The Spanish authorities said in a statement that members of this organization are engaged in medium-scale drug trafficking and the manufacture of drones and semi-submersibles, adding that these devices are capable of crossing the Strait with a load that can reach up to 200 kilograms.
The network has clients from “all kinds of criminal organizations” and conducts from different industrial buildings in Castellar de la Frontera (Cádiz), explained the same source, noting that the members “built in a homemade way these devices, in addition to making double bottoms or find other means of transport to hide drugs”.
Eight people were arrested in the municipalities of Cadiz, Malaga and Barcelona for drug trafficking and membership of a criminal organization. In addition, 145 kilograms of hashish, 8 kilograms of marijuana, 157,370 euros, 10 cars and 6 large drones with 12 engines and an autonomy of up to 30 km, were seized in eight searches in the provinces of Málaga, Cadiz and Barcelona.
It should be noted that these drones are the subject of a growing military craze. That said, Morocco and Spain are facing another paramilitary organization in addition to the Algerian base active in human trafficking, recently discovered through the statements of Sudanese migrants to the Spanish agency EFE.
“This is the first time that this type of vehicle, which operates underwater and without crew on board, called “underwater drone” or UUV (Unmanned Underwater Vehicle). Three of them, two of which are under construction and one almost completed, were to be delivered to French drug traffickers for the transport of large quantities of cocaine,” said the statement, noting that these devices allow traffickers to transport huge quantities of drugs through the Strait of Gibraltar.
Following numerous follow-up operations, the Spanish police opened the investigation in April 2021. This process, which lasted fifteen months, revealed that the organization in question provides logistical services to criminal organizations that are located in France, Italy and Denmark.
In addition, the searches revealed the involvement of Moroccan and Danish nationals in the shipment of considerable quantities of hashish from the southern regions of Spain to Europe.
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