A joint operation by the Tax Agency, the Guardia Civil and the Stockholm Police Force (Sweden)

• The operation has been carried out in the provinces of Málaga, Cádiz, Granada and Seville, as well as in France, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Sweden and the United Kingdom.
• 14 people have been arrested and 6 searches have been carried out in which almost 3.5 tons of hashish, 76 kg of marijuana and 1 kg of hashish resin, 10 vehicles, 9,600 euros in cash, computer equipment and mobile phones have been seized. , as well as material for the distribution of the narcotic
• The organization transported drugs from the province of Malaga to countries of the European Union using both parcel transport companies and rented and owned vehicles where they took the hidden drugs to their destination.

January 31, 2019 .- In a joint operation of the Tax Agency, Civil Guard, and the Stockholm Police (Sweden), they have carried out the so-called 'Cotrina' operation, in in which a criminal organization dedicated to the distribution of large quantities of hashish and marijuana from the province of Malaga to different countries of the European Union (France, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Sweden and the United Kingdom) has been dismantled.

This network has been completely dismantled in Spain, achieving the arrest of both those responsible for the organization and those in charge of managing the logistics, storage and distribution of drugs, leaving four people on the run, for whom the corresponding orders have been requested. of detention. The detainees, of Spanish, Belgian, Polish, Danish and United Kingdom nationalities, are charged with the crimes of drug trafficking, membership in a criminal organization and money laundering.

During the different phases of the operation, 6 searches have been carried out in Malaga capital, as well as in the Malaga towns of Mijas, Cártama, Marbella and San Pedro Alcántara, where the majority of the members of the organization were settled, and in the that 3,470.32 kg of hashish, 76.91 kg of marijuana, 1,036 kg of hashish resin 9,660 euros, 10 vehicles, 22 mobile phones, various computer equipment, documentation and handwritten notes related to criminal activity have been seized.

Modus operandi  

The investigation began when a patrol from the Traffic subsector of the Malaga Command located in a routine check a truck that was transporting, hidden inside the cargo, 56 bundles of burlap containing 1,680 kilograms of hashish, proceeding at that time to arrest the driver.

From that arrest, a joint investigation was initiated between the Tax Agency and the Civil Guard, which after the efforts carried out focused their investigations on a criminal group based in the province of Malaga directed by people of Belgian nationality and made up of other members of various nationalities; Spanish, Polish, Danish and British.

This organization was dedicated to supplying narcotic substances to other criminal groups of Swedish origin settled in the province of Malaga, and to the transport and subsequent distribution of narcotic substances to other European countries, mainly hashish and marijuana, using rental vehicles or trucks. transport companies in large quantity shipments.

After acquiring the narcotic, they deposited it in two homes owned by the organization in the town of Mijas (Málaga), where after loading it into vehicles, they undertook transportation to the destination countries, this being one of the systems used.

Another system used by this criminal group to transport drugs was to send them through parcel companies hidden inside various objects (armchairs, decorative items, etc.).

The investigation has been directed by the Investigative Court number 12 of Malaga, it has been developed by Customs Surveillance of the Tax Agency in Malaga, the Organized Crime and Anti-Drug Team (EDOA) of the UOPJ, ODAIFI of the Port of Malaga of the Command of the Civil Guard of Malaga, and the Stockholm Police (Sweden).

Filming of operation (to download the video you must enter the following web address):

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