8 people arrested in operation against arms and drug smuggling in Spain and France

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National Police and French Drug Enforcement Agency (OFAST) arrested Eight people, three in Spain and five in France, belonging to a criminal organization To whom is it claimed to be dedicated? Transport of drugs and conversion of weapons to France.

It was stated that the three people arrested in Spain were related to each other. A family clan settled in the town of Yuncos (Toledo)Supplying narcotics and manipulating simulated or blank-fire weapons to make them suitable for firing live fire.

in working order Two indoor marijuana fields were dismantled, as well as a weapons processing workshopand they intervened 34 kilos of heroin, 80 kilos of marijuana, 1000 kilos of marijuana, 8 firearms and molds of ballistic parts.

The investigation began in April when the French Embassy in Madrid notified the National Police of the existence of a criminal organization based primarily in the city of Paris. OrleansIt will supply narcotics through Spanish drug trafficking networks.

Agents learned this One of those investigated had gone to Yuncos to purchase a shipment of drugs. and distribute in France.

Then the convoy carrying the drugs was stopped. perpignan (France), which led to the arrest of four people and the seizure of 80 kilos of cannabis resin. Numerous searches that followed resulted in the arrest of the main person responsible for the convoy and the seizure of 36 kilos of heroin.

As a result of the investigation in Spain, agents confirmed that this drug was supplied by a family clan that settled in the Yuncos municipality of Toledo and set up a base of operations in a house on the outskirts of the municipality.

Following the surveillance and monitoring of members of this clan, 3 people were arrested and the house was searched, where two indoor marijuana crops consisting of 1,314 plants and 1,000 kilograms of marijuana were seized.

Prisoners processed these substances to modify them and sell them as a higher quality narcotic, thus increasing their market price.

Moreover, Inside the house was a workshop with everything necessary for the production and modification of firearm parts. That the leader of this clan uses it to heal deactivated, simulated, or blank weapons that, once manipulated, are suitable for live-fire shooting.

They were also at home eight short guns (original and modified) capable of firing, as well as numerous explosive and compressed air weaponsalong with numerous parts, ballistic elements and countless ammunition of different caliber types.

While approximately 30 thousand euros in cash were seized during the search, a minibus, which was reported to be stolen, was also seized.

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