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ISSUE NO. 1653
9 - 15 March 2017
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Hot pursuit HASHISH RESIN: Was packed into bale-shaped objects on the back seat.
Hash smuggler nabbed after dramatic car chase A spectacular Hollywoodstyle car chase ended in the seizure of 631 kilos of hashish resin and one arrest in Estepona. The massive haul was being transported in a Citroen C5 which has also been impounded after several Guardia Civil patrol vehicles were involved in a hair-raising 40kilometre pursuit. The drama unfolded after officers were called to assist the occupants of a vehicle that had been involved in a traffic accident at kilometre 25 of the A-7 motorway in
San Roque, Cadiz. One of the patrolmen was charged with controlling passing traffic, and his suspicions were raised as the French motor approached since it was straining under a heavy load which appeared to outweigh the maximum permitted on Spanish highways. As he gestured to the car to pull over, the driver instead put his foot down and hurtled away at breakneck speed. The startled officer was forced to take evasive action to avoid being flattened, but managed to spot a number of
bale-like objects on the back seat. Meanwhile, his partner, who had seen everything, leapt into the patrol car and began to chase the fugitive, with a number of other police vehicles joining in as the
alarm was raised. The dangerous high-speed pursuit continued as far as Estepona, where the trafficker left the motorway and entered a hotel car park, where he was eventually subdued following a violent struggle.
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