Spanish senate approve tougher sentencing for "petaqueros" - who play a vital role in supplying fuel at sea to drug boats.

The bill needs to be approved by Congress, but would see the so-called "petaquero" be classified as a crime and can be sentenced to up to eight years in prison.
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1,200hp Go-fast (narcolancha) seized with 1,800 kilos of hashish in Sancti Petri.

Starlink dish also evident by the looks of it; these are increasingly being used by traffickers in the Gibraltar Strait.

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Panama-flagged GLORIA FIGUEROA (IMO: 7208948) nabbed by Spanish authorities approx. 300nm W of Madeira islands; 4 tons of cocaine onboard...

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