Spanish authorities have seized hashish with a street value of around 20 million euros ($22 million) from a merchant ship, reports Citynews1130.com.
About the incident
Spanish authorities say they have seized hashish with a street value of around 20 million euros ($22 million) from a merchant ship that allegedly was smuggling the drug from North Africa to the eastern Mediterranean.
A Spanish government statement says aircraft spotted several semi-rigid boats, which are often used by North African drug-runners, around the Mouldovan-flagged ship ELG. Agents boarded it and found more than 10 metric tons of hashish in the hold.
Authorities began tracking the ship six months ago.
Crew Arrested
The ship’s six Ukrainian crew were arrested in Monday’s operation about 100 miles (160 kilometres) southeast of Spain.
Officials say large amounts of hashish travel from an area near the Strait of Gibraltar to countries in the eastern Mediterranean.
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Source: Citynews1130.com
