Estepona:National Police released news on Tuesday of an operation against an international drugs network which has arrested 12 people and seized 250 kilos of cocaine.

National Police released news on Tuesday of an operation against an international drugs network which has arrested 12 people and seized 250 kilos of cocaine.

The gang operated in Sevilla, Málaga and Alicante and used warehouses in Sevilla and inland Málaga to store the drugs. The gang was led from Argentina, where a large part of the proceeds of the sales were sent. 576,000 € due to be sent to Argentina was seized in a raid on a flat in Estepona, Málaga province, plus another 74,000 € from two people who were arrested at Málaga Airport in possession of one kilo of cocaine.

The remainder of the quarter ton of cocaine was seized in separate operations at the network’s warehouses in Málaga and Sevilla, and in Murcia, where two suspects were arrested on route to Alicante after picking up a consignment of drugs in the Andalucía capital.

The Interior Ministry said in a press release on Tuesday that three of the suspects are from Argentina and include a man who is wanted for murder by Interpol.