The “labyrinthine ‘narcotunnel’, with three levels, rails, wagons and systems of pulleys and cranes” was located in Ceuta, the National Police revealed this Tuesday
Spanish police dismantled a criminal organization that introduced drugs into Europe through a labyrinthine and sophisticated tunnel, in a mine-like structure, between Morocco and Ceuta, an enclave of Spain in North Africa.
The “labyrinthine ‘narcotunnel’, with three levels, tracks, wagons and systems of pulleys and cranes” was located in Ceuta as part of an operation to dismantle “the network of hashish networks”, the Spanish National Police revealed this Tuesday, in a statement.
The National Police finds a new drug tunnel in Ceuta next to the border with Morocco. Large tons of hashish entered Spain through it.
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The operation involved 250 police officers and culminated in the arrest of 29 people and the seizure, in various phases of the investigation, which lasted more than a year, of more than 17 tons of drugs, R$1,430,000 in cash and 15 luxury vehicles.
According to the police, the tunnel for passing drugs between Morocco and Spain, a “complex infrastructure”, was under an industrial warehouse and “camouflaged behind a large soundproof refrigerator”.
“It had three levels: a descent shaft, an intermediate chamber to store bales and a final line” that led to Moroccan territory, in an “elaborate design” that allowed hashish to be transferred between the two countries “without direct visual contact” between those involved in trafficking.
“For the correct functioning [do túnel]the organization had installed pumping and soundproofing systems that kept the infrastructure operational without arousing suspicion”, reported the Spanish police.
The tunnel is a “labyrinth typical of a mine” and “was perfectly structured, with wagons that moved along a complexly constructed rail system typical of perfectly designed engineering works”, he highlighted.
Authorities are still working to remove water from the tunnel, which is partially flooded, so the total size of the structure has not been revealed.
The criminal network was led by two people, one in Morocco and the other in Spain.
According to the Spanish police, the leader on the Moroccan side was “considered the ‘narco-architect’ and the ‘tunnel boss'”, and is also suspected of being responsible for another tunnel between Morocco and Ceuta discovered last year.
The leader on the Spanish side was “the owner of all the drugs seized.”
This police operation unfolded over several phases and in several cities in Spain, after authorities identified, in February 2025, “a criminal organization installed in Ceuta with the capacity to move large quantities of hashish” to mainland Spain, using high-speed vessels.
