20 million euros hidden behind the wall. This is what they found in the house of the main person responsible for prosecuting economic crimes in Madrid. Oscar Sanchez Gilhead of the Economic and Fiscal Crime Unit (UDEF) of Madrid Police Headquarters, was arrested with his partner after the seizure of Spain’s largest drug cache.
He was not used to luxury, he dressed normally and his discreet, austere lifestyle never attracted the attention of his work environment. This is why the colleagues of “The Anodyne”a good example of his profile, it is still difficult for them to believe that he was involved in the operation that resulted in the largest seizure of cocaine in Spain. Drugs that they tried to introduce into crates of fruit coming from Ecuador.
As LaSexta was able to confirm, the person responsible for money laundering at UDEF is linked to cache of 13 tonnes seized during the operation Algeciras during its second phase. The operation benefited from the close cooperation of the Ecuador National Police and also represents the second largest single-container seizure in Europe as well as one of the largest in the world.
And he is involved, the head of a police section. It was in fact he who directed the puppet operation, allegedly run by the artist José Luis Moreno. Investigators believe the allegedly corrupt police officer took advantage of his position to befriend drug traffickers to whom he provided information to help them smuggle drugs into Spain.
This information It would be worth the 20 million euros that the police found hidden in his chalet from Alcalá de Henares. Black money that he did not hide in any way; He hid 8 million euros in the walls of a room and 12 others in the double bottom of the ceiling of a basement which is accessed through a trap door. The amount of cash he was storing was such that the police banknote counting machine jammed while they were calculating the amount seized…
In addition to money, the police found around ten VTC licenses in the name of his wife, who was also taken into police custody.
