Agents of the National Police have dismantled in Algeciras a criminal organization dedicated to the introduction of hashish into Spain using unmanned aircraft from Morocco. The narcodrones They were made in Ukraine and, later, transported by road to the south of our country, where shipments of the narcotic substance were offered and agreed upon with local criminal organizations in the area of ​​Campo de Gibraltar and the Costa del Sol.
A total of ten people have been arrested (seven of them have been imprisoned) and six records in Algeciras and Marbella, in an investigation that has had the collaboration of Europol, as well as the police authorities of Ukraine and Poland.
The detainees used large artisanal drones with the capacity to transport about ten kilograms of hashish on each flightwith a range of more than 50 kilometers. The use of aircraft allowed them to travel the route between Morocco and Spain, flying over the waters of the Strait, and return after dropping the drugs in our country without having to land. They would have tried to send up to a thousand kilos of hashish using this method.
In the operation, three aircraft were seized, one of them in the construction phase, as well as devices for its remote control, useful for its repair and significant amounts of cash and narcotics that would have been introduced into Spain through this method.