By land, sea and air, hashish reaches Europe every day of the year through Spain. ‘The Hashish War’ narrates in maximum detail and from within the action a business dominated by organized crime that generates a spiral of violence and moves millions of blood-stained euros.
With the Campo de Gibraltar, the Ebro Delta, the Costa del Sol, Galicia, Morocco and Portugal as the main settings, the top police, judicial and social officials in the fight against drugs tell in detail the scenario that will be experienced in 2023. This production It also enters real-time operations in Galicia, Catalonia and Andalusia and sees for the first time before its cameras a representative of the Balkan Cartel, considered the largest drug trafficking organization in the world today.
This production has access to those most responsible for the fight against hashish (National Police, Civil Guard, Mossos d’Esquadra, Customs Surveillance and the Judicial Police of Portugal) and also has the testimony of Macarena Arroyo, the great anti-drug prosecutor of the Campo de Gibraltar. In addition, the cameras accompany more than 200 police officers in an anti-drug operation that results in 30 arrests and reveals how the production and trafficking of hashish has evolved, the transportation in which the merchandise is transported and who currently controls this dangerous business. .
This documentary directed by Víctor Méndez Sanguos (‘Narcogallegos’) covers all the aspects surrounding one of the most consumed drugs and which has its great gateway in Spain.
Production is carried out by Imaco (Imagen and Communications of Pontevedra) and Narcodiario, the only media outlet specialized in information on drug trafficking in Spain. In addition, the National Police Corps, the Civil Guard, the Mossos d’Esquadra and Customs Surveillance provide land vehicles, both official and camouflaged, boats and helicopters from which part of the recordings are made.