Drug runners use the virgen procession as a distraction

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Drug runners use the virgen procession as a distraction
By h.b. - Jun 16, 2008 - 8:07 PM
ALSO SEE : • Six arrested as drug traffickers broken up in Torrevieja - Oct 6, 2008 - 7:29 AM
• 44 arrests in Costa del Sol drug busts - Oct 5, 2008 - 11:56 AM

Nearly two tons of hashish was unloaded on the beach while the Virgen de Fatima was carried in procession through Ayamonte.
Huelva Guardia Civil has arrested a 46 year old local resident of Ayamonte, and a 26 year old man from Portugal, on public health charges after they were found unloading two tons of hashish in the village of Ayamonte.

The Guardia Civil had the men under surveillance and saw how at 1am on Saturday morning they took advantage of the procession of the Virgen de Fátima through the village, which had attracted 7,000 local residents onto the streets, to unload the drug on the beach, in some 62 bales weighing a total of 1,922 kilos.

The two arrested men were on the boat which was also seized by the authorities.

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ALSO SEE :
• Six arrested as drug traffickers broken up in Torrevieja - Oct 6, 2008 - 7:29 AM
• 44 arrests in Costa del Sol drug busts - Oct 5, 2008 - 11:56 AM
• Man dies as police search his car in La Rioja - Sep 25, 2008 - 8:14 AM
• Málaga man found with 40 kilos of marihuana plants - Sep 25, 2008 - 7:53 AM
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• Five arrested in Valencia for illegal sale of anabolic steroids - Sep 17, 2008 - 8:25 AM
• Colombian drug traffickers arrested in Marbella - Sep 12, 2008 - 8:03 AM
• 800 kilos of cocaine on British yacht escorted into Cádiz - Sep 6, 2008 - 5:50 PM
• Colombian drug baron arrested in Madrid hotel - Sep 6, 2008 - 5:43 PM
• Drug trafficker calls the Guardia Civil to find his stolen van - Sep 3, 2008 - 6:54 AM
• More than two tons of hashish recovered in Algeciras - Sep 1, 2008 - 7:37 PM

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