A security operation carried out by Spanish police at the port of Ceuta, which resulted in the seizure of a large shipment of hashish inside a truck, has drawn the attention of the Algerian Press Service. The agency covered the incident today, Sunday, November 15, 2026, from an angle focused on accusing Morocco as the source of the drugs, even though the original Spanish report it relied upon provided no explicit data proving the geographical origin of the shipment or the involvement of Moroccan authorities in the smuggling operation.
The details of the operation date back to the evening of Friday, November 13, when members of the Spanish National Police's anti-drug unit, known as "UDYCO," managed to intercept a truck in the port area of Ceuta after it aroused the suspicions of security personnel while heading toward the boarding area for ferries bound for the Iberian Peninsula.
According to the Spanish newspaper "El Faro de Ceuta," the truck appeared empty of cargo. However, the inspection, which involved specialized security units and drug-sniffing dogs, revealed indicators that prompted investigators to subject the vehicle to a thorough search. The operation lasted several hours, during which equipment was used to cut through metal parts before a double compartment was discovered inside the truck's chassis, carefully prepared to conceal quantities of hashish.
The operation resulted in the arrest of the truck driver and the transfer of the seized items to police headquarters to complete the investigation and conduct an official weighing. The Spanish newspaper estimated the seized quantity at approximately 300 kilograms, based on the volume of the bags extracted from the secret compartment, while clarifying that this figure was an estimate and had not been officially confirmed at the time the report was published.
However, what is striking about the Algerian coverage was not merely the reporting of the seizure details, but the manner in which the incident was presented to the public. The Algerian Press Service chose a headline that directly attributed the shipment to Morocco, and then went on in the body of the report to link the operation to the expansion of smuggling networks originating from the Kingdom, before raising questions about the responsibility of Moroccan authorities for the continuation of these activities. In the context of Algeria's tense media discourse, this treatment can be read as an attempt to tarnish Morocco's image by exploiting a criminal incident for which published investigations have not yet established all the circumstances. While the Spanish newspaper focused on the inspection process, concealment methods, and the arrest of the driver, the Algerian agency expanded the scope of the news to include accusations that go beyond the data provided by the original source.
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