Desmantelada red de tráfico de cocaína en Fuenlabrada y Parla hacia Europa
A network with the capacity to transport up to 6 tons of cocaine per year through the north of Spain and other European countries hidden in vehicle double bottoms has been dismantled. The illegal workshops where the cars were prepared were located in Parla and Fuenlabrada, and thirteen people have been arrested in different provinces, with 28 concealed vehicles seized.
Investigators estimate that the dismantled network could move up to six tons of cocaine per year from South America, with destinations including the Cantabrian coast, Italy, Portugal, and Germany, as reported by the General Directorate of the Civil Guard this Sunday.
For the transportation of the drugs, the organization used vehicles with double bottoms (concealments) manufactured in two illegal workshops also discovered by the agents in Fuenlabrada and Parla (Madrid), where eleven cars, four vans, two trailer trucks, and a moped were prepared or in the process of creating these hiding spots.
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One of the trailer trucks was being adapted to accommodate up to a ton of narcotics.
A sailboat was also seized in the town of Laredo (Cantabria) and over 600 kilos of cocaine and small amounts of ecstasy in various raids.
Investigations led to arrests in Castro Urdiales (Cantabria), Bizkaia, and Jaén, where agents found sophisticated communication equipment, including satellite antennas and special phones, components used to contact vessels at sea and facilitate the logistics of drug offloading.
In Málaga, another man was arrested as a suspected crew member of a sailboat used by the organization for drug trafficking.
Concealments with electronic and hydraulic mechanisms
During the investigation, the two illegal workshops located in Fuenlabrada and Parla (Madrid) were also discovered, with four more people being arrested
These workshops were highly skilled in installing these double bottoms, internally disassembling the vehicles or modifying the cargo area, as well as fitting or preparing the concealments, to make connections through electronic engineering to enable their opening with the help of hydraulic mechanisms.
This entire setup was perfectly integrated with the vehicle, making it undetectable without a thorough inspection.
In one of the cars seized, to open the double bottom, it was necessary to have the vehicle running, the glove compartment open, and move two air vents on the dashboard so that, automatically, the concealed hydraulic system would lift and reveal the created space.
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