• The last two arrests took place on June 28 in Barcelona and Yebes (Guadalajara)

• Likewise, the investigations carried out and the collaboration with the US DEA allowed the Panamanian authorities to seize 400 more kilos of cocaine in the Central American country.

July 20, 2023 .- Customs Surveillance of the Tax Agency and the Civil Guard have completed the 'Street-22' operation with the arrest of the 14 members of the network that had introduced 620 kilos of cocaine hidden in a twelve-ton rotor into Lleida last January 2022.

The operation ended on June 28, when members of the Customs Surveillance Operational Unit of Catalonia and Castilla la Mancha and agents of the Organic Unit of Judicial Police of the Civil Guard Command of Lleida, proceeded to arrest two people, both men of Spanish and Colombian nationality, aged 42 and 36 respectively, as alleged perpetrators of crimes against public health, membership of a criminal organization and money laundering.

The arrests took place after two raids and searches in two homes in the towns of Barcelona and Yebes (Guadalajara), where 181,440 euros in cash, 22 grams of cocaine, 104 grams of hashish and 534 grams of marijuana were also seized.

The so-called Operation 'Street-22' is a joint operation carried out between Customs Surveillance of the Tax Agency and the Civil Guard of the Lleida Command, in which last January 2022, 620 kilos of cocaine were seized hidden in a large 12-ton rotor, which had arrived at the port of Barcelona from Panama, and was destined for a company whose administrator was a citizen resident in Lleida. As a result of this arrest, a first member of the organization was arrested.

With this operation, the most important carried out in Lleida in recent years in terms of the seizure of cocaine, it has been possible to completely dismantle the organization dedicated to drug trafficking that operated in the national territory from the capital of Lleida after the arrest or indictment of its 14 members (six arrested and eight accused) who are charged with the crimes of criminal organization, drug trafficking and money laundering.

Other results of the operation

Thanks to the investigations, international cooperation and information provided by the UOPJ Lleida, after meetings held with the US DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration), the Panamanian authorities were able to seize 400 kilos of cocaine in Panama.

In total, Operation Street-22 resulted in the seizure of five vehicles, nearly 190,000 euros in cash and more than 1,000 kilos of cocaine. It is worth highlighting the full involvement of both the Examining Magistrate's Court No. 3 of Lleida and the Public Prosecutor's Office, which have facilitated the clarification of the events that occurred with their work.