The Civil Guard maritime force on patrol in the Strait of Gibraltar seized more than one ton of cannabis this week after boarding a fishing boat which was intercepted on the open sea off Almería province.

The Civil Guard maritime force on patrol in the Strait of Gibraltar seized more than one ton of cannabis this week after boarding a fishing boat which was intercepted on the open sea off Almería province.

The two crew, who Europa Press reports are both from El Ejido, were arrested.

Monday’s swoop came after the Guardia’s ocean-going patrol boat, the Río Miño, spotted a semi-rigid boat travelling without lights some 20 miles off the coast of Almería, shortly after which a fishing boat was seen approaching it from the shore. The Río Miño then launched one of the two smaller boats it carries on board, which managed to intercept the fishing boat. The other vessel escaped.

Ninety nine bales of cannabis were seized.

It’s the Río Mió’s second success in the area in the past week. 1.1 tons of cannabis were seized in the early hours of Saturday from a pleasure boat which was crewed by a man resident in Marbella, Málaga province.

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