The Civil Guard dismantles a criminal network that has seized about 6 tons of hashish


The Civil Guard dismantles a criminal network that has seized about 6 tons of hashish

In the PÓLVORA operation, 40 people have been arrested and 17,250 packs of tobacco have been seized, 25 vehicles, many of high-end, of which 21 have been recovered after being stolen

In one of the searches, 50,000 euros in cash was found in the school bag of the daughter, a minor, of one of the detainees








The Civil Guard, within the framework of the PÓLVORA operation, has dismantled a criminal organization that introduced large amounts of hashish on the coasts of Malaga and Cádiz. 40 people have been arrested and 5,770 kilos of hashish have been seized, as well as 17,250 packs of tobacco, 25 vehicles, many high-end, of which 21 have been recovered after being stolen. In addition, 268,000 euros, 2 short weapons and a shotgun, as well as a drone, communication material and abundant documentation have also been intervened.

The operation began last April, when the Civil Guard intervened 2,675 kilos of hashish in a nursery. In that action, 2 people were arrested and 6 cargo cars that had been previously stolen were recovered. From that moment on, the Civil Guards became familiar with the organization's operation.
The new panorama of organizations dedicated to drug trafficking in the Campo de Gibraltar has changed in recent times, currently they are assimilated to subcontracted companies within a business network. Thus, the network investigated in Operation Gunpowder would be in charge of carrying out all the tasks related to the introduction of large consignments of hashish that are carried out on the mainland, that is, the collection of the narcotic substance after it has been disposed of on the coast, transfer to drug nurseries and subsequent distribution.
The dismantled organization introduced large amounts of drugs and tobacco, even detecting the Civil Guard that a week they could introduce about 6 tons of hashish. To get to those levels, the group relied on being a great connoisseur of stash areas.
Those now detained began working mainly in the Puente Mayorga area, but under pressure from the Civil Guard they moved to the coast of Malaga, more specifically Manilva. For this they carried out exhaustive studies of its coasts and roads.
The researchers learned that the network had around a dozen “nurseries” between the towns of San Roque (Cádiz), La Línea de la Concepción (Cádiz) and Manilva (Málaga), for the concealment of hashish and stolen vehicles .

Small boats to transport drugs to the coast

On the other hand, it was detected that the modus operandi most used by the organization in its caches on the beach of Puente-Mayorga and Guadarranque consisted of the use of small inflatable boats that a large group of people launched to carry out a transfer of bales of hashish resin, from the powerful boats that cross the Strait to the cargo vehicles.

They alternated caches of hashish and smuggled tobacco

It should be noted that throughout the investigation it has been possible to demonstrate that the organization alternated stash of hashish resin bales with stash of smuggled tobacco boxes, reusing the same work crews on the beach. In fact, they took advantage of the confusion generated, sometimes during a performance, by not being able to guarantee whether it was a cache of drugs or a cache of smuggled tobacco boxes.
Upon knowing both the people in the network, as well as their relationship with the seized caches, the Court of Instruction number 1 of San Roque 31 was requested
records in the towns of La Línea, San Roque, Algeciras, Manilva and Málaga, in which 300 agents from the Commanderies of Algeciras and Málaga, as well as OCON-SUR, CRAIN and GAR participated.
In one of the searches, 50,000 euros in cash was found in the school bag of the daughter, a minor, of one of the detainees, and later another 150,000 euros were found under the mattress in the main bedroom, which the owner of the house alleged that were the result of their savings.

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