National Police have smashed a drugs gang which smuggled regular consignments of cannabis onto the Algeciras ferry

National Police have smashed a drugs gang which smuggled regular consignments of cannabis onto the Algeciras ferry at Tangiers and which used a rented garage in Algeciras as a warehouse to store the drugs they brought over from Morocco. A quarter of a ton of cannabis was impounded as part of the police operation.Five of the eight suspects taken into custody are reported by the EFE news agency as crew members on one of the ferries which cover the route and employees of companies contracted to supply provisions to the boat.The gang leader was arrested with two other suspects at the Algeciras garage in possession of the latest consignment to have been brought over.