In a scene fitting of a movie script, Spanish police officers were filmed chasing suspected drug dealers in a speedboat whilst they toss cannabis overboard.?
The bizarre incident took place off the Ayamonte coast of Spain, near to the city of Huelva on Sunday, 5 December, Zenger News reported.?
The Spanish civil guard said that they¡¯d managed to seize around 2.5 tonnes of cannabis following the incident.
The footage of the dramatic chase shows agents of the Maritime Service of the Spanish Civil Guard chasing the suspected drug dealers, who are seen tossing their cargo into the sea.?
The agents initially saw two people in a boat equipped with three engines, Spanish police said in a report posted online.
¡°Given the possibility of a drug transshipment on the high seas, the agents decided to make a direct approach to the suspects,¡± police said.
As soon as the people aboard the boat detected the police presence, the suspects boarded another vessel, an inflatable boat, to flee, leaving the first boat that was observed empty.
The crew on the inflatable boat, ¡°made up of six people, fled ignoring the signals of the agents, carrying out constant evasion manoeuvres, while they began to throw bales of hashish and fuel pouches into the sea,¡± police said.
However, they soon realised they weren't getting away, and following the instructions of the officer they turned off the boat engines, which presented the opportunity for the police to arrest them.
The investigation is ongoing. It is unclear whether the six suspected drug smugglers, who were not identified, have been charged. The authorities did not reveal an estimated value of the drugs seized.
The Spanish maritime police agents were supported by other vessels of the corps as well as by the Portuguese National Republican Guard.
It is well known that drug dealers use Spain as an entry point from South America, as well as places further afar.??
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