The Civil Guard dismantles a network of Chinese origin dedicated to the production and distribution of marijuana to northern European countries

32 people have been arrested for the alleged crimes of drug trafficking, money laundering, human trafficking and fraud of electricity

22 searches have been carried out in Seville, Huelva, Granada and Malaga, where 6,800 growing marijuana plants and more than 70 kilos of marijuana in buds have been seized, ready for distribution.

The agents have detected 3 citizens of Chinese nationality who were in conditions of semi-slavery

The Civil Guard, within the framework of the ALMAJU operation, has dismantled a criminal organization of Asian origin dedicated to the trafficking of marijuana between southern Spain and Northern Europe with infrastructure in several Andalusian provinces.

32 members of the network have been arrested for the alleged crimes of drug trafficking, money laundering, human trafficking and fraud of electricity.
In the 22 records made in the provinces of: Seville (Espartinas), Huelva (Palos de la Frontera, Moguer, Aljaraque and Huelva capital), Granada (La Zubia and Granada capital) and Malaga (Mijas, Torremolinos, Benalmádena, Alhaurín de la Torre and Málaga capital), 70 kilos of marijuana have been seized in buds ready for distribution and more than 6,800 plants. In addition, 10 drug laboratories have been dismantled and 7 vehicles have been seized.
The investigation began last January when agents detected several drug laboratories in the Aljarafe region, run by Chinese citizens.
After establishing a surveillance device, the researchers determined that this organization had a complex inbred structure, made up of 2 Chinese families, perfectly hierarchical and tight, with a network of houses dedicated to the indoor cultivation of marijuana. Likewise, it should be noted that 3 Chinese nationals who were in semi-slavery conditions have been detected.
On the other hand, it has been discovered that the main people in charge of the network had a “legal” business side, running bazaars, through which they financed and laundered large amounts of money from the cultivation and sale of marijuana.
In addition, they used a business scheme, while they invested part of the profits in the improvement and modernization of the laboratories, thus managing to increase production and profits. The agents have calculated that in 2019 they could have obtained several million euros from the sale of marijuana.

Productive activity in luxury rental homes

The productive activity was carried out in rental housing, especially in independent luxury villas in isolated urbanizations, with long-term rental contracts, although they used false identities and documentation.
Once the houses were rented, they carried out important reforms, making connections to the electricity grid with sophisticated procedures to avoid detection. Likewise, they used most of the space in the buildings for intensive "indoor" plantations, hence they were referred to as "farms", producing uninterrupted harvest cycles of a genetically manipulated variety of plant known as "amnesia" and with a THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) much higher than the average.
More than 200 Civil Guard officers from the Comandancias of Seville, Malaga, Huelva and Granada have participated in the exploitation device of the operation; in addition to various research units, GRS, GAR, USECIC, helicopter units, and the Cynological Service.
This operation, directed by Mixed Court No. 4 of Sanlúcar la Mayor (Seville), is included in the Special Security Plan against Drug Trafficking in Campo de Gibraltar and its area of ​​influence.
For more information, you can contact the Peripheral Communication Office of the Civil Guard of Seville, on the phone 954 23 53 22.

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