Joint operation of the Tax Agency and the National Police

• The National Police and the Customs Surveillance Service of the Tax Agency have developed the so-called 'Operation Dubbing' against international marijuana trafficking from the capital of Granada to different countries of the European Union, mainly Germany

• Six men have been arrested, including the alleged leader of the organization, and charged with the crimes of drug trafficking and the related crimes of money laundering and illicit possession of weapons.

• The leader of the organization bought trucks that were listed in the names of the transporters, whose semi-trailers were modified with double bottoms in which the drugs were hidden. In addition, international shipments of marijuana have been discovered through legal parcel delivery companies.

• As a result of the three home searches carried out in Granada and Maracena, nearly 80 kilos of marijuana buds and more than 2,200 euros were seized. Only the appraisal of the intervened vehicles exceeds 240,000 euros

May 19, 2022.- Within the framework of the fight against drug trafficking, the Customs Surveillance Service of the Tax Agency and the National Police are carrying out 'Operation Dubbing ', coordinated by the Delegate Prosecutor in Granada of the Anti-Drug Prosecutor's Office based in Madrid. Six men have been arrested in this operation after being investigated for crimes of international marijuana trafficking, mainly to Germany, money laundering and illicit possession of weapons.

The agents have carried out a home search in Granada and two in Maracena - one of them in a 'grow shop' that was the meeting and planning place for the members of the organization - in which they have seized nearly 80 kilos of marijuana buds, more than 2,200 euros in cash, a firearm, various ammunition and vehicles whose valuation exceeds 240,000 euros. 12 more kilos of this drug have been seized in a package that was being sent through a legal parcel delivery company. The judicial authority decreed the secrecy of the summary, which has already been lifted.

Marijuana shipments in double bottoms of truck semi-trailers and through legal parcel delivery companies

For several months, the Organized Crime and Economic and Fiscal Crime Groups of the National Police and the Customs Surveillance Service of the Tax Agency have been working on this operation, coordinated by the Delegate Prosecutor in Granada of the Anti-Drug Prosecutor's Office based in Madrid, in which they have dismantled a criminal organization that was allegedly dedicated to international marijuana trafficking, a criminal activity related to money laundering that is also being investigated.

Investigators have discovered the two ways that the organization used to hide the drugs during its transfer from Granada to different European countries, mainly to Germany. One of them through the creation of double funds enabled in the semi-trailers of large trucks, in which they have located hidden marijuana. These trucks were acquired by the leader of the organization on behalf of other members in charge of carrying out the transportation. The other shipping method was done through legal parcel delivery companies.

Seized vehicles whose valuation exceeds 240,000 euros

At the beginning of May, a joint operation began in which three searches were carried out in a coordinated manner at the homes of those investigated, one of them in Granada and another in Maracena, where a 'grow shop' that had been established as a meeting point for the planning and organization of members of the criminal group. At the same time, a truck was intercepted while traveling on the A-92 in the province of Seville, which was transporting marijuana in a double bottom. The detour to this city was motivated by being the place where the legal cargo was going to be carried out, on this occasion it was about centuries-old olive trees.

Investigators have seized nearly 80 kilos of marijuana buds, more than 2,200 euros in cash, two tractor heads, two rigid trailers, two high-end vehicles, four vans, two motorcycles, a firearm with ammunition and various related documentation. with the facts being investigated. The appraisal value of the seized vehicles alone exceeds 240,000 euros. They have also seized a package with 12 kilos of marijuana buds that was being sent through a legal parcel delivery company.

For the moment, the alleged leader of the organization has been arrested along with five other members of the organization, with the drugs seized in the latter's possession.

The investigation remains open, so new arrests are not ruled out. Meanwhile, the judicial authority has ordered the release of the detainees, who will later be summoned to appear in court.