Three suspected drug smugglers have been arrested after failing to escape the police in a high-speed water chase on the Costa del Sol.
The detainees are a Spaniard and two Moroccans, and were arrested at Sabinillas beach in Malaga after their high-powered vessel was rammed by police in the several kilometre-chase.
Footage from the incident shows the suspects alighting the boat and attempting to escape on foot despite the police helicopter landing on the beach first.
Authorities say they found a shipment of hashish on board, and the Civil Guard believes that the drums of gasoline that the occupants of the boat abandoned were destined to supply a narco boat about to leave for Morocco.
In July, another boat loaded with drugs landed on the beach in broad daylight as stunned holidaymakers looked on.
The drug runners were caught by an off-duty policeman who was coincidentally on the beach with his family.
