The Europol I had known for more than four years of the existence of an organization run by a elusive Moroccan citizen capable of stealthily moving large amounts of hashish and cocaine. But he couldn’t find him. What finally allowed him to be located was a investigation that agents of the Civil Guard armed they fought a year and a half ago against the well-known ‘Chestnut clan’. By tracking down their main drug supplier, they found an individual of maximum interest to police officers from Belgium and France. Upon discovering the relevance of the investigated, the investigations immediately passed into the hands of the UCO (Central Operating Unit) and his advance put the magnifying glass on a group of Moroccan citizens settled in the neighborhood of Poble Sec de Barcelona, specifically in addresses such as 1o 1a of number 9 of the street of Blasco de Garay. From there, one of the most wanted traffickers in the world He ran his criminal organization for trafficking in hashish and cocaine without raising any suspicions.
Helicopter with thermal camera
This address and others located very close -in the intersection between calle de Blai and Blasco de Garay- have been the main focus of a deployment of the armed institute that began at six in the morning and has had a helicopter that recorded from the air, with its thermal camera, how it all unfolded. From the headquarters of Sant Andreu de la Barca, headquarters of the armed institute in Catalonia, they followed live the images sent by the aircraft observers from police forces from the different countries involved in hunting down the suspect. This has been the reason that has forced the helicopter to be so near the houses of the neighbors of Poble Sec and thus break the dream of half a neighborhood that has angrily expressed its discomfort through social networks.
Drug import
According to the sources consulted by this newspaper, the strength of this organization lay in two aspects. The first was his ability to import drugs, tboth hashish from Morocco and cocaine brought from America, and introduce it into Europe through Spain. For this purpose, the ubiquity of Barcelona is ideal. The second was the control of many legal businesses to to launder the black money generated with the sale of drugs. According to neighbors, several of those arrested in Poble Sec, of Moroccan origin, owned restaurants. One of the longest records has been carried out in the Tropicana ice cream parlor, which was recently acquired by this network. Officially, the Civil Guard confirms that there have been 15 detainees this Tuesday: 14 in Catalonia and one in Galicia. The 14 ‘Catalans’ are divided between Cerdanyola and Barcelona. The ‘Gallego’ has fallen in Vigo. Almost all are of Moroccan origin.
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The epicenter of the operation was next to this address. The leader’s henchmen also resided close to him, presumably managing the establishments dedicated to money laundering. According to police sources, finding him has been so complicated due to the discretion he had imposed on the organization, a Spartan life that did not raise suspicions, without opulence that attracted attention
Neighbors who have lived with one of the most wanted traffickers in the world had not noticed. They only knew that in the 1st 1st there was an “Arab floor & rdquor; and that they were calm, that they did not get into trouble.
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