• Four investigated for various crimes against public health and against industrial property

• 160 counterfeit high-end brand watches, 2,685 boxes of illegal medications, 2.5 kilos of hashish and 7 kilos of marijuana have been seized

July 19, 2024.- The Customs Surveillance Unit and the Customs Administrators of the Tax Agency, in collaboration with the Civil Guard, within the framework of its tasks as the State Fiscal Shelter, and complying with the 'Police Response Plan to Trafficking in Narcotic Substances, as well as the Illegal Trade of other objects using Postal Shipping', they have recently carried out a total of 46 inspections in parcel companies and customs facilities, regarding which They have initiated proceedings in which four people are being investigated as alleged perpetrators of various crimes against public health and against industrial property.

During the entire inspections, 160 counterfeit watches from a well-known luxury brand, 2,685 boxes of illegal medications, 2.5 kilos of hashish, almost 7 kilos of marijuana and more than 10 bottles of resin, a multitude of cigarettes were seized. joint' and various amounts of other cannabis products, such as 'cookies', 'chocolate bars', etc.

The 'modus operandi' used to make shipments containing prohibited substances or counterfeit objects was almost always the same, of foreign origin and the sender or recipient never coincided with a real natural or legal person, thus trying to make it difficult for the police to clarify the cases. crimes. However, they have managed to gather the necessary evidence that has allowed those now accused to be identified.

In two of the first inspections carried out in a parcel company, the agents detected a package that raised their suspicions, which is why they opened it, finding inside several hermetically sealed bags pretending to be a package of candy that However, it contained marijuana buds inside, ready for sale.