Guardia Civil dismantles a criminal organisation smuggling large quantities of hashish along the Catalan coasts
The Guardia Civil, in the framework of the PALIKA operation, has dismantled a criminal organisation based in Catalonia, mainly in the province of Barcelona. It was dedicated to the trafficking of hashish between North Africa and the Catalan coasts. Nine people have been arrested, and more than 5 tonnes of hashish and various vehicles seized.
Drugs were confiscated with a street value of more than €18 million on the illegal market in Belgium, or €14 million in Italy. That is taking into account the average value in these countries, where the final buyers of the drugs were to be found.
An investigation began at the start of 2021, when members of the Guardia Civil’s Reserve and Security Group and tax patrols from the Tarragona Command were carrying out a police checkpoint on the AP-7 motorway in the Tarragona municipality of Vilaseca.
