A new police operation has succeeded in dismantling an organization that was hiding hashish among the load of peppers trucks bound for Europe from El Ejido. The medicines were placed in packages that covered the bottom of plastic boxes used to pack vegetables.
Udyco agents suspected that an agricultural property located near “La balsa del sapo” in El Ejido, already linked in the past to drug trafficking, could continue to be used as a center of operations for a local drug trafficking networkSpecifically, the police had indications that trailers full of vegetables were approaching the scene to add this narcotic substance to their load.
Thus, a discreet surveillance system was organized which continued over time on the premises, which made it possible to identify an old acquaintance of the police. This person’s attitude was symptomatic of his predominant role within the organization, planning shipments and adopting security measures. When the latter intensified, the agents sensed that a new shipment was arriving.
As investigators expected, a new trailer eventually arrived at the farm and remained inside for about an hour. As they left, officers decided to step in and inspect the vehicle, finding in heat sealed bags Hidden among the vegetables were 182.72 kilograms of hashish.
In this way, they were able to arrest the carrier who was placed at the disposal of the Court of Instruction number 3 of El Ejido on guard duty. This body decreed provisional prison for the prisoner, who was finally released provisionally after two weeks.
The mastermind of the operation, who thought he had escaped police action, was arrested a week later, accused of a crime against public healthOn this occasion, the investigating court number 3 of Almeria also decreed provisional imprisonment against him.
