From Italia to the Atlantic, joint operation between the Guardia di Finanza and Spanish authorities: 11 tonnes of cocaine and 8 tonnes of hashish seized
The operation was pioneering but the results were satisfactory with 11 tonnes of cocaine seized, 8.5 tonnes of hashish, 21 kilograms of Marijuana, 18 boats, 2 vehicles and over 30,000 litres of fuel, and 54 people ending up in handcuffs. This is the balance of the pioneering international operation carried out in the Atlantic Ocean, called Alfa-Lima, in which the Italian Guardia di Finanza participated under the coordination of the Guardia Civil. The international operation, which ran from 13 to April 2026, inflicted what is defined as a
hard blow' to the so-called Cocaine Highway, the eastern Atlantic corridor used by criminal organisations to evade controls in Europe's major ports of call.
Two-week operation
During the two-week operation, daily operations were carried out in the heart of the Ocean, in the Canary Islands, on the Guadalquivir River, in the ports of Ceuta and Algeciras, and in the provinces of Huelva, Cadiz, Malaga, Jaén, Almeria and Murcia.
On the intelligence side, the Portuguese Judicial Police, the Drug Enforcement Agency, the US Homeland Security Investigations and Customs and Border Protection, the UK National Crime Agency, the Terrorism and Organised Crime Intelligence Centre and the Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre Narcotics - MAOC
