guardia Civil officers noticed the boat and decided to monitor it as it came into the port at Adra. Officers observed a large quantity of fish being unloaded from the hold, which seemed like a normal activity.
However, once the fish had been unloaded, a number of the crew started acting suspiciously, adopting positions around the vessel that officers believed were for the purpose of providing a look out for the additional cargo they suspected to be on board.
At around ten at night, officers observed four people entering the hold and unloading bales of an undeclared cargo.
The officers moved in and immediately arrested those involved, resulting in them finding the stash to be around 3,000 kilos of hashish, arranged into 99 bundles, which could have been separated into 12 million bundles for use..
The investigation then identified a further nine people who were suspected of being involved, all of whom were also arrested.