Blow in Algeciras: 3 arrested with 50 kilos of cocaine

Three people were arrested in Algeciras when they allegedly tried to take 50 kilos of cocaine from a container ship. The operation took place within the port facilities while the ship was carrying out loading operations. Two suspects accessed the ship wearing clothing similar to that of port workers and a third waited on a jet ski.

What happened at the port of Algeciras

The case directly affects a key area for the port activity of Algeciras: the operation took place inside its facilities and during the loading operations of a container ship. For readers from the Campo de Gibraltar, the key fact is there: the intervention did not occur at an isolated point, but next to a high-traffic logistical infrastructure.

How did the operation begin?

The action started when members of the Civil Guard detected a jet ski near the ship. The presence of the vehicle was considered suspicious and led to a coordinated surveillance operation between the Risk Analysis Unit and the Maritime Service of the Armed Institute.

The Risk Analysis Unit is made up of Customs Surveillance officials from the Tax Agency and Civil Guards from the Fiscal and Borders Company of the port of Algeciras. This coordination allowed monitoring both movements on the water and what was happening next to the dock.

During surveillance, agents observed that the jet ski was occupied by three people and was approaching the dock where the container ship was moored. The movement drew attention because of the time and place where it occurred.

Access to the ship and the two backpacks

Two of the occupants entered the container ship dressed in garments similar to those used by port workers. According to the information provided, the appearance of these clothes was intended to allow them to go unnoticed within the work zone.

When the agents decided to intercept the suspects, Customs Surveillance officers and Civil Guard agents inspected the ship. The search ended with the discovery of two backpacks that had been taken from a maritime container.

The backpacks had been hidden by the suspects upon detecting police presence. Inside, numerous packages with a substance that, after analysis, was identified as cocaine were found. The detail about the backpacks explains how the drugs were located during the intervention.

How the 50 kilos of cocaine were found

The figure gives an idea of the operation: 50 packages weighing a total of 50 kilos. For Algeciras, where the action took place in the vicinity of a container ship, the news combines a large-scale intervention with a coordinated response between land, ship, and sea.

What exactly did the agents find?

The agents found two backpacks that had been taken out of a maritime container and subsequently hidden. Inside them were numerous packages of a substance which was identified as cocaine once the analysis was completed.

The final count established that it was 50 packages weighing a total of 50 kilos. The valuation of the drug in the illicit market would exceed 1.5 million euros, according to data released about the operation.

The sequence presents several concrete elements: a jet ski detected near the ship, two people who entered the container ship, two backpacks taken from a container, and a third person who remained in charge of the vessel. There is no need to embellish it: the operation had a land and a maritime part.

The jet ski had been stolen in La Línea

While the ship was being inspected, a boat from the Provincial Maritime Service of the Civil Guard of Algeciras intercepted the third person involved. He was the one driving the jet ski used to approach the dock.

During the checks, agents verified that the jet ski had been stolen in La Línea de la Concepción a few hours earlier. This fact adds a second locality in the Campo de Gibraltar to the investigation and specifies the recent origin of the vehicle used in the movement.

The action, therefore, did not end with the location of the backpacks. It also included the interception of the driver and the verification of the origin of the vessel. The maritime element proved decisive.

Three arrested and provisional imprisonment

The judicial outcome is especially relevant to residents because it clarifies what happened after the police intervention: the three detainees were brought before the competent judicial authority and the court ordered their imprisonment. The operation did not end with just an identification or a pending seizure.

What happened to the three arrested?

The three detainees were placed at the disposal of the judicial authority along with the investigation files and the seized items. The information released does not detail their identities or other personal data, so those details should not be added to the report.

The competent judicial authority ordered the imprisonment of the three. The measure was adopted after they were handed over with the case documentation and with the items related to the intervention.

The procedural sequence known is clear: detection of the jet ski, coordinated surveillance, access of two people to the ship, location of the backpacks, interception of the pilot, substance analysis, and judicial presentation. After that came the decision of imprisonment for all of them.

Which bodies participated in the operation

The operation involved Customs Surveillance officials from the Tax Agency, Civil Guard agents from the Fiscal and Borders Company of the port of Algeciras, and personnel from the Provincial Maritime Service of the Civil Guard of Algeciras.

• Risk Analysis Unit: made up of Customs Surveillance and Civil Guard from the Fiscal and Borders Company.
• Provincial Maritime Service: intervened to intercept the jet ski and the third person involved.
• Competent judicial authority: received the files and ordered the imprisonment of the three detainees.

The intervention shows an operation divided into very specific tasks: detecting the suspicious movement, tracking the occupants, inspecting the container ship, and controlling exit by sea. In a port like Algeciras, such coordination is crucial to closing both possible routes of the operation.

The reality is that the case combines a precise quantity of drugs, an exact location —the port facilities of Algeciras— and a fully defined sequence: 50 kilos of cocaine, three detainees, and imprisonment for all of them. It also records that the jet ski had been stolen a few hours earlier in La Línea de la Concepción.