The Algarve coast again has been blessed with the arrival of free bales of hashish, securely packaged and drifting near beaches at Aljezur and Vila do Bispo.
The Sines department of the Coastal Control Unit of the GNR has secured a total of 151 kilograms of hashish that arrived on Tuesday and Wednesday this week, packed in four bales.
The GNR said that the narcotic was just drifting around “so it was not possible to find the offenders."
This ‘search and secure’ operation has ensured the public has not managed to get hold of this floating bonus as the Coastal Control Unit and the GNR Protection and Relief Intervention Group added these bales to the week’s tally.
In the last few days several bales of hashish have been found, weighing about 40 kilos each, at various locations along the coast, including at the Ria Formosa islands.
On April 24, the crew of the Portuguese Navy ship ‘Cisne’ dragged onboard a bale of hash weighing 30 kilos when on operations about 3.5 nautical miles (about 6.5 kilometres) south of the island of Culatra.
A day later, a Faro council cleaning team found a washed up bale and the Navy has politely asked the fishing community and the general public to alert the local Maritime Police if they find suspicious objects at sea or along the coast.
Early morning dog walkers can forget any thoughts of keeping such a stash as, as well as rendering the user insensible for long periods, the drugs are not covered by any salvage laws and anyone caught moving a bale, let alone taking one home, will be arrested.
