As reported by the Armed Institute, throughout the operation 3,055 kilos of cannabis, 60,000 euros in money, 30 automobiles, ten of them high-end, and three narco-vessels, amongst different results, have been seized.
This clan devoted to cannabis trafficking acted with “excessive violence, utilizing firearms, Molotov cocktails and chains of spikes” to neutralize police automobiles. A submachine gun, six pistols, bulletproof vests, army tactical materials or the Molotov cocktails themselves and spiked chains are among the parts seized by the Civil Guard on this operation referred to as ‘Palma’.
Detected in 2020
The first drug cache of this group was detected in July 2020, when the Civil Guard found a sequence of cannabis unloadings on the Almeria coast, particularly on El Palmer seaside, within the municipality of Enix, by high-speed boats. pace. This started this nearly three-year-long investigation the place as much as seven stashes have been made.
The chief of this group, nicknamed ‘el Rifeño’, has an extended historical past of drug trafficking. Members of the higher echelon resided in high-end developments in Roquetas de Mar that allowed them to go unnoticed.
In the totally different operations towards this legal group, firearms and quite a few automobiles used to move medication have been seized. In the primary section of the operation, six searches have been carried out in properties with the arrest of eight individuals, during which 60,000 euros in money, boats, automobiles, bulletproof vests and taser pistols have been seized.
They had explosives
A complete of eight workshops and industrial buildings have been additionally inspected within the cities of Huércal de Almería, Vícar and Almería capital. Simultaneously, two extra members of the group who have been on the run in Melilla and Barcelona have been arrested. In addition, one of many detainees had explosives that he was making an attempt to promote on the illicit market to different legal organizations.
The operation has been carried out by the Organized Crime and Anti-drug Team of the Civil Guard in Almería. The actions fall on the Investigating Courts 2 and three of Almería promoted by the Almería Anti-Drug Prosecutor’s Office.
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