The Civil Guard dismantles an organization that introduced hashish along the coast of Malaga

The organization was led by a Spaniard and his Cuban lieutenant, and was made up of citizens of both nationalities.

The head of the leader led an organization that occupied luxury homes on the Costa del Sol








The Civil Guard has dismantled a criminal organization that introduced hashish along the coast of Malaga. In the operation called Kroll, 20 people have been arrested and another 13 investigated.

The operation began in March when the Civil Guard identified several Cuban nationals who provided fuel to drug traffickers, known as petaqueros.

The agents discover that the organization refuels the powerful semi-rigid boats that cross the Strait of Gibraltar.

After some time carrying out refueling, the organization manages to obtain liquidity to carry out operations and thus introduce hashish on the coast through recreational boats.

The recreational boats that are seamed -with double bottoms-, load the bales brought by the semi-rigid boats from Morocco on the high seas. Once the transshipment has been carried out, they are transported to the marinas in the province of Malaga or to a beach where they unload the bales of hashish.

The organization was led by a Spanish citizen with a long history of drug trafficking, and his deputy was a Cuban citizen. The branch led by his lieutenant also occupied luxury homes.

OCON SUR investigators found out that those identified lived in luxury villas on the Costa del Sol. As they know, they normally occupied homes of foreign residents that were exchanged in such a way that they never left the residences empty.

On the other hand, the organization was also made up of natives of the area with which they achieved an exhaustive control of the places they used to dispose of hashish.

The eight searches authorized by the Court of First Instance of Instruction number 4 of Estepona have been carried out in the towns of Marbella, Estepona, San Roque and La Línea de la Concepción.

Operation KROLL concluded with the arrest of 20 people and 13 investigated. In addition, 900 kilograms of hashish, three off-road vehicles, four boats, as well as 2,275 liters of fuel for narcolanchas have been seized.

For the extension or confirmation of any other information, you can contact the Peripheral Communication Office of the Civil Guard, on the phone 630 900 403

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Apprehended 648 kilos of cocaine hidden in a container in the port of Algeciras

People who tried to introduce the drug have been arrested in the port of Valencia








The Civil Guard, in a joint operation with the National Police and Customs Surveillance of the Tax Agency, have seized 648 kilos of cocaine in a container in the port of Algeciras that originated in Guatemala and was destined for Valencia.

In the framework of collaboration between the different administrations, it was learned of the arrival at the port of Algeciras of a shipment possibly ‘contaminated’ originally with cocaine.
According to the information obtained, a joint operation was established by agents of the Civil Guard and the National Police and Customs Surveillance officials of the Tax Agency. The container was inspected in the port of Algeciras where the drug was found, extracted and replaced by a harmless load, in order to proceed to its controlled delivery to the place of destination.
In total, a total of 533 cocaine pills were found and seized, with an approximate gross weight of 648 kilos.
Once at the destination (the port of Valencia), it was discovered that the container under surveillance had been opened early in the morning on November 15 and unknown persons had extracted the material used to replace the drug.
For this reason, we proceeded to review the cameras that cover the terminal where this container was deposited. Thanks to the viewing of them, it was found that a truck entered the street where the container object of the controlled delivery was deposited and left it about five minutes later without a container on its platform. The owner was identified, but it was found that his physical features were very different from those of the individual who accessed the terminal with the truck.
Subsequent investigations made it possible to arrest the owner of the truck used for the rescue and the carrier who entered to carry it out, who already had a police record for drug trafficking in the port of Valencia. The two detainees were brought to justice.

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The Civil Guard detains an alleged member of the "El melillero" gang on whom an arrest warrant weighed

After identifying himself at a police checkpoint in Cáceres with a false driver's license, he tried to flee from the agents while driving at more than 200 kilometers per hour.

