Prison sentence for two cops leading drug gang

Last November, in the sixth section of the Barcelona Supreme Court, the macro case against him 32 were tried, Including two national police officers accused of leading this drug ring that smuggled cocaine into Port of Barcelona, ​​whose 35 sessions ended in June this year.

especially public ministry He asked for 20 and 14 years imprisonment respectivelyFor these two police officers charged with drug trafficking, coercion, neglect of duty to prosecute crimes, and disclosure of secrets by an official.

In the decision of the Barcelona Court, the chief defendant in this case, the inspector of the National Police, 13 years in prison for drug trafficking with the aggravating situation of leading this criminal organization and two more years and six years of absolute disqualification for the disclosure of secrets by an official.

However, the court acquitted him of the other two charges that caused him to sit on the bench. limitations and one neglect of duty to prosecute crimes.

From the cops to the other, one retired Assistant Inspector, The court sentenced him to five and a half years in prison for drug dealing and membership of a criminal organization and applied the drug addiction mitigation element.

The court sees, in his sentence, at least proven. Between December 2014 and September 2017, These two accused police officers “formed a network” whose purpose was to distribute illegal cocaine from the province of Barcelona to other points on Spanish territory and to other European countries.

According to the court, the main defendant exercised his status as a court-affiliated police officer. Drugs and Organized Crime Unit (UDyCO) “teaching and teaching” the remaining members of the gang how to conceal their criminal activity and develop it without risk of discovery, the instructions he gives in collaboration with the retired assistant inspector.

To do this, both police officers gave action directions to the rest of the defendants on how to communicate or meet, advice on how to apply using drugs. “keywords” or, above all, where they will hold their meetings.

They also collect information about progression of ongoing criminal activitywithout informing his superiors within the National Police about these encounters.

The provision further confirms that the convicted inspector used access codes to police databases to discover hidden patrol car license plates that could track them in criminal activities and then forwarded this information to the police. drug dealers.

Discharge from some illegal activities in the sentence, Barcelona port In 2015, about 200 kilos of cocaine hidden in a container from Brazil, where two convicted police officers had the “police cover”.

The Barcelona Court sentenced 28 of the 32 defendants to varying sentences. 9 months to 15 years in prison acquitted of various crimes such as drug trafficking, coercion, membership of a criminal organization, possession of illegal weapons and electricity fraud, and four other charges.