International Drug Ring Busted: 16 Arrested in Spain-France Police Operation

29 July 2019 – byBladi.net · 2 min read

A large-scale anti-crime operation, carried out by the Spanish Civil Guard, in collaboration with the French National Police, led to the arrest of 16 people who were carrying huge quantities of drugs and firearms. They also had in their possession vehicles and cash. It was indeed a powerful organization.

Linked to drug trafficking, it operates in several European cities, while having two operational bases in Spain - Marbella and Benalmádena (Málaga) - and two others in France - Perpignan and Marseille, according to a statement from the Spanish police.

As part of this network dismantling operation, the Spanish and French police carried out excellent cooperation. This allowed the seizure of a large quantity of drugs: 2,400 kilos of hashish and 9 kilos of marijuana.

Added to this are 17 vehicles, 17,490 euros in cash, 2 firearms. The Spanish "Guardia" has nicknamed the operation in question, "Mayis". It was carried out in collaboration with the French National Police and was successful.

In their modus operandi, these traffickers distribute the drugs in houses, garages and other rented boxes, in several places in Malaga. To transport the "merchandise" to the final destinations, they proceed mainly at night.

The same source states that the members of this gang are presented as dangerous and "extremely violent" elements. Indeed, they had attacked, on two occasions, the police vehicles that had tried to intercept them. This is how on May 30 last, the Civil Guard, Fermín Cabeza, in Algeciras (Cádiz) found death, during the violent escape of a gang vehicle transporting 210 kilos of hashish. But before that, in April, in France, they had rammed the police van, injuring two agents, with a powerful SUV that had 720 kilos of hashish on board.

The detainees, who are French and Spanish nationals, are accused of "drug trafficking, organized crime and money laundering".