THE Civil Guard This Tuesday, he stopped seven drug traffickers only after cleaning more than 60 balls of hashish at the mouth of the Guadalquivir River They were stuck on a farm Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Cádiz), so they ended up surrendering to the authorities. Officers seized four weapons, including an assault rifle (AK-47), all with their respective ammunition and ready to open fire. The people arrested are of Spanish, French and Moroccan nationality, and the weight of the drugs seized is approximately 2.5 tonnes.
The operation took place in the early hours of this Tuesday, when different units of the Civil Guard involved in the fight against drug trafficking in the Guadalquivir were deployed due to the certainty that a hideout in the region.
The intensification of surveillance by SIVE means (fixed and mobile radars) made it possible to detect a boat who was sailing north. Due to its characteristics and the “experience of the agents”, the introduction of illicit goods upstream was predicted.
Tracking the boat made it possible to locate the cache point where four all-terrain vehicles and a group of individuals ready to unload were waiting.
The agents observed every step of the hideout and followed the vehicles to the drug nursery, located in a Bonanza Agricultural Areain the municipality of Sanlúcar de Barrameda, date on which The Civil Guard surrounded the entire property to prevent suspects from escaping.
The operation was of such scale that the drug traffickers had no choice but to surrender without using any of the weapons they had, all loaded and ready to use.
Around 3 a.m., he arrested the seven members of the organization and seized 64 balls of hashish packed in burlap bags, the weight of which, pending confirmation, will be close to 2,500 kilos. They also intervened three handguns, one assault rifle and four loaded all-terrain vehicles, plus a fifth located inside the property, as well as numerous evidence and documents relating to the facts investigated.
The detainees, drugs and everything seized were transferred to the headquarters of the Civil Guard in Cádiz for the preparation of the appropriate procedures. The operation is still in progress and new arrests are not excluded.
