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An organized group dedicated to sending drugs in postal packages dismantled in Guadalajara

Joint operation by the Tax Agency and the National Police

  • The investigation began after the interception and 'controlled delivery' of a postal package inside which 6 kilos of marijuana were hidden.
  • Thanks to this operation, a marijuana distribution center located in Humanes (Guadalajara) has been dismantled, in which 149 kilos of dried marijuana 'buds' were seized.
  • The three detainees distributed the narcotic substance throughout the national territory and exported part to different countries in Europe.

September 27, 2022.- The Customs Surveillance Service of the Tax Agency and the National Police, within the framework of a joint operation, have dismantled a criminal group established in the municipality of Humanes (Guadalajara) and have dismantled all the infrastructure that had been established for sending packages with marijuana to different points in Spain and Europe. The police action has resulted in the arrest of the three members of the organization.

The operation has been developed within the framework of the collaboration protocols between the different institutions dedicated to the fight against drug trafficking and the different parcel delivery companies located in Guadalajara, as well as thanks to the regular controls that are carried out in order to to prevent drug mafias from using these companies to carry out their illegal activities.

The investigation began in mid-July of this same year, when the Customs Surveillance Service of the Tax Agency in Valencia intercepted a postal shipment weighing approximately six kilos, inside which several vacuum-sealed bags with Marijuana buds inside.

The package was destined for a home located in the municipality of Humanes (Guadalajara) which, in turn, as could later be determined, was related to a multitude of shipments over an extended period of time.

The recipients of these shipments included different senders, both people and companies, although all of them had as a common link the house located in Humanes from which all the shipments departed, focusing the suspicions on said address of the Agency's Customs Surveillance investigators. Tax in Castilla la Mancha and the National Police.

They sent marijuana to different parts of Spain and exported it to European countries

The checks on the home made it possible to find out that from this address eight packages were going to be sent imminently to different parts of Spain, so the corresponding entry and registration order was requested from the competent Investigating Court. , but not before carrying out the 'controlled delivery' of the initially intercepted package.

Once inside the house, the investigators found an authentic marijuana distribution center, where postal packages were prepared for different parts of Spain and Europe through a well-known parcel delivery company, locating and seizing a total of 149 kilos of dried marijuana buds, as well as the necessary elements for vacuum packaging, packaging and labeling.

The three arrested in this police operation had created a marijuana distribution network, allegedly based on a CBD (Cannabidiol) content with a low percentage of THC, although the substance they sent far exceeded those supposedly low levels of THC.

Mention that the cultivation of hemp does not allow the commercialization of the buds of the plant, regardless of the percentage of THC they contain, therefore, a drug trafficking crime is incurred.