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The Spanish Guardia Civil announced on Thursday the seizure of over two tons of hashish during an operation on the northern coast of Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, thanks to accurate intelligence provided by Morocco’s General Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DGST). This operation was carried out after the Civil Guard was alerted by the DGST […]
The Spanish police successfully intercepted a vessel carrying over 1,500 kilograms of cocaine off the coast of Gran Canaria. The intercepted boat, which was carrying 64 bundles of illicit substances, was apprehended, leading to the arrest of three individuals of different nationalities. As part of a joint operation, agents from the national police and the […]
Fernando Grande-Marlaska, Spain’s Interior Minister, indicated Monday October 16 the country’s civil guard will step up surveillance operations on the coasts of Senegal and Mauritania in view of curbing illegal migrations from the two African countries. Grande-Marlaska made the announcement following a meeting held in Canary Islands, a Spanish autonomous territory facing waves of arrivals […]
The Spanish Civil Guard announced on Friday the arrest in Barcelona of a radicalized Moroccan with ties to the terror ISIS group in a coordinated operation carried out with Morocco’s internal intelligence agency (DGST) and the FBI. According to Spanish investigators, the ISIS operative flouted the coronavirus lockdown in Spain “probably looking for targets”. He […]
Spanish security forces have dismantled a network of drug dealers made of 57 people of various nationalities including Moroccans. Some 200 members of Guardia Civil had been deployed across the south of the European country to crack down on Hashish trafficking, online media Le360.ma reports. The operation launched in August last year targeted Malaga, Grenada […]