Three arrested in Ayamonte with five tonnes of hashish and assault rifles
Police dismantle a five-tonne haul of hashish hidden in a 'nursery' in Ayamonte, Huelva, with three suspected drug traffickers arrested.
Anti-drug operation in Ayamonte: five tonnes of hashish and weapons seized
Google News ES — Crime (es) reports that three suspected drug traffickers have been arrested in Ayamonte, a municipality in the province of Huelva, following the discovery of a significant drug and weapons haul.
Officers seized five tonnes of hashish that had been hidden in a premises used as a 'nursery' — that is, a clandestine warehouse employed to store illicit goods before distribution.
Along with the drugs, security forces located assault rifles in the possession of those arrested, pointing to an organisation with armed capacity to protect the cargo.
Ayamonte, a border locality with Portugal located in the far west of Huelva, is a usual transit point on drug trafficking routes connecting North Africa to the European continent via the Strait of Gibraltar and the South Atlantic.
The operation adds to a series of anti-drug interventions recorded in recent months on the Huelva coast, a strategic transit zone for hashish trafficking from Morocco.
Source: Google News ES — Crime (es)