Spanish and French police busted a gang that smuggled hashish on three helicopters from Morocco to Spain and later transported it to France hidden in trucks or onboard go-fast convoys.
The investigation that’s been two years in the making ended with 11 suspects arrested, and the seizure of three helicopters and 2.4 tons of hashish.
Four firearms, ammunition, bulletproof vests, and numerous electronic devices that were used to avoid police intervention were also found during several raids.
The investigation began in 2020 with police locating false licensed cars belonging to the French gangs parked next to a helicopter on the Andalusian coast, where a drug handover took place.
The network, composed of French nationals, used forged identity papers, as well as forged license plates to transport the drugs from southern Spain to France.
Police seized a truck with French registration, where they found a stack of 419 kilograms of hashish inside. The driver was arrested.
Another 327 kilograms of hashish was seized in Granada inside a vehicle with bent plates.
The agents also detected another drug trafficking operation and managed to seize 860 kilograms of hashish in Chauchina (Granada).
112 kilograms of marijuana were also seized from them in Port Bou (Gerona) in another vehicle used.
The operation known as COPA-SUCRE’ showed the network was also involved in money laundering.
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