On him weighed a judicial order of search and arrest issued by a Court of Malaga

The judicial authority has decreed his immediate admission to prison








The Civil Guard has detained a man in Cáceres who was subject to a judicial order to search, arrest and appear, for his alleged involvement with the events that occurred last January in the town of Cártama (Malaga), in which two girls were seriously injured after being doused with acid.

The detainee was intercepted during the night of last Thursday at a Civil Guard checkpoint where, after identifying himself with a false Belgian driving license, he tried to flee with his vehicle at high speed. This man has been arrested as the alleged perpetrator of two crimes against road safety, for reckless driving and driving without a valid license, in addition to the crimes of attacking an agent of the authority, falsification of a public document, usurpation of civil status, gross disobedience and refusal to submit to drug and alcohol tests.

During approximately one hour of monitoring on different roads, the vehicle could be intercepted on the A-66 highway, at the height of the town of Aljucén (Badajoz), where the driver and sole occupant of the vehicle, was arrested as the alleged author of a crime against road safety.

The agents verified that both the driver's license that the detainee had presented moments before, as well as a Belgian national identity card that he also carried, were false. When conducting a search of his vehicle, the agents found, hidden in an interior cabin, a passport that did correspond to the true identity of the detainee.

Continuing with the investigation, it was confirmed that the detainee lacked a valid driving license and that he was subject to a search, arrest and indictment order, issued by a Malaga Court, for his alleged involvement, as a cover-up, in the events occurred, last January, in the town of Cártama (Málaga), in which two women were seriously injured after being sprayed with acid.

After completing the investigation of the corresponding proceedings, the detainee, a 46-year-old man from Estepona (Málaga), was placed at the disposal of the Court of First Instance and Instruction, acting as the Cáceres Guard, who has ordered his immediate admission in prison.

For more information, you can contact the Peripheral Communication Office of the Civil Guard of Cáceres, on the phone 927628150, ext. 143/144.

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The Civil Guard recovers a handwritten book belonging to the historical archive of the Arganda del Rey City Council, stolen more than half a century ago

The recovery has been possible thanks to its location by technicians from the City Council, when they found it put up for sale on an Internet portal

The book is related to the granting of the Letter of Privilege of 1583 by Felipe II, exempting Arganda from the Archbishop's jurisdiction and granting him the "Royal Jurisdiction and the condition of Villazgo"








The Civil Guard has delivered a manuscript book bound in parchment and of great historical value to the City Council of Arganda del Rey (Madrid), elaborated more than three centuries ago as a copy of an original dated in the 16th century and belonging to the historical archive of the town hall of that town.

The ceremony was attended by the mayor, Guillermo Hita, the head of the Historical Heritage Section of the Central Operative Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard and the Councilor for Culture, Montserrat Fernández, along with other representatives of both institutions.

Advertised for sale on the internet

In July 2021, those in charge of the City Archive, in their work of preserving the bibliographic heritage and documentary collection of the Arganda City Council, detected in a well-known Internet sales portal the sale of a volume, which, due to its characteristics and content, could belong to the funds of the Municipal Archive.

It was a handwritten book on the history of Arganda del Rey, produced more than three centuries ago as a copy of an original made in the 16th century.

This work deals with one of the most notable episodes in the history of Arganda; the granting by King Felipe II of the Letter of Privilege of 1583, and specifically of the demarcation that for this reason is made of the Valtierra area as an independent jurisdiction of the Council of Arganda.

Collaboration between institutions

Once all the evidence that confirmed that the document was part of the City Archive had been gathered, such as the comparison of the writing with other works of the former municipal clerk and the way of referencing, and that the work left the archive For decades, without knowing exactly the circumstances of his disappearance, the municipal authorities reported the events to the Historical Heritage Section of the Central Operative Unit of the Civil Guard, so that it could carry out the necessary investigations to clarify the facts.

Said Section, in its firm commitment to the recovery of the historical and cultural heritage, traced the traceability of the work, which had gone through several owners, including an auction house, finally achieving the recovery of the manuscript.

