New blow for the ‘petaqueo’, the gasoline transport to supply drug boats waiting on the high seas to bring hashish to the Andalusian coast. Last Wednesday, agents from the main post of Chiclana de la Frontera intercepted a van loaded with barrels of gasoline.
On one of the rural roads that border this municipality, during a surveillance by the agents, they stopped a large van. After checking the documentation, they confirmed that was stolen. It was listed as stolen.
There was a woman in the car driving. When they opened the back, they found a large number of cans of gasoline. The van was carrying at least 97 cans loaded with gasoline. This means that some 1,900 liters of fuel.
The driver of the van was arrested. Officers are investigating whether the fuel was intended to supply drug boats. The speedboats used for drug trafficking They wait on the high seas, to avoid the risk of confiscation, to transport drugs.
During these stays 20 miles from the coast, they need fuel and supplies. A logistics network that maintains them. Using smaller boats, loaded with fuel in particular, they are transported from the coast. The Civil Guard estimates that these ‘bottles’ They were intended to encourage smuggling.
