They didn’t catch him with his hands on the package, but the Civil Guard gathered enough evidence to send him back to prison. The investigation centers on a drug trafficking ring led by an Irish suspect, Wayne PW, who faced trial for a fatal housemate assault in Torrevieja in 2018. Authorities allege that he murdered out of jealousy and buried the victim in a grave near Rojales. The case is tied to a larger operation that allegedly moved drugs from the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the United States by disguising shipments as vehicle parts in parcels and listing fictitious senders tied to automotive firms.
During the operation, police detained Wayne PW along with three associates. They recovered 89 kilograms of marijuana and found several drug-filled packages at a parcel shipping company in Picanya, at Madrid’s Barajas airport, and at Wayne’s residence, where a firearm with a silencer was also seized.
Wayne PW, defended by attorney Francisco Miguel Galiana Botella, was ordered held without bail and placed in temporary detention. The Torrevieja Investigating Court No. 2 upheld the decision on a later date as the broader investigation continued.
The alleged murderer of Irish national Carl Carr in Torrevieja in September 2018 stands accused of drug trafficking, membership in a criminal organization, and weapon offenses since a Civil Guard raid uncovered a home in Rojales where a woman slept. Officers found a pistol with a silencer and two magazines, each loaded with eleven rounds.
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The drug shipments came to light on 9 December when a security chief at a local parcel company alerted the Paiporta Civil Guard. The alert followed suspicious activity involving five packages flagged by the security scanner as containing vehicle parts but lacking the expected accuracy in the declared contents under the shipping contract.
Packages were posted under fake sender identities to protect anonymity. In all, authorities tracked 24.9 kilograms of marijuana that had been routed to the United Kingdom. A parcel company in question was later traced to a street location in Torrevieja, prompting the Civil Guard to identify and pursue the person responsible for dispatching the packages.
While the investigation continued, Picanya’s facility received three additional packages on 14 December, reportedly destined for the United States and the United Kingdom. The manifests listed vehicle parts, but investigators found a total of 14 kilograms of marijuana bearing the distinctive “Narco wars” logo concealed within the cargo.
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The following day, a new shipment was due for pickup in Torrevieja, but the delivery was interrupted when the courier was detained before appearing for the scheduled handover. That same afternoon, a warehouse owned by the shipping firm received another parcel, this time from Riba-roja de Turia, which the sender claimed contained clothing. A separate package bound for Ireland contained six kilograms of marijuana, marked with the Amnesia Haze moniker, signaling high THC content.
The Civil Guard then focused on the Rojales area, where investigators traced the license plate linked to the crime scene to a Torrevieja resident. Subsequent checks confirmed that he had been identified during a November checkpoint while driving a van with Wayne PW. The broader effort intensified as a second individual who had accompanied Wayne was arrested on 18 January and taken into custody in Madrid after authorities intercepted several shipments at Barajas airport on different dates. This operation exposed roughly 24 kilograms of hashish and 5.4 kilograms of marijuana across multiple shipments. In one instance, a Briton who remains at large accompanied the group, traveling in a minibus tied to another suspect who is also sought by police. The Civil Guard reported additional seizures, including 5 more kilograms of marijuana sent through Barajas to a Torrevieja residence where Wayne was arrested later. The confiscated cargo also included 10 more kilos of marijuana bearing the Amnesia Haze logo.
The investigation extended to Wayne’s associates, with the arrest of the man’s partner and another woman, along with the principal suspect and the Madrid-based accomplice. Authorities revealed that the group had conducted similar drug shipments in the past, signaling an ongoing pattern rather than isolated incidents.
The case underscores a complex web linking organized crime, cross-border drug distribution, and the use of parcel networks to mask illegal shipments. It also highlights the challenges faced by authorities in tracing anonymous consignments, identifying genuine versus fictitious business fronts, and dismantling a network that spanned several countries. As the judicial process proceeds, prosecutors aim to secure convictions on charges that include drug trafficking, membership in a criminal organization, and illegal weapons possession. The voluntary cooperation of shipping firms and the meticulous analysis of shipment records remain critical to building a comprehensive evidentiary picture.