Costa Blanca
Ton of hashish dumped off the Costa Blanca
By h.b. - May 23, 2008 - 6:10 PM
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The customs authorities say the drug was dumped overboard from two high speed boats off Torrevieja and Dénia.
Half a ton of hashish pollen has been thrown overboard from two boats off the Costa Blanca. The Agencia Tributaria has recovered about 500 kilos of the drugs off the coast at Torrevieja and Dénia, but they think that the drug runners may have dumped upto double the amount recovered.
A customs patrol boat with helicopter support found 18 bales of the drug, each one weighing 27 kilos off Dénia and 14 more off Torrevieja, and in both cases the drug was seen to be throw overboard when the smugglers were being chased by the authorities.
The chases started after air patrols spotted the semi-rigid boats moving, with four powerful outboard motors, rapidly towards the coast.