They buy a bus company to transport drugs between southern Spain and Belgium
12/10/2021 at 10:46 PM CET
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The national police and the tax administration have dismantling of a group that bought 85% of a bus company for drug transport from southern Spain by road in this type of vehicle without arousing suspicion. Two people sitting in the Costa del sol were arrested in Lyon as they were heading to Belgium on a bus they had hid in 190 kilos of hash pollen in the ventilation system.
The investigation began as part of a European Investigation Order against a group of drug traffickers who could be received in the transport of drugs between Spain and Belgium, mainly by road. Investigations revealed that the group had acquired 85% of a Barcelona-based passenger transport company whose fleet of four buses they would use to transport the substances.
Drug hidden in vehicle ventilation system. |
Agents detected various outings in the buses of two of the members of the organization of Viator (Almeria). They never carried passengers, which confirmed the suspicions of investigators. Before a new exit, the agents notified the police authorities and the French customs, who intercepted the Lyon bus (France) and located 190 kilograms of hash pollen in a hidden compartment where the air conditioning was to be installed. The two occupants were arrested.
This operation was carried out by the agents of the Group I of Organized Crime and Group III of Narcotics and International Relations of the Provincial Police Station of Malaga and officials of the Combined Unit of Malaga Customs Supervision, in collaboration with the French authorities, resulted in the dismantling of a criminal group dedicated to international drug trafficking.
The proceedings were transferred to the Court of Inquiry Number 4 of Torremolinos.