Collaboration between institutions is extremely necessary in cases like this, since on many occasions it is the professionals who carry out their work there, who locate cultural assets that belonged to the places where they carry out their work.

For more information, you can contact the Press Office of the Central Operational Unit at the telephone number 915031327.

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Dismantled a criminal organization that sexually exploited victims captured in Colombia through deception

Six people have been arrested and three others are being investigated as allegedly responsible for being part of a plot, based in Ciudad Real and Granada, which came to capture and control more than 30 women of different nationalities, who were captured taking advantage of the situation of need they had in their countries of origin

The controls and surveillance carried out by the investigators, evidenced the rigid control that the organization exercised over the victims

More than 3,000 advertisements on web pages for the sexual exploitation of the victims have been counted, the investigated having obtained great economic benefits








The Civil Guard and National Police have carried out what has been called operation "MALUS SOMNIA-MESO", an investigation focused on a criminal organization dedicated to the recruitment of women in Colombia, for their subsequent transfer and sexual exploitation in Spain, using for this, the formula of deception and taking advantage of the situation of need in which the victims found themselves in their countries of origin.

The deceived victims were transferred from their countries of origin to Spain, using letters of invitation issued by people close to the organization.

Once in Spain, the victims were placed in different homes, being forced to have sexual relations with different “clients”, without having their fundamental rights respected.

All the victims were extorted and forced to pay supposed “debts” acquired with the organization, threatening them with harming relatives in their countries of origin if they did not agree to the impositions of their captors.

Exploited in different Spanish provinces

This organization, of international scope, was looking for victims in a precarious economic situation whom they deceived. To do this, it used “captors” in the countries of origin (Colombia), who offered the victims promises of a new life and with the expectation of earning a lot of money in a very short time.

Within our country, the geographical scope of action in which the investigated organization operated was framed in different provinces, with the research focusing on those of Ciudad Real and Granada.

When the victims arrived in Spain, their personal documentation was withdrawn and they were transferred to homes, where they were systematically forced to consume narcotic substances during their long hours of service, as well as to offer them to their “clients”.

To carry out the exploitation of the victims, the members of the organization published advertisements on different web pages, having checked more than 3,000, using different telephone numbers.

Five victims released and three witnesses protected

At the end of last month, the exploitation of the operation was carried out, freeing a total of five women of different nationalities, who were being sexually exploited.

As a result of this investigation, three people appear as protected witnesses in this proceeding, who have been captured, transferred and later sexually exploited by the organization investigated in our country. The potential victims controlled by this criminal group in recent years, amount to more than 30 women of different nationalities, all of them in a clear situation of vulnerability and need.

Six people arrested and three investigated

The operation has resulted in the arrest of six people, four women, three of them of Colombian nationality and one Spanish, and two men of the same nationalities, as well as three people investigated, all of them in the provinces of Ciudad Real and Granada .

All of them are being investigated for crimes of trafficking in human beings for the purpose of sexual exploitation, money laundering, belonging to a criminal organization and crimes against public health.

The investigators have carried out a total of four domiciliary searches in houses related to the criminal structure, where they intervened a large amount of documentation and effects of interest for the investigation, highlighting numerous receipts of money transfers to third countries, which show the important economic amount that the criminal group earned through the victims, as well as the way to launder these profits.

The operation has been directed by the Court of First Instance and Instruction No. 1 of Valdepeñas (Ciudad Real) and carried out by agents of the Provincial Brigade of Immigration and Borders of the National Police of Ciudad Real (Operational Group Against Human Trafficking) and the Human Trafficking Section of the Civil Guard's Central Operational Unit (UCO), both bodies having the fundamental support of their respective Police Stations and Commanderies of the Ciudad Real and Granada provinces.

For more information, you can contact the Press Office of the Central Operational Unit at 91.514.60.10.

