Tpanish police caught boats carrying 12 tonnes of hash.

Footage from the operation shows the Civil Guard chasing the speedboats that were found to have been shipping 293 bundles of hashish off the coast of Huelva.

The Civil Guard seized six vessels, three of which were equipped with four engines each. The operation resulted in the arrest of seven individuals.

The interventions were carried out by agents of the Maritime Service of Huelva, who caught the occupants of the semi-rigid boats sailing close to the coast and attempting to flee at high speed.

However, the agents later intercepted them, as the Civil Guard reported in a statement. The occupants of the boats threw the bundles overboard, but the Civil Guard agents later recovered them.

Hashish, or hash, is formed from the resin of cannabis plants and smoked by addicts.