Blow to the mocro maffia on the Costa del Sol with the seizure of almost a ton of cocaine | Spain
The appointment was in a shopping center of Marbella (Malaga, 83,226 inhabitants). They found themselves in the parking lot in which several people had planned to exchange almost a ton of cocaine plates hidden in sports bags. Everything was going well until several National Police agents appeared to truncate the operation and arrest some criminals who followed the track since last summer. The police device, which had the collaboration of the American anti -drug agencyculminated last September with five men arrested, all members of a drug dealer organization linked to the powerful Maffia Mocro from the Netherlandsas Pedro Fernández, Government delegate in Andalusia announced this Friday. There are still three people in search and capture, including the leader.
This operation, called Pitaya 2, is one of the more than 35,000 included in the so -called Mouth Public Reinforcement Plan launched in the Gibraltar field in the summer of 2018 and that, since then, since then, Six of the eight Andalusian provinces has been extended: Almería, Huelva, Sevilla, Málaga and Granada, in addition to Cádiz. These operations carried out by the Security Forces yield a balance since the beginning of 26,000 people detained, as well as 1,800 vessels and 2,000 tons of narcotic substances seized, “especially hashish”, according to Fernández, who highlighted the relevance of international cooperation in the fight against drug trafficking.
It was precisely a track provided by the United States that allowed to start, in August 2024, this research. The information warned of the existence of a group of people who allegedly, They were dedicated to cocaine transport from Ecuador to Spain. They did it in maritime containers, which reached the port of Algeciras (Cádiz), formula they used because it allowed them to send large amounts of drugs and, thus, reduce costs in shipments and maximize the economic benefits, as they have reported from the National Police, which took over the case.
They soon put their eye on a particular container, which carried cocaine packages inside and that had precisely traveled from Ecuador to the Algecireño port enclosure. And they managed to find out the recipient on Spanish soil, which turned out to be a relevant Criminal Organization linked to the Moffia Dutondesa. Drug traffickers resided in different European countries, but had as a meeting point the Costa del Sol. EVERYTHING HE traveled to gather and agree on the details of how they were going to introduce the drug in the Spanish territory once they arrived in Algeciras.
The five detainees, prison
The cargo was, finally, collected by a van in the Gaditano municipality, accompanied by two vehicles in which the members of the band and another high -end car that served as a shuttle, that is, led the delegation to verify if there was a police presence. All ended in the parking lot of a Marbella shopping centerwhere they intended to transfer cocaine, but were surprised by agents of the National Police, which arrested the five recipients of the narcotic.
There were 759 cocaine packages of great purity inside the van were located and intervened, with a weight of 873 kilograms, although three high -end vehicles and a dozen mobile phones have also been seized, some of them encrypted. After their passage to court, all those arrested have entered prison. Three international arrest warrants have also been issued against part of the members of the organization, which are in an unknown whereabouts. Among them, the leader, responsible for logistics.
« Thanks to the good international cooperation work, it is achieved that after a seven -month follow -up this good result has been given, » said the government representative. “It is a daily job that has had a total investment of 140 million euros linked to improving the media of the security forces and the reinforcement of the templates, ”he concluded.
