National Police arrested 13 people as they were in the process of unloading 1,560 kilos of hashish from a small inflatable boat near Torrox lighthouse.
Police spotted a six metre inflatable boat with three people on board enter a cove near the lighthouse. They were then joined by ten others who formed a human chain to unload the boat.
Three more people thought to be connected with the drugs shipment were later arrested on their way from Torrox to Málaga, one member of the smuggling organisation was arrested in Cártama following a raid on his home and another four were subsequently detained for their connections to the gang.
The total number of detainees has now reached twenty-one, with nineteen being Spanish nationals.