Around fifty agents from different units of the Guardia Civil have been deployed today in various parts of Ibiza to intervene in a major drug trafficking network operating on the island and different parts of the mainland, resulting in the arrest of more than a dozen suspects and the seizure of several luxury vehicles, different types of drugs (mainly cocaine) and cash.
The operation, which has resulted in the arrest of six suspects (although a dozen more are expected to be arrested) and the seizure of several luxury vehiclesthe seizure of several luxury vehicles, cash and different types of drugs (mainly cocaine), was launched at six o’clock in the morning, according to eyewitnesses. At the moment, it has not been revealed whether it is still open.
This is what the anti-drug operation in Ibiza was like, in pictures
The Ibiza Judicial Police unit, the Guardia Civil’s cynological group (which carries dogs), the team Organized and Anti-Drug Crime (EDOA) and local patrols, during the hours of the operation, searched two premises of the car rental company Vip Cars Ibiza and a house in the residential building ses Torres de Cas Serres, located in Sant Jordi Avenue, in the neighborhood of es Viver.
The agents of the armed institute of Ibiza collaborated with different units from outside the island for the operation. Among others, they moved from the Peninsula members of the GRS (Reserve and Security Group)fifteen agents of the Palma Judicial Policealmost all the organic staff, as detailed by one of the agents during one of the searches, and guards of the Usecic (Citizen Security Unit).
Main focus of the operation
About the eight o’clock in the morningat eight o’clock in the morning, agents of the Guardia Civil undertook one of the first searches in the framework of the anti-drug operation in the residential building ses Torres de Cas Serres, located in the avenue of Sant Jordi, in the neighborhood of es Viver. The Guardia Civil remained in this place with a canine patrol for detection of narcotic substances and two vehicles, one of them with vents to transport the canines, until 12.15 p.m.
Other device with more than a dozen agents in four off-road cars of the armed forces and two white vans went, almost simultaneously, also at around eight o’clock in the morning, to an establishment of the company Vip Cars Ibizadedicated to luxury car rental and located in Sant Josep Avenue.
The agents, some with their faces covered with ski masksthey broke into the business by breaking the chain at the entrance. In addition, a camouflaged car of the security corps remained in the parking lot during the prolonged search. At around 11 a.manother Guardia Civil device formed by a dozen agents inspected another ship located on the airport road of the same rent a car company, which could belong to an important Valencian drug trafficker, according to this newspaper.
One arrested and luxury cars seized in Ibiza operationSeveral high-end vehicles
In this case, the agents forced their way into the property by knocking down the metal fence, an impact that caused part of the wall to which it was attached to fall down as well. The Guardia Civil seized at least four luxury vehicles: a Ferrari, a Lincoln and two Aston Martins and arrested one person, a middle-aged man, during the search.
Some guards handcuffed the suspect as fellow officers lifted the hood of one of the cars to examine the interior. In addition, the patrol the keys of the high-end cars were taken by the patrol[]the keys were taken out of the warehouse while other agents continued with the search and took boxes with documentation. At 11.55 hours the operative bolted the premises and transferred the arrestee to the Can Sifre checkpoint.
It is expected that those arrested will be taken to court on Saturday. For the moment, further details of the investigation are not known as the action is under secret of summary.
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