Police smash major international drugs gang in Majorca
27/04/2013 00:00
By Humphrey Carter
AT least 30 people were arrested yesterday when the Guardia Civil and National Police dismantled one of the largest and most active hashish smuggling gangs in Europe.
Police swooped on a coastal estate in Valldemossa just after midday after a suspicious boat was reported offloading items on the property.
When the police stormed the property, they stumbled on a group of over 20 people, most of them Moroccans, and three tonnes of hashish. Some managed to flee the scene but police managed to round most of the suspects up in the Valldemossa area. Last night, the Guardia Civil reported 30 arrests, including three Majorcans who are believed to be the brains behind an operation to apparently establish a new European distribution outlet for drugs smuggled into Majorca from north Africa.
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