New blow to smuggling Large amounts of cocaine splashed Malagathe province in which it is located Albanian origin organization He had one of his major bases next to him. Guayaquil (Ecuador). The operation, a three-pronged operation between the National Police, Customs Surveillance and Ecuadorian authorities, has so far about thirty detainees, 18 in South American countries and 12 in Spain. He is not among those arrested The so-called leader of the groupIt was described by Quito authorities as: Dritan Gjikaa connected Albanian business man what was it murdered The relationship between the two was revealed following a police investigation in his country last year.
Detainees of Ecuadorian, Spanish, Argentinian, Colombian, Albanian and Chinese nationality were at least 11 operations to start shipping cocaine produced in the country to Europe Cauca Valley (Colombia) They carried it to Europe by hiding it among bananas from different ports of Ecuador. Interventions were made in the investigation 3,200 kilos of white powder. Records are being broken in Spain barcelona, Madrid, Valencia, Seville, Grenade And Cádizthey threw 400,000 euros in cash and blocking land is valued more than it is 13,000,000 eurofinancial products as well as high-end vehicles and luxury watches.
Precautionary detention for 12 of those arrested
Ecuadorian Justice decided to detain twelve of the detainees as a precautionary measure. The hearing to determine the charges took place on the same Tuesday night, and the Prosecutor’s Office filed charges against fifteen of the eighteen people arrested hours earlier for their alleged involvement in the shipment of at least 2.3 tons of cocaine to Europe. A judge issued a preventive detention order for defendants Julio L., Jairo M., John E., Jonathan L., Olmer J., Jesús E., Javier I., Alex Q., Juan Y, after they were indicted for alleged organized crime. . For ., Yongdeng Z., Andersson C. and Miguel A. Marco M., the judge ordered house arrest and the use of electronic bracelets; In the statement made by the prosecutor’s office, it was stated that house arrest was decided for Héctor P. and Evellyn L. was released and had to appear before the competent authority once a week, with a ban on leaving the country. It also decided to keep the accounts of the defendants, to ban the sale of movable and immovable properties, and to confiscate the evidence collected during searches.
modus operandi
Ecuadorian police reported: Gjika carried out orders of drugs Colombian laboratories and coordinated the sales of goods in Europe. After the orders were completed, the drugs were sent to Ankara by road. warehouses provinces of Ecuador Cotopaxi, Los Ríos and Guayas before being stored in banana shipments arriving by sea from different ports to Europe Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, Türkiye and Albania.
Investigations revealed that it was an organization. insider information regarding maritime foreign trade documents “this is their contamination of the container for several weeks“. “Thanks to your profile successful entrepreneurs“He managed to smuggle money obtained from the sale of drugs in Europe into Ecuadorian territory,” they said. In addition, the investigations made it possible to trace the movement of money in Ecuador’s financial system. The police version adds that many were natural and legal. Individuals were moved with the aim of laundering a total of $ 30 million and They acquired immovable property. The citizen of Chinese origin, who was among those detained, had a special role because he was accused of making the payments through the system where the payments were made. Invoices in Ecuador are associated with a code.
The operation exploded just days after it became known that a plot to smuggle almost two tonnes of cocaine through the port of Malaga had been foiled. One of 13 people arrested customs officer Port complex accused of facilitating the exit of drugs from facilities and entrepreneur in the food industry refrigerated He gave it to the port browser of your property.