Falls a group of drug traffickers who brought from South America Canary Islands – La Prensa Grafica

205 kilos of cocaine were seized and they were also dismantled seven craft workshops for adulteration of the drug, reported this security in a statement.

The Spanish police arrested 36 people in the Canary Islands (Atlantic), members of a group that brought drugs from South America, and seized 205 kilos of cocaine, among other substances, and more than a million euros in cash.

In addition, dismantled seven craft for adulteration of the drug laboratories, reported this security in a statement.

According to the agents, drugs were purchased in South America and then transported by sea from Brazil to the Canary Islands, hidden containerized cargo with legal goods.

Once ashore, adulterated drugs in clandestine laboratories were responsible for distributing it.

To finance the purchase of cocaine were served by third parties – “couriers or mules.” – they were carrying large amounts of cash from the Canary Islands to Madrid where he indulged in a business exchange and remittance

From 2012 to the investigation began, could have sent an amount of close to 5,000,000 euros (5.4 million dollars), according to the source.

The operation was triggered last June 13, to be intercepted in the port of Las Palmas a boat from the port Navegantes (Brazil) that brought 199 kilos of cocaine hidden.

Previously, researchers had found that one of the group’s leaders had traveled earlier this year to Colombia to negotiate with the head of a cartel that country a new shipment of cocaine.