• At the end of last year, a cocaine sales point was dismantled, also uncovering poaching.

• It is estimated at at least 50,000 euros, part of the profit that could come from the sale of narcotics and reinvested in the purchase of other assets

July 14, 2026. The Customs Surveillance Service of the Tax Agency, together with the Civil Guard of Cantabria, has proceeded to the arrest of two men aged 33 and 34, as alleged perpetrators of a money laundering offense, in this case originating from the alleged sale of narcotic substances in the Liébana region.

Investigators estimate that some of the profits from the alleged illicit activity, at least 50,000 euros, have been reinvested in the acquisition of other assets, vehicles, which have been seized.

At the end of last year, the Civil Guard, as part of an operation against drug trafficking and poaching, proceeded to dismantle a cocaine sales point, both from a house in the aforementioned region, and in small quantities in the different towns, mainly in Potes.

As a result of that operation, three people were arrested, several searches were carried out, and other criminal acts were uncovered, such as electricity fraud, robberies, receiving stolen goods, and crimes against wildlife, by trading in deer heads, some of which were seized.

Customs Surveillance of the Tax Agency and the Civil Guard continued the investigation, under the direction of the Judge of the Civil and Instruction Section of the Court of First Instance of San Vicente de la Barquera, carrying out a series of analyses and deeper investigations of the seized items and properties, some of which were suspected of having an illicit origin.

As a result of this investigation, two men were arrested this July for the alleged crime of money laundering, as the reinvestment of part of the profits they obtained from the other alleged illicit activities was corroborated, amounting to at least 50,000 euros.

These two people had also been arrested during the exploitation phase of last year's anti-drug operation.

Recovering assets derived from crime is a key strategy to ensure that crime is not profitable, through the establishment of systems such as asset forfeiture and asset investigation.