Over a ton of hashish has been siezed by the Guardia Civil in dismantling a smuggling operation that was based at a luxury villa in La Manga.
Large quantities of the drug were shipped in by speedboats from North Africa, with nine gang members of Spanish and Morroccan nationality arrested in the Almería, Málaga, and Barcelona areas, as well as on the Mar Menor.
The drugs were destined to be distributed across Europe.