Joint operation of the Tax Agency and the National Police

• The detainees were dedicated to distributing marijuana with a high level of THC throughout the countries of southern Europe
• They used a courier company as support for distribution

December 15, 2022.- Officials of the Customs Surveillance Service of the Tax Agency, in a joint operation with agents of the National Police, have dismantled a criminal organization dedicated to to marijuana trafficking based in Seville.

During the operation, four people were arrested, two of them at a courier company in the capital of Seville and the other two at a home located in the Sevillian town of Camas. In addition, approximately a total of 25 kilos of marijuana distributed in several packages were seized.

Investigation of the facts

The investigation began when investigating agents intercepted two packages containing 13.5 kilos of marijuana buds at a courier company in the capital.

Both the Customs Surveillance officials of the Tax Agency and the agents of the National Police began an investigation to identify the origin and recipient of the packages.

In the first phase, it was possible to arrest two of the people in charge of delivering the packages to the courier company and learn about the 'modus operandi' of this organization, which was dedicated to acquiring large quantities of marijuana with a high percentage of THC. to later distribute them to the countries of southern Europe.

With the progress of the investigations, it was also possible to locate a property in the Sevillian town of Camas that was used by the organization for the packaging of narcotic substances.

With the corresponding judicial authorization to enter and search the home, the entry into the home was carried out, finding various tools for the described task inside and intervening, thanks to the documentation found, two other packages with 12 kilos of marijuana buds ready for send, also proceeding to the arrest of the other two individuals.

The detainees have been placed at the disposal of the judicial authority, and one of them has been ordered to go to prison.

The investigation, which has been developed within the permanent collaboration between Customs Surveillance and the National Police in the fight against drug trafficking in the province of Seville, remains open.