Spanish police seize large drone used to carry drugs from Morocco

“They innovate and we have to do so too.” Also in the province of Málaga, last year Udyco located a nine-meter-long semi-submersible vessel that was going to be used to smuggle tons of drugs at a time and was estimated to have cost €1 million.The drug gang was flying the drone using an electronic system that relayed the exact takeoff and landing points, and used waypoints – i.e. places during the flight where it had to change course. In total, 30 kilograms of marijuana and 55 of hashish were found during the operations in Spain and France.“The fight against drug trafficking is one of our priorities,” said the sub-delegate for the central government in Málaga, Teófilo Ruiz, who added that in 2020, the National Police seized 27.5 tons of narcotics in the province, breaking up 55 criminal groups and detaining 695 people suspected of involvement in trafficking.English version by Simon Hunter.