4 Mar, 2017 @ 14:17
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Gang of suspected drug traffickers arrested off the coast of Algeciras

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HAUL: Algeciras cops nick suspected hash smugglers back in 2017

FOUR suspected drug traffickers have been arrested after cops seized 3,691 kilos off the coast of Algeciras.

Guardia Civil naval officers chased a suspicious boat which sped away when the suspects saw the police vessel.

HAUL: Algeciras cops nick suspected hash smugglers
HAUL: Algeciras cops nick suspected hash smugglers

Four Moroccans were arrested, with police recovering 90 bundles of hash weighing 2,412 kilos.

In a second incident hours later, suspected traffickers threw 1,279  kilos of hash overboard before making their escape.

Joe Duggan (Reporter)

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