Walter Finch
SPANISH police have discovered nearly 300kg of hash floating in the Strait of Gibraltar just a day after narco speed boats were spotted up and down the coast.
Patrol boats happened across the find on Wednesday while carrying out routine surveillance and control of the narco hotspot.
Officers hauled the three large burlap sacks on board and opened them up to find 270kg of illegal drugs inside.
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Further patrols in the area failed to uncover more bales of hash floating in the sea.
It’s thought the drugs were dumped in the sea during a high speed chase between police and the narcos.
It comes after a wave of intense narco activity all along Spain’s Atlantic and Mediterranean coastline this week.
Recent storms are thought to have forced the ever-present narco boats to seek shelter along Spain’s shores and rivers.
A number of the speed boats were spotted in the mouth of the Guadalquivir river in, which feeds Sevilla, in broad daylight.
While others were spotted near Barbate, the tourist-friendly Playa Cristobal in Estepona and even as far east as El Cabo de Gato in Almeria.
One commentator called it ‘a clear message: they are in charge. Where authority does not prevail, crime takes its place.’
