National Police Agents They dismantled the first cocaine production lab in Spain with a structure similar to those established in South AmericaIt has the capacity to produce 120 kilos of drugs per week.
In this operation, 12 people, including the leader of the organization and his deputy, were detained. Ten registrations made in Malaga, Cordoba and MadridAs reported in a statement by the National Police.
so called ‘Operation Silkon’ It began in May when authorities identified the criminal organization that had a large operational capacity to carry out its illegal activities. The leader and his deputy, who live in the state of Malaga and have a high lifestyle, have third-party control of companies that import cement bags, which they hide in their shipments of a narcotic substance that feeds a secret laboratory in Madrid.
agents managed to identify the leader of the organizationa Spanish citizen and the rest of its members and confirmed that these individuals supplied them with large quantities of chemical products and also. all the necessary materials to set up the laboratory. To this end, the group had a storage room in Córdoba where it stored solvents and then transferred to a sea container located in a parking lot on the Costa del Sol.
As the investigation progressed, it was possible to identify another Dominican citizen, a trusted person of the leader, who was directly responsible for overseeing the production process of drugs in the laboratory and organizing its distribution.
Also, agents confirmed that this man was personally recruited. Three Colombian nationals who openly came to Spain for the extraction of narcotic. Known as “cooks”, these people are normally hired for a specific operation and then charged according to the number of kilos removed to repatriate them.
Researchers also confirmed that the organization rented a villa in Coín (Malaga), this villa was originally where the laboratory was located, and they were eventually moved to the province of Madrid for security reasons. To transport the narcotic, the group members put it in cement bags and took great security measures, such as the use of shuttle trucks.
The bags’ destination was initially a car wash run by members of the organization and later a rural farm, both located in towns near the capital.
Finally, agents conducted the operation by searching ten homes on September 6 –Six in Malaga, three in Madrid, and one in Córdoba– and manages to completely disband the organization. Nine people were arrested on this occasion, and three more were arrested three days later.
Access to the laboratory
Special Operations Group (GEO) participated in accessing the laboratory in a town near MadridIn the process of extracting the drug, five “cooks” were found.
This laboratory was located outside of a large farm and under the bushes, protected only by umbrellas and tarpaulins that tried to hide its activities from the influence of an aircraft.
National Police noted Similarity to those established in South American forests and the method used to extract the cocaine-based paste, reflecting the “cooks” great knowledge of the subject — normally establishments resort to the use of large quantities of chemical products, but detainees are used only for this process. gasoline, ammonia and water–.
In Málaga, the National Police arrested the leader of the group and the lieutenant, and also seized a vehicle with a pistol in it. six cartridges ready to useas well as cash and documents.
They also interfered with parking in a container large amounts of chemicals, both liquid and solidpending to be used for extraction in future operations conducted by this organization.
A total of 85 kilos of cocaine-based paste were seized, 250 kilograms of cement impregnated with cocaine950 liters of chemical precursor, 125 kilos of solid precursor, six vehicles and 36,000 euros.