Spanish security forces arrested 23 people of Spanish nationality and Colombian members of a Latin American drug ring and more two million euros were seized (about 2.19 million dollars to change) .
As reported by the delegate of the central government in Madrid, Concepción Dancausa, the organization’s mission was to provide infrastructure to distribute cocaine in Spain and then send the money from their sales to other countries .
The detainees were charged with crimes of money laundering, membership of a criminal organization, illegal possession of firearms, forgery, usurpation of civil status, fraud and ultimate crime against public health .
In addition, the agents relate to the band with the participation of 4,000 kilos of cocaine recovered in recent months, most notably a game of 2.25 tons was recovered in the inside of a sailboat sailing in French waters.
During the investigation more than 20,000 money orders sent from the parlors of two of the detainees were analyzed, and that the organization used to send the economic benefits from the sale of drugs.
They were arrested on 21 and 23 July and the housing registrations in Madrid (center) and Plasencia ( midwest) jewelery were seized eight luxury cars worth 250,000 euros, two shotguns, a revolver, and 25 authentic Spanish identity documents listed as stolen, among other effects.
The core of the organization in Spain was made by a family who did not play any recognized labor activity, however, acquired by lawyers acting as figureheads, property worth more than 600,000 euros.
Responsible for the operation have shown that these properties were then “donated” to family members who were minors, with the aim of hindering the investigation of the agents.
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