November 17, 2024, 9:41 AM
November 17, 2024, 9:41 AM
The Spanish National Police arrested in several towns in the province of Barcelona, in northeastern Spain, 14 alleged members of a group dedicated to drug trafficking linked to the Mexican Sinaloa Cartel, accused, among other crimes, of the kidnapping and murder of an Italian. 46 years old and alleged member of the band.
The detainees, the majority of Mexican nationality, are eleven men and three women between 30 and 70 years old, among them the alleged mastermind of the organization and the kidnapping of the victim, whose body was found in August in a forest in Tarragona, in the same region.
The National Police, which has published images of the joint operation with the Mossos d’Esquadra, a Catalan regional police force, on the social network
In the searches carried out in five homes and a restaurant in several towns in the region of Catalonia, the agents located a laboratory for the extraction of methamphetamine impregnated on solid surfaces, such as pieces of clothing, as well as this substance already prepared for consumption, a a large amount of ecstasy and a marijuana plantation, