three tons of cannabis were seized on the beach in Almayate, Vélez Málaga

two successful operations which seized two tons of cannabis on the western Costa del Sol earlier this month, the Civil Guard have announced news of another big haul in the Axarquía district, in the east of Málaga province.

Almost three tons of cannabis were seized on the beach in Almayate, Vélez Málaga, after a suspicious boat travelling without lights was seen speeding away from the beach on Monday. El Mundo reports that the 96 packages found on the sand contained 2.88 tons of cannabis.

In a separate operation at the port in the provincial capital, a 41 year old foreign national named as K.G. was arrested after a sniffer dog was brought in to search his vehicle and signalled that drugs could be hidden inside the dashboard of his car. The search recovered 47 kilos of cannabis.