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Grande-Marlaska delivers the first canine merit decorations of the Civil Guard

Among the awarded animals are Xena, the dog that found Blanca Fernández Ochoa's body, and Juper, who detected an important cache of drugs hidden among frozen merchandise in Granada

The Minister of the Interior and the general director of the Civil Guard inaugurate a memorial in the facilities of the Cynological Service with which all the canine agents who have served in the corps will be honored








The Minister of the Interior, Fernando Grande-Marlaska, together with the general director of the Civil Guard, María Gámez, has imposed this morning the first decorations to canine agents of the body in a ceremony held at the facilities of its Cynological Service in El Pardo ( Madrid), with which the institution wants to recognize the importance that the operational use of dogs has acquired by adapting to new forms of crime.

“Today we put in the place that the work and dedication of hundreds of dogs at the service of the Civil Guard deserve; at the service, after all, of citizens and society ”, Grande-Marlaska pointed out during the medal ceremony, after which a memorial was inaugurated in memory of the dogs that have served throughout the history of the cynological specialty.

Grande-Marlaska has given the honorable mentions to five dogs, who will be able to wear them on their harness. Three of these dogs have been awarded for their trajectory:

  • Tietar, from the Central Cynological Unit: the first poisoned bait dog that has performed important services and obtained several awards.
  • Henco, from the Barcelona unit: paper money detector dog that has participated in numerous relevant services.
  • Shulo, from the Cádiz unit: a drug detector dog that has contributed to numerous drug seizures throughout its operational life.
Two other dogs have received the honorable mention for having provided a relevant service:
  • Xena, from the Central Cynological Unit: a dog detecting biological remains that found the lifeless body of Blanca Fernández Ochoa.
  • Juper, from the Granada unit: drug detection dog who discovered almost 800 kilos of hashish among the frozen load of a truck.

Save lives

After the awarding of the decorations, the Minister of the Interior and the Director General of the Civil Guard have inaugurated a memorial in memory of the dogs that have provided outstanding service throughout the history of the cynological specialty.
The inauguration of the memorial has allowed a special memory for five dogs already deceased and who had an outstanding professional career:
  • Rocco died in 1953 when saving the lives of his guide and the three Civil Guards of the patrol.
  • Irrintzi died in 1983 after locating a booby-trapped bomb, saving the lives of his guide and four other civil guards.
  • Ajax died in 2013 after detecting a second car bomb after the attack on the Palmanova barracks (Mallorca)
  • Elton, who died in 2020, found the body of Diana Quer.
  • Marley, who died in 2019 from a heart attack, participated in the searches for Diana Quer, Laura Luelmo and little Gabriel.

Canine merit

The Honorable Mention of Canine Merit has been conceived to reward both outstanding careers and extraordinary services carried out by Civil Guard dogs, and exceptionally from other organizations, whose performance has been essential to save lives or protect relevant assets within the framework of the actions carried out during operations involving the body.
The award also wants to be a stimulus for its guides, civil guards with a high level of specialization who dedicate a high number of hours in training their animals. Guide and dog represent an association that goes beyond the mere employment relationship, given the dog's socialization and learning process.
At present, the role of these canine agents is already essential in police work. The participation of canine units in operations against organized crime, the search and location of people in natural disasters or in relation to enforced disappearances is essential for the Civil Guard.
To grant the Honorable Mention of Canine Merit, the proposed dogs must have stood out throughout their operational history or have performed a relevant service of special impact. The proposal and granting of the award will be independent of the reward that, if deemed appropriate, is awarded to your guide.
Since April 6, 1948, when the services with dogs began in the Civil Guard, their use has evolved to adapt to new forms of crime, for which the body has promoted innovation and research of new criteria of search and detection with dogs.
Thanks to this, the fields of action of the Cynological Service have been expanded from the traditional ones (detection of explosives, drugs and search and rescue of people) to a multiplicity of new detection modalities related to objects and substances, including money , weapons, biological remains or accelerators, among others.

