Three people arrested for belonging to a criminal group that trafficked drugs between La Laguna and Santa Cruz de Tenerife



The National Police has arrested three people as alleged perpetrators of crimes of belonging to a criminal group and drug trafficking in the towns of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and San Cristóbal de La Laguna.

The operation was carried out as a result of the new impulse agreed upon by the Provincial Police Station of Santa Cruz de Tenerife to provide greater security to the areas of the city where the retail sale of drugs is being carried out, an activity normally related to other crimes. such as the possession of prohibited weapons, robbery with force and robbery with violence, which causes a great feeling of insecurity in the population.

In this case, the objective had been established of eradicating the retail trafficking of narcotic substances in the neighborhoods of Ofra-Vistabella, in the capital of Tenerife, as well as in the neighborhood of Princesa Iballa, in La Laguna, areas in which information by affected citizens through the account antidroga@policía.es, where data relating to drug sales outlets and people related to said activity can be provided anonymously.

Thus, after carrying out the usual investigative tasks by the National Police, the agents focused the objective on three homes for which judicial authorization to enter and search was requested. Once received, a device was established in the three homes simultaneously with the participation of members of the narcotics group of the Drugs and Organized Crime Unit of the Judicial Police Brigade, the Citizen Security Prevention and Reaction Unit to provide coverage to the operation, both from the Provincial Police Station and two teams from the Local Police Dog Guides Unit.

Five involved and intervened material

As a result, the agents proceeded to arrest three people, two men, 40 and 36 years old, and a 39-year-old woman, as alleged perpetrators of the crimes of belonging to a criminal group and against public health, who were put at the disposal of the police. competent judicial authority, which decreed his imprisonment.

In addition, the facts were also charged to a 39-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman, who are currently in prison as responsible for various crimes of robbery with violence and intimidation.

Likewise, various narcotic substances were seized, both cocaine and hashish and marijuana, precision scales, a large amount of cash, two simulated pistols, real 22-caliber ammunition, knives, jewelry, various high-end mobile terminals and electronic devices. likely to have been acquired with the economic benefits obtained from the illicit activity of drug trafficking.



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