The Civil Guard, in the operation baptized as 'Limoneros' dismantled an organization that introduced

large amounts of hashish into the peninsula,

both by sea and by air, having a whole fleet of aircraft and an academy for its pilots.

As reported by the Ministry of the Interior, the operation began in September 2019 when the Civil Guard learned of an air accident involving a helicopter in Morocco.

The pilot of the wrecked plane had been staying in Seville,

so an investigation was started to learn the facts. The agents verified that the members of the network were looking for the aircraft and spare parts second-hand. For this he had a group of flight mechanics.

In November 2019, the civil guards in charge of the investigation

thwarted a cache of 420 kilos of hashish

in a plane from Morocco, and detained its two crew members.

On the other hand, the network had pilots from Spain, although they also brought new pilots from Latin America, especially Mexico, who were trained in Spain.

For these teaching tasks the organization had a two-seater plane.

During the two years of investigation, the members of the network had suffered

at least two major plane accidents.

The first of the accidents was that of the Mexican pilot for whom the investigation was initiated.

The other accident occurred on September 9 of this year, when a pilot of Spanish nationality died on a night flight in Morocco.

Counting on the damaged aircraft, the organization

has had 7 aircraft, two helicopters and 5 light aircraft.

For this, in addition to the 'pilot school' and the group of mechanics, they had places to hide the aircraft, as well as clandestine tracks, some of them camouflaged as tracks to train greyhounds.

THE SEAWAY

During the investigations, it was learned that the organization had a branch that introduced hashish by sea.

In fact, last June four people were arrested and

750 kilos of hashish

were seized

,

as well as a vehicle used for loading it into a cache off the coast of Huelva.

The investigators, after the authorization of the Court of First Instance and Instruction number 4 of Sanlúcar la Mayor (Seville), carried out 24 searches in Murcia, Toledo, Cáceres, Huelva and Seville, where another 120 kilos of hashish were seized.

In Cartaya (Huelva) the leader of the group was found in a luxury home,

and in Seville the operative chief was located. In addition, of the four aircraft seized, numerous effects related to aeronautics were found, including flight manuals, as well as spare parts for the aircraft. Likewise, three firearms were seized, a marijuana plantation in the Sevillian town of Los Palacios, 78,000 euros in cash and abundant documentation.

The final balance is

41 people arrested

for the alleged crimes of drug trafficking, illegal possession of weapons, smuggling, belonging to a criminal organization and falsification of public documents.

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