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Police Find Massive Drug-Smuggling Tunnel in Spain, Complete with Underground Rail System and Cranes
- On Tuesday, Spanish police discovered a sprawling drug-smuggling tunnel in the North African exclave of Ceuta, featuring a rail system and underground cranes designed to transport hashish from Morocco into Spain.
- During the operation, authorities seized 17 metric tons of hashish and $1.6 million in cash, arresting 27 people connected to the network that utilized the three-level tunnel for storage and transport.
- Police arrested the suspected "narco-architect" on Thursday, identifying two leaders who ran the smuggling network, with one suspect based in Morocco and the other in Ceuta owning the seized drugs.
- Ceuta, situated in North African territory and surrounded by Morocco, forms the European Union's only land border with Africa, making the enclave a primary entry point for hashish into Europe.
- While hashish is typically trafficked into Spain by sea, the tunnel represents a shift in methods; Spain accounted for 68% of European resin seizures in 2023, often battling networks using "narco boats" to transport illicit substances.
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The Spanish police discovered a tunnel to transport drugs. The underground network, used for several months by traffickers, went from Spain to Morocco. 27 people were arrested and more than 17 tons of drugs were seized. - A corridor to Morocco to transport drugs: a vast tunnel discovered by the Spanish police (International).
Spanish police have discovered an elaborate tunnel in Ceuta, a Spanish autonomous city on the northern coast of Africa, through which hashish was smuggled from Morocco into Spain. They also seized more than one million euros in cash and 15 luxury vehicles. 27 people were detained.
The discovery in Ceuta of a narcotunnel, the second found in a few months, has led to the dismantling of a national and international drug trafficking network on a large scale.The tunnel was a complex underground infrastructure and soundproofed with rails and wagons, which would have stopped operating last summer.At the moment, 27 people have been arrested.The Tarajal is the immediate Ceuta area to the border with Morocco. There a polygon full o…
His name is Mustafa Brouzi, he is Moroccan and he led the very powerful organization that was behind the narcotunnels discovered in Ceuta, one of extraordinary complexity, a few days ago, and the other last year, somewhat cruder. He liked to move around Morocco, but he also crossed the border frequently to maintain contacts. Presumed, a fanfare point, he boasted of the privileged contacts he had in his country, but also in Spain and even in Colo…
Through a tunnel system at a depth of 19 metres, a drug gang apparently smuggled hashish into Europe. The access in Ceuta was hidden behind a refrigerator.
They dismantle a drug tunnel through which thousands of kilos of hashish were imported from Morocco to Europe
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