Drugs seized on ‘Dog Bottom’

    The Guardia Civil made six arrests and seized 2,800 kilos of hashish in an operation in the municipality of El Ejido. The Guardia Civil had received information on the presence of a boat off the Guardias Viejas area, specifically off the beach known as 'Culo Perro' or 'Dog Bottom'. Patrol vehicles in the zone closed off the area and observed packages being transferred to a lorry parked close to the beach. Once the Guardia Civil were sure that it was a drug smuggling operation the agents intervened and stopped the lorry, discovering 67 bales of hashish, and arresting four men, identified as Hongwu L., Shao C.F., Wu Q. Y. and Zha H.L. Later on another 23 bales of hashish were found and another two arrests were made; Weiyong P. and Jose Antonio F. R., who were caught trying to escape the scene by car.