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The general director presents the results of the first phase of the Special Security Plan in the Toledo region of La Sagra

The CERES Plan supposes the reinforcement of citizen security and investigation capacities in the regions with the greatest needs for prevention and reaction to crimes against property and related crimes.

María Gámez has presented the results of the plan, after its first six months of implementation, with a 41% decrease in serious and organized crime in the area








The general director of the Civil Guard, María Gámez, has presented the results of the CERES Plan. It is a specific plan whose first phase began on April 19 at the Toledo Command, mainly in the La Sagra area where the Civil Guard is responsible for citizen security in the 31 municipalities, which represents 37% of the demarcation of the Corps in Toledo.

Results of the CERES Plan for the first 6 months

The general director began her remarks by taking stock of the last 6 months to present the CERES Plan. A high-impact operational plan whose main objective was to offer an adequate response to a type of crime that was proliferating in the La Sagra region, whose crimes against property and other related offenses represented 37% of crime in the province

This plan basically dealt with an action that would allow the dismantling of criminal organizations and intervene their resources and economic-financial assets whose purpose is at all times, to guarantee the objective and subjective security conditions in this area: La Sagra Toledo, the posts of Ocaña, Fuensalida and Torrijos, and the areas of operational interest in southern Madrid. I remind you that ensuring a safe environment for people and their property is one of the strategic areas of work for the Ministry of the Interior and the Civil Guard.

To achieve the objectives of the plan, a specific operational structure was implemented to provide, on the one hand, analysis and research, and on the other, intervention and operational support. All this to guarantee a greater presence of troops coordinated with the territorial services. For this, it has had research reinforcements (CERES team of 10 components), with units such as the Reserve and Security Group (GRS), units of the Command (Cynological, Traffic, Citizen Security, USECIC) and central services ( UCO, UTPJ, Air Service).

In this sense, María Gámez, has said that during the first phase of this plan CERES has produced a successful result since during this period there has been a decrease in serious and organized crime in the area of ​​41% compared to 2019 since In 2020, due to the pandemic, the cases were not significant. The decrease in robberies with force in things is especially noteworthy, which has been 53%. We are talking about the biggest drop in the most serious crimes in the last 5 years …

Likewise, the general director has detailed that during the first phase of the CERES Plan, the value of the work carried out has been put since with respect to crimes considered very serious, 8 large-scale operations have been carried out that have resulted in 64 people arrested and 6 investigated, 159 escalated crimes against public health; robbery with violence and intimidation; illegal detention; criminal group; attempted homicide with a firearm. Also, 5 criminal groups have been dismantled and effects worth 12 million euros (drugs, vehicles, weapons) have been recovered. Currently, there are a dozen operations in progress.

On the other hand, María Gámez has stated that the CERES Plan also aims to act against less serious and minor crimes against property. In this case, infractions have decreased by almost 34% compared to the same period in 2019, and the drop in the rates of this type of crime in both the main position of Illescas and that of Valmojano is noteworthy. In this period of implementation of the plan, the best data of the last 5 years have also been collected both in the clarification of crimes (which has been 36%) and in the number of detainees (664).

The general director has been able to affirm that the use of specialized units, both in operational intervention and in investigation and investigation of proceedings, structured in the CERES group and coordinated with the different units of the Command and Central Services, has allowed the development of preventive devices citizen security and high-impact investigation operations that have contributed to obtaining remarkable results in the fight against serious crime in La Sagra, all together with the ordinary capacities of the territorial units.

María Gamez, has concluded that once these first 6 months of execution of the Plan have been analyzed, it has been extended with the same level of support that there has been until now, that is, the reinforcement in research is maintained, with units Reserve such as the GRS; with central units such as the UCO or the Technical Unit of the Judicial Police; and with units from the Castilla La Mancha Zone and the Toledo Command.

