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Agentes de la Guardia Civil inspeccionan un paquete sospechoso en un almacén logístico junto a un aeropuerto regional al anochecer
Entrega controlada junto al Aeropuerto de Asturias: 15,9 kilos de hachís en un paquete enviado desde Sevilla. · Imagen generada

Man arrested in Asturias collecting 15.9 kilos of hashish sent from Seville

A 37-year-old man was arrested near Asturias Airport while collecting a package sent from Seville containing 15.9 kilograms of hashish, after a judicially…

--- The context --- The area around Asturias Airport was the scene of an operation against drug trafficking, with a land shipment from Seville intercepted before reaching its recipient. A 37-year-old man was arrested as the alleged perpetrator of a public health offence involving drug trafficking, after workers raised the alarm. --- The facts --- The events took place on November 5, when workers at a company in the airport area alerted the Civil Guard to a suspicious package, opened by mistake, that could contain narcotic substances. Officers from the Judicial Police Organic Unit of Asturias and the Piedras Blancas Main Post attended the scene and identified a regular client. Once secured, the package was taken to the Court of Instance, Civil and Instruction Section number 8 of Avilés, to seek permission to open it. Inside were 159 tablets of 100 grams each of hashish resin, a total of 15.9 kilograms, above the 2.5 kilograms threshold. With judicial authorization, officers prepared a simulated package: the suspect arrived from Seville at 19.30 hours, collected the package and was arrested. --- The positions --- The Civil Guard acted with judicial authorization at every decisive step, from opening the original package to the controlled delivery. The judicial authority ordered the detainee held at the Asturias Penitentiary Centre after he appeared before the Avilés duty Court of Instance on November 6. He remains the alleged perpetrator. --- What remains unknown --- Investigators determined that the goods were sent from Seville on November 4 using false identities for sender and recipient, but who really sent them and who was finally meant to receive them has not been established. The result is also awaited of the analysis entrusted to the Pharmacy Inspection Area of the Government Delegation in Cantabria. --- Unanswered questions --- Who really sent the package from Seville using false identities? Was the alleged perpetrator acting alone or in a wider network? What will the definitive analysis show about the resin? Will there be further arrests linked to this shipment? --- EPM analysis --- The procedure shows a careful chain of custody: a warning from workers, police intervention, judicial authorization and substitution with a simulated package. It also exposes a vulnerability in land freight, where false identities allowed 15.9 kilograms to move without suspicion until the package was opened by mistake. 📌 EPM Take: In EPM's view, this operation is an example of effective policing with safeguards because every step had judicial authorization and the arrest took place at the precise moment of collection, without risks for travellers or workers. The deeper issue goes beyond one detainee and points to how easily opaque networks use transport companies and false identities to move drugs between regions, a route that demands finer controls and without weakening the safeguards that give it legitimacy.
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