Civil Guards, in cooperation with Europol, so-called ‘Operation Kiken’, He disbanded a criminal organization known as the ‘Giggles’ gang, dedicated to bringing large quantities of cocaine from South America through the Port of Algeciras. In total, investigators arrested 30 people, seized more than 1,000 kilograms of cocaine and searched 23 homes in the country’s towns of Cadiz. Algeciras, San Roque and Los Barrios.
As they stated in a note, the minutes of 10 vehicles were interfered with, 172.000 Euro cash, 40 kilograms of cocaine, a submachine gun and two short firearms, jewelery and watches of high economic value, numerous sharp tools to open sea containers, and uniformed clothing for port port officers to camouflage inside the terminals.
Operation started in September 2022 when investigators identify a group of truckers, all under the umbrella of the same Algeciras freight forwarding company, who could use their business activities to access a Port terminal and extract cocaine hidden inside containers.
This fact was confirmed when it was captured at the exit in December 2022. Algeciras Port 500 kilos of cocaine in nine suitcases hidden in the cab of a truck. In that action, this lorry driver and 5 other people who were traveling in another TIR entering the port terminal at the same time and whose duty was to open the container at the same terminal and take out the suitcases and put them in the first TIR were taken into custody. was arrested. .
From then on, investigators identified and located the remaining members of the organization, including their leader. In this process, it turned out that the organization was managed by a famous Spanish drug smuggler, nicknamed.gigglesArrested during the investigation and admitted to a Valencia prison ‘.
Likewise, agents arrested the two lieutenants responsible for the incident. operations and logistics branch your organization. The first had the main functions of directing and organizing drug extraction operations, benefiting from people he trusted.
The other lieutenant was in charge of operations. a shipping company De Algeciras, who was in charge of searching for truckers to participate in these operations, facilitated his access to the Terminal by using the company’s credentials.
The ‘modus operandi’ was always the same, two trucks appearing to be conducting legal activities entered the Algeciras Port terminal. One of them was carrying “colla” in the Terminal yard, which would open the container once inside to remove the bags containing cocaine. They then loaded the bags onto the second truck and then left the Port in the truck they had arrived in. organization to support operations within the port, lots of people controlling any police action that may hinder their activities.
It was also possible to identify and arrest those responsible for the drug distribution branch. they cut up the merchandise to sell it and supply it at a lower level.
At the time of research and when some of the members of the organization and the methodology used were already known, the researchers found that: criminals would make a new stash. The investigation unit, which succeeded in catching two trucks carrying 500 kilos of cocaine, one of which was hidden in the cabin, and “colla”, who was trying to leave the port after removing the drugs, blocked it once again. .
Although the leader of the organization is in prison, it has been confirmed that one of his aides traveled from Algeciras to Algeciras. Prison Center in Valencia days before these events to coordinate the details of operations.
Finally, after all the components of the criminal organization and the role they played were identified, 23 houses were searched and 23 were arrested, and the abuse stage was started. 30 people.
Research conducted by Organic Unit of the Judicial Police (UOPJ) It was led by Algeciras’ and Algeciras’s 5th Investigation Court and coordinated by the Campo de Gibraltar Drug Enforcement Prosecutor’s Office, in collaboration with the Civil Guards Central Operations Unit (UCO) and Europol.