Tuesday 25 October 2011

Gang which smuggled cannabis in children's car seats smashed in southern Spain

 

The Civil Guard have seized more than 400 kilos of cannabis in an anti-drugs operation in Málaga, Melilla and the Campo de Gibraltar. The drugs gang which was based on the Costa del Sol and the Campo del Gibraltar and used children’s car seats to smuggle cannabis from Morocco across Spain and then into France. They also hid the cargo in the false bottoms of previously stolen top range vehicles. It’s understood that the gang cultivated its own cannabis in Morocco, where the resin was obtained and packaged up for distribution. 410 kilos of cannabis resin were recovered in the four property searches which took place in Benalmádena and Fuengirola, Málaga province, together with 80,000 € in cash, firearms and ammunition, 11 vehicles, computers and other items. The total value of the items seized is put at more than 2 million €.

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