The Drug and Organized Crime Unit of the National Police has dismantled a criminal organization dedicated to the trafficking of narcotic substances in Canary Islands whose ultimate goal was the distribution of the drug in Tenerife after the arrest of 13 people, as reported by the Superior Police Headquarters of the Canary Islands.
The investigation began at the end of last year 2022 when the agents learned about an individual who, within the framework of a broader criminal organization, was engaged in the transport of drugs by sea from Gran Canaria to Tenerife, for its distribution to the local distributors of this last island.
In a police device established in port of Agaete, The police officers arrested the suspect when he tried to board a ferry bound for Tenerife in possession of 30 kilograms of hashishplacing him after his arrest at the disposal of the competent judicial authority.
The investigation continued after this arrest.
However, the agents, aware that the activity carried out by this organization could be of significant relevance, cThey continued to investigate to clearly determine the scope of its activities and dismantle it.
Thus, once the necessary evidence was gathered, the UDYCO investigators developed a police device that had the collaboration of the Canine Guides Unit of the Local Police of Santa Cruz de Tenerife and that It was developed simultaneously on the islands of Gran Canaria and Tenerife.
For their part, the agents participating in the device, During the arrest of one of the investigated they were attacked by the dogs that he was carrying.
In this sense, The police officers were forced to use the regulation firearm to safeguard their physical integrity.a, without the animals dying as a result of the shots fired. This police intervention had a significant impact in different media due to its dissemination through instant messaging services.
Eight detainees enter prison
The agents of the National PoliceAfter carrying out six legally authorized house searches, they arrested 13 people, involved more than 26,000 euros, five kilograms of cocaine, 94 kilograms of hashish, two kilograms of drug cut substance and seven high-end vehicles, cars and motorcycles. Finally, after the detainees were brought before the courts, eight were placed in pretrial detention by order of the competent judicial authority.
