The Civil Guard Command of Seville and Huelva, in collaboration with the Customs Surveillance Service have arrested two persons for crimes against public health, and have seized 841 kilograms of hashish resin, across the river Guadalquivir.
the Civil Guard in Seville, in particular the Office of Customs and Tax , learned that a high powered pleasure craft , moored at the Port of Gelves, was engaged in drug trafficking .
Faced with this, the Civil Guard launched an operation called Carmela and found that the owner has a history of offences against public health and smuggling, besides being also investigated by the SVA in Seville in the same boat.
In addition, researchers from both institutions knew that, unexpectedly the vessel left the port, which, given the suspicions that it might move to North Africa to collect hashish, decided to conduct an operation in the vicinity of the Guadalquivir River.
To perform this service, a joint operation between different units and land Aeronavali the Civil Guard and the Customs Surveillance Service was arranged, which belongs to the AEAT With teams from the Guardia Civil and SVA deployed awaiting possible drop off of hashish, the Maritime Service Cadiz and Huelva decided to intervene and capture the boat and the hashish,in the middle of the night as it was being monitored it changed its course towards the mouth of the River Guadiana.
The Civil Guard Huelva launched a new deployment in the province of Huelva, with support from the Command of the Civil Guard Huelva and SVA headquartered in Huelva.
Despite the quick change of location during the morning, the helicopter SVA, deployed for operating in the municipality of Ayamonte, reported that the craft was being unloaded, so civil guards in the area intervened and caught the occupants disposing of their wet clothes and packages of hashish found on the boat.
Arrested were RDM, born in Argentina aged 37 and FJFG, born in Alicante 28 years of age for an offence against public health and made available to the court number 3 Ayamonte. hashish siezed weighed 841 kilograms , in addition SVA and the Civil Guard have seized a boat with two 150 hp engines each, a satellite phone, a GPS, a radio station and a mobile phone .
Operation Carmela, initiated by the two institutions has shown constant coordination, between this Command and the neighbouring Cadiz and Seville and especially with the SVA, as a result of this coordination has been able to complete the operation successfully.