The operational device that was activated was able to verify the participation of at least four individuals
The Civil Guard in Gran Canaria, in coordination with the Moroccan Territorial Surveillance Directorate (DGST), intercepted two inflatable boats on November 2, when their occupants were trying to introduce a large shipment of drugs into the Canary Islands.
Within the framework of the functions of control of the territorial sea and specifically the prevention of smuggling and drug trafficking entrusted to the Provincial Maritime Service and the close police cooperation existing with the DGST of Morocco, a surveillance device was activated in the territorial sea, learning that in a time frame of two days in the month of November, the arrival to the coast of Gran Canaria of two vessels from Morocco was planned for the purpose of unloading on our coasts.
For this reason, intensive surveillance services were established by the Río Tambre and Canal Bocayna patrol boats of the Civil Guard of Las Palmas, carrying out the appropriate surveillance approximately 50 miles to the north between the islands of Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura.
During the operation in the early hours of November 02, two boats suspected of transporting large quantities of drugs were detected by the agents, which led to the operational intervention as they were two drug boats, with two people sailing on each boat, in which they were carrying 131 bales containing a total of 4.723 kilograms of hashish.
Following the successful operation, 4 people were arrested, and the detainees and the drugs were taken to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria for the investigation. The detainees were brought before the court on 04 November in Court No. 7, with the imprisonment of the four crew members being ordered.
