The Civil Guard has dismantled a criminal organization dedicated to the drug trafficking of hashish in the provinces of
Malaga
and
Cádiz
, an operation that has resulted in the arrest of 64 people and the seizure of
eight tons of hashish
.
After more than a year of investigations, the so-called
"Tortilla" operation
has culminated in the arrest of 64 people accused of drug trafficking, money laundering and belonging to a criminal organization, as reported by the Civil Guard.
The one known as
the Pinchos clan
operated on the coasts of Malaga and Cádiz, although the bulk of the organization was located in the
Campo de Gibraltar
.
There, the Civil Guard has even found a dry dock for narcolanchas in one of the searches carried out in
Palmones
(Cádiz).
Six of these vessels have been seized, in addition to 16 vehicles.
The investigations show that the dismantled organization introduced in our country between
3,000 and 6,000 kilos of hashish
and as a result of the searches, eight tons of this drug have been seized.
The first cache was intercepted by the agents in the place known as
Catalaraje
, in Estepona (Malaga).
There, the Civil Guard has arrested the first six members of the organization and has managed to seize almost three thousand kilos of hashish.
The investigators continue the investigations and verify how in subsequent caches the leaders change the way of landing the drug under pressure from the Civil Guard.
In a second intervened cache, the organization made
several landings in areas difficult to access
from land, dividing the cargo, to avoid gambling in a single point on the coast.
On another occasion, the clan chooses to carry out two simultaneous caches using two fast boats.
They also get to change the landing area, arriving at the same time in the provinces of
Huelva
,
Cádiz
and
Málaga
.
Despite all the variations of the modus operandi used by the organization to get hashish into the Peninsula, the Civil Guard seizes eight tons of hashish from the organization in four caches.
On the other hand, the investigators detect
operations of laundering and recycling of capital
from drug trafficking.
For this, they acquired the nautical equipment necessary to carry out the illegal activities from a company of one of the components of the organization,
the administrators being their own parents
.
To make payments for said nautical equipment (engines, electronic means, nautical equipment) they used as front men people with little or no economic capacity, in some cases in a state of marginalization.
The
value of what was seized from this organization amounts to
three million euros
, including boats, vehicles, movable and immovable property, as well as the seizure of its bank accounts.
250 civil guards from the Algeciras Command, Air Service, Rapid Action Group, Reserve and Security Group, as well as CCON and OCON have participated in the operation of the operation.
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