The National Police has once again deployed a large part of its units in Trois Mille Foyers. This is the second phase of Operation Vulcan. This is the name of the macro-operation carried out in the hottest places in the neighborhood in search of drugs and weapons.
According to sources from the government sub-delegation in Seville, this operation was planned, although last Sunday’s shootings in which weapons of war were used widened its scope. radius of action.
In addition to home searches, numerous controls were re-established in different areas of the district. The objective is to surround the clans dedicated to trafficking various drugs who scared the neighbors.
In the first part of the operation, last Wednesday, they intervened 300 police officers and 50 vehicles. 16 home searches and a dozen arrests were made, in addition to a large quantity of weapons and drugs seized.
Today, the National Police returned to the neighborhood in search of new unauthorized materials and to continue the ongoing investigation to dismantle these groups.
On this occasion, the operation is less important than last Wednesday. They mobilized a hundred agents. The majority, around 80 people, come from the Police Intervention Unit (UIP) and the Prevention and Reaction Unit (UPR). Like the other day, there are also investigators from the Judicial Police.
They move to two specific areas within Trois Mille Foyers, in the district of 624 accommodationspopularly known as Las Vegas, and which has always been considered the most dangerous in the South Polygon.
The second part of the macro-raid arrives less than 24 hours after the mayor of Seville, Jose Luis SanzAnd Francisco Toscanosubdelegate of the Government in Seville, met, in the presence of the Commissioner of Polígono Sur, Jaime Bretón, to seek common solutions for the neighborhood.
Demolish empty buildings
One of them is to demolish empty buildings in the area of 624 accommodations to transform them into green spaces. This was proposed by the first mayor after a proposal from the Polígono Sud commissioner. In this way, the authorities would be prevented from transferring people from social exclusion to this neighborhood in the future.
For his part, in addition to asking for more actions from the Local policewho only enters the neighborhood accompanied by the National Police at night, Toscano promised to continue to take more energetic actions. The second part of Operation Vulcano, this Friday, is an example.
In addition, it provided data on interventions in the Three thousand houses from the beginning of the year until September 30. He said 60 percent more searches were carried out compared to the same period in 2023, while arrests increased by 15 percent. At the same time, the quantity of marijuana seized doubled and that of cocaine tripled.
