The Principal Inspector of UDEF, Oscar Sanchez Gilremains in temporary prison after being arrested for his allegations involvement in a drug trafficking network And money laundering. According to police sources, the man now detained is said to have set up a complex business network using frontmen and overseas accounts to conceal his illegal activities. Furthermore, it was revealed that Sánchez Gil had used a VTC transport company, which operated under the name of his sister-in-law, also detained, in order to launder up to 3 million euros.
Investigators discovered at least a dozen shell companies, bank accounts in tax havens, cryptocurrencies and other illicit assets linked to the Inspector. Throughout his career, Sánchez Gil served in various units of the National Police, such as the UDYCO and the UDEF, while He studied economics, which could have given him the knowledge necessary to set up such a sophisticated operation.
The arrest of the chief inspector took place on November 5, during a joint operation by UDYCO and Internal Affairs. Agents had already been monitoring the case since January, when the investigation was legalized. On this key day, agents managed to seize 13 tons of cocaine in the port of Algeciras, a fundamental piece to be able to make the arrest. Furthermore, it was confirmed that Sánchez Gil He was in a box at the Santiago Bernabéu with one of its leaderspresumed link with drug trafficking at the time of the seizure. Both were arrested shortly after.
It is unclear whether the chief inspector was aware of the seizure and attempted to alert his associates of the operation. It should be remembered that the owners of the company that placed the order for bananas in which the cocaine was found are still on the run from justice. Besides Sánchez Gil and his sister-in-law, 12 other people were arrested, including a policewoman linked to the case, and new arrests cannot be ruled out in the coming days.
