Spanish Police Bust Moroccan-Led Crime Ring for Drug and Arms Trafficking

The daily Assabah reports that a unit of the Spanish Guardia civil has succeeded in putting an end to the activities of a very active mafia in Valencia, Madrid and Alicante, in money laundering, international drug trafficking, document forgery, and arms trafficking.

In total, 49 people, aged 17 to 52, were arrested for drug trafficking offenses, illegal possession of firearms and membership in a criminal network. The arrested Moroccans were operating within a cosmopolitan and highly organized group, occupying strategic positions among Romanian, Spanish and Brazilian traffickers.

The newspaper adds that 33 people were apprehended in the Requena region, 6 in Sueca, 2 in Alicante and other suspects in Madrid, Buñol, Aldaia and Sinarcas.

The search carried out by the police made it possible to seize 3,000 cocaine capsules, 18,000 of Marijuana, 7,000 cannabis seeds and 1,300 psychotropic tablets, in addition to a sum of 69,328 euros and several prohibited weapons. Luxury cars worth 290,000 euros were also confiscated, the daily notes.