Proof of this are the two relevant operations that have taken place in recent days, and that demonstrate the effectiveness of this Plan in different types of crime:

  • On the one hand, the Civil Guard has arrested 5 people for allegedly committing at least 26 robberies of the elderly when they extracted cash from ATMs. This criminal group was made up of three adults, where their modus operandi consisted of distracting these older people when they were about to get the money, managed to steal between 600 and 1,000 euros per victim, using the tracadarors the vilolence in the case of being discovered. In this operation, 26 crimes of robbery with violence or theft committed in the provinces of Toledo, Madrid, Albacete, Ávila, Guadalajara, Cantabria and Murcia have been clarified.
  • On the other hand, a man was arrested in Numancia de la Sagra for an alleged attempted sexual assault in the municipality of Yuncos on November 8. The arrest took place ‘red-handed’, since the Civil Guard had established a special surveillance device because several attacks had taken place in other towns in the area in October. The arrested man, when detected by the agents, fled, and during the escape collided with two official vehicles.

Objectives of the Ceres Plan

With the implementation of the Plan, an attempt has been made to provide an adequate response by the Corps to serious and less serious crime, specifically in relation to the main crimes against Heritage, in which force and / or violence is used, in the Region of the Sagra. This type of crime has been increasing year after year, mainly due to the proliferation of criminal groups and organized gangs that operate in the province of Toledo and are based in the south and west of the Community of Madrid. Currently, this Region knows approximately 50% of the crimes against the patrimony of the entire Civil Guard Command in Toledo. In addition, increasing violence has been observed by these criminal groups, among which are the so-called groups of aluniceros, which do not hesitate to face even armed members of the Corps.

For more information, you can contact the Peripheral Communication Office of the Guardia Civiel in Toledo at 925281165.

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The Civil Guard detains and investigates more than 300 people for forest fire crimes

Large forest fires have increased in the last year by 25% compared to 2020 and are more dangerous

The origin of much of the area burned in the large forest fires that have occurred this year has been caused by vehicles

SEPRONA uses new satellite-based technologies and measurement systems on land, sea and air for the prevention and investigation of these crimes








The Civil Guard, so far this year, has detained and investigated more than 300 people for the alleged commission of forest fires, of which more than 400 have been considered as forest fire crimes and about 2,300 as offenses related to the use of fire.

Although the number of claims has suffered a notable decrease compared to the average of the last 10 years, it should be noted that large fires have increased in the last year by 25% compared to 2020 and are more dangerous.

Human factor linked to most fires

For yet another year, it has become clear that the majority of forest fires, about 80%, are linked to the human factor, either due to the work of an arsonist, negligence in the use of fire, or recklessness in times of risk. Among the most common causes are bonfires, agricultural burns, livestock interests and conflicts, and poor power lines.
Andalusia is the autonomous community that has registered the most forest fires, followed by Castilla y León and Cantabria. Do not forget that fires can occur at any time of the year. This is the case of Cantabria and Asturias, whose fires are mainly concentrated in winter and spring.
The origin of much of the area burned in the large forest fires that have occurred this year has been caused by vehicles. The Civil Guard works to fight against the lack of diligence in the maintenance of vehicles or negligence in driving as a way to prevent catastrophes such as those that occurred this year.

New research tools

The Civil Guard uses the COPERNICUS program of the European Union for the investigation of forest fires, which, through satellites and measurement systems on land, sea and air, allows agents to know the progress of the fire instantly, as well as to know the affection to the environment and clarify authorship.
The police and criminal investigation, as well as the demand for the responsibility of the perpetrators, responding in many cases with their own assets for the damage caused to the environment, constitute one of the most effective measures for its prevention, since it generates a dissuasive effect on the arsonist and the negligent conduct of the rest of the citizens.
In collaboration with the Public Prosecutor for the Environment and Urban Planning, a profile of the arsonist has been developed, based on multiple investigations and studies. This project helps to understand the behavior of people who start fires and allows the Civil Guard to anticipate these people's footsteps.

Relevant fires of 2021

Navalacruz (Avila)

Caused by the combustion of a vehicle on the road. It has caused the largest forest fire so far this year, burning more than 22,000 hectares.

