2.2 tons of hashish recovered gang brought the drugs into the Campo de Gibraltar area from the north of Morocco.

Guardia Civil have made 22 arrests, a policeman on practice duty in Los Barrios among them, and recovered 2.2 tons of hashish in the breaking up of a gang which brought the drug into the Campo de Gibraltar area from the north of Morocco.A statement from the Civil Guard said that their investigations started in May and ended with the arrests made last Friday. The case was being handled by Instruction Court Four in Algeciras.The operation was codenamed 'Congreso' and also saw the impounding of two boats, two outboard motors, a trailer, motorbike and 11 vehicles, three of which are known to have been stolen.

National police have arrested four people who are accused of trafficking in cocaine in the Campo de Gibraltar area

National police have arrested four people who are accused of trafficking in cocaine in the Campo de Gibraltar area. The four are to face charges of committing a crime against public health, and some 3.2 kilos of the drug was recovered in the operation. The four acted in particular during the local fiestas in municipalities in the region.In a separate incident the Civil Guard has arrested a Spanish married couple at the port in Ceuta as they were boarding a ferry for Algeciras. The couple was carrying 25 inflated balloons which they said were for a children’s party, but inside which the police found more than six kilos of hashish.