The Civil Guard arrested seven individuals for drug trafficking offenses after intercepting an inflatable boat carrying 1,715 kilograms of cannabis off the coast of Tenerife.
In keeping with the official report from the Civil Guard, the operation was carried out at 4:00 am on Could 1St (Wednesday), after the boat was positioned with the assistance of the Normal Directorate of Surveillance of the Moroccan Territory (DGST).
The DGST warned the Canary authorities {that a} boat suspected of transporting a considerable amount of narcotic substances had left Morocco within the course of Tenerife, the place they have been regarded as unloading the drug for distribution within the Canary Islands.
Consequently, the Guardia Civil Command in Santa Cruz devised a particular operation, throughout which the brokers caught the seven suspects in crimson within the promenade of Mesa del Mar within the municipality of Tacoronte.
The suspects have been caught unloading a lot of bundles from a ship right into a van. 5 of the detainees dealt with the medication, whereas the opposite two have been the boat's crew. All seven have been instantly arrested, and the 1,715 kilograms of cannabis have been seized together with the boat, the van and several other objects resembling a satellite tv for pc cellphone, GPS navigation and quite a few cell phones.
The detainees have already been introduced earlier than the Court docket of Responsibility of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, which ordered the provisional imprisonment of all seven.
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