Sierra Bermeja (Malaga)

This fire affected protected areas and during the extinction tasks, in which a forest firefighter died, more than a thousand people were evacuated. The investigation, which is still open, is being carried out by the Malaga SEPRONA Team.

San Roque (Cádiz)

One person was arrested for the fire caused in a natural setting to distract the Security Forces and Bodies and to introduce drugs on the coast aboard a narco boat from the African coast, which has entered provisional prison. It was discovered that several arson fires this year with the same characteristics in the area had been started by the detainee. He has been charged with 8 crimes of forest fire.

Villarrasa (Huelva)

The agents arrested two people for a fire that caused the burning of 870 hectares. The Civil Guard investigation and citizen collaboration were key to locating the origin of the fire, the lack of maintenance of a truck.

Valldemossa (Palma de Mallorca)

Arrest of a person who used surgical masks to conceal the device with which the fire started and which cost the burning of numerous hectares in the natural setting of the Sierra de Tramontana.

San Juan reservoir (Madrid)

The Civil Guard detained a person as the author of the fire that affected a wooded area of ​​the San Juan Swamp. He is charged with a crime of serious recklessness. The virulence of the fire forced a road to be cut and many nearby urbanizations to be vacated.

Fires contribute to climate change

As it is concluded from the numerous recent scientific evidences, with the data provided by the United Nations Conference on Climate Change COP26, deforestation is one of the main causes of global warming.
Wildfires have a devastating impact. One of the most visible consequences is the destruction of the ecosystem and the landscape. They cause the loss of biodiversity and the degradation of soils and habitats, accelerating the planet's desertification processes. They release significant amounts of CO2 into the atmosphere, as well as other gases and particles, which favors the greenhouse effect and climate change.
The Civil Guard fights against these consequences and has allocated up to 100,000 services this last year to the prevention, investigation, training and dissemination of forest fires.

Collaborations

Collaboration with other organizations is essential. Based on the information provided by the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge through the ARBARIA program, as well as that obtained from the Spanish Meteorological Agency (AEMET) or citizen collaboration, they result in better research and prevention services. The Civil Guard participates as a member of the Forest Fire Assessment and Assessment Team (FAST) at the European and International level.

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The Civil Guard investigates four motorcycle drivers for their dangerous maneuvers on the "climb to Los Loros"

The images that started the investigation were located on well-known social networks

More than 170 agents distributed in all provinces investigate possible crimes against road safety








Four motorcycle drivers have been identified by agents of the Investigation and Analysis Group of the Civil Guard Traffic Group (GIAT) and brought to justice for the alleged crime of driving a motor vehicle with manifest recklessness, putting in concrete danger the life or physical integrity of people.

GIAT agents from the Traffic sector of the Civil Guard of the Canary Islands detected the dissemination of a video in various and well-known social networks, in which several people were observed on their motorcycles circulating on the TF-523 road, known for the “rise to Los Loros ”, while they performed“ horses ”in a coordinated manner, putting their own physical integrity at risk, as well as that of the rest of the road users.

The agents began steps to identify the drivers and locate the motorcycles, and finally, after gathering sufficient evidence, they managed to identify the four drivers involved in the events. These are four men between 28 and 34 years old, residents of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, who are accused of a crime of driving a motor vehicle with manifest recklessness and putting in concrete danger the life or physical integrity of the persons.

Of the facts investigated, the proceedings have been delivered to the Investigating Court acting as Guard of the judicial district of San Cristóbal de La Laguna.

The four drivers, in accordance with the provisions of the Penal Code, for the alleged crime of reckless driving, can face a prison sentence of six months to two years and deprivation of the right to drive motor vehicles and mopeds for a period of time. greater than one and up to six years.

Important research activity

The Traffic Group of the Civil Guard has the Research and Analysis Group, a group made up of 178 specialized Civil Guards that have their headquarters in Madrid, but are present in each of the Traffic sectors of each province.

