The police’s internal affairs unit arrested a senior inspector, head of the anti-money laundering section of the national police in Madrid, and his wife, also a national police officer. In their house, they hid 20 million euros in the walls, police sources reported.
The Central Investigation Court number 1 of the National Court ordered the imprisonment of the two people as part of an operation during which other people were arrested. The two police officers are accused of drug trafficking, money laundering and corruption.
The Anti-Money Laundering Section belongs to the Unit for Combating Economic and Fiscal Crime (UDEF) of the Madrid Superior Police Headquarters.