Its mission is to investigate possible crimes related to road safety, from speeding, reckless driving, false documentation or fraud in driving tests, among others.

This group is permanently attentive to the prevention, prosecution and reporting of these behaviors given the obvious and serious risk they pose to road safety. Social networks, the Deep Web and citizen collaboration are the trigger to start a new investigation.

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Dismantled a dangerous criminal organization dedicated to drug trafficking and money laundering

They grew marijuana in different homes in the Villaverde neighborhood of Madrid and in several towns in Toledo, laundering the money they obtained in a gambling hall in Illescas

23 people have been arrested and 16 searches have been carried out, intervening 205 kilograms and 5,000 marijuana plants, six firearms, numerous knives, 110,000 euros in cash and five high-end vehicles, among others.








Agents of the Civil Guard in a joint operation with the National Police, have dismantled a dangerous criminal organization specialized in the cultivation of marijuana and in the subsequent laundering of the profits obtained through the collection of sports bets in gambling halls, acquisition of real estate and high-end vehicles. 23 people have been arrested for crimes of belonging to a criminal organization, against public health, money laundering, illegal possession of weapons and disclosure of secrets.

16 house searches have been carried out, with the arrest of 23 people, including the two leaders of the criminal organization, five people related to the gambling hall and a local policeman arrested for revealing secrets. 205 kilograms of buds and 5,000 plants from twelve indoor marijuana crops have been seized, five small firearms, a shotgun with sawed-off barrels, numerous bladed weapons, 110,000 euros in cash, five high-end vehicles, three frequency inhibitors, a bulletproof vest, an extendable defense, a communications equipment and different elements destined to the cultivation of marijuana. In addition, the bank accounts of the detainees and nine homes have been blocked for a total value of more than one and a half million euros.

This joint investigation focused on a group that had a multitude of indoor marijuana plantations in the provinces of Madrid and Toledo, where they had at least twelve crops, seven of them located in a housing colony located in the Villaverde neighborhood, in Madrid capital, and five other plantations in towns in the La Sagra region, in Toledo.

Cultivation, distribution of marijuana and money laundering

After collecting the crops from the different cultivation points, they packaged the substances and stored them under great security measures, waiting for their sale and distribution. Once they obtained economic benefit from the illicit activity, they were in charge of giving it legal tender by money laundering in different businesses, such as massage parlors, dealerships and, especially, in a gambling hall in the town of Illescas, in Toledo.

The initiation of the investigations began as a result of a series of irregularities in the collection of sports betting prizes in this game room, where it was possible to confirm the existence of at least eleven prize receipts worth 60,000 euros with signs of falsehood, issued in the name of a couple who are members of the organization and signed by the person in charge of the establishment. The agents were able to determine that the leader of the organization would have been able to place bets worth 50,000 euros per day, giving the betting hall benefits of up to three million euros, facilitating the realization of these bets, issuing false prize certificates and exercising on occasions of cash nursery.

A dangerous armed criminal organization

This large criminal group had a multitude of security measures to avoid any type of police surveillance, which increased the danger of the investigation. They had up to six firearms, seized during the searches, one of them with a silencer and another indicated by the German police for committing a violent crime. In addition, they used frequency inhibitors and shuttle vehicles, carried out counter surveillance to avoid police control and even had the collaboration of a local policeman from a Madrid municipality.

The marijuana cultivation, packaging and trafficking points were established in the La Sagra area, in Toledo, in the towns of Illescas, Yeles, Yuncler and Yuncos, in houses that they titled in their own name and others that they rented on behalf of third parties. . The other area controlled by the organization was in a colony of flats located in the Villaverde neighborhood, in the capital Madrid, which affected three complete blocks of flats, where marijuana plantations coexisted with families, who carried out care and guard of the plants for their later transfer to another floor of the same neighborhood that centralized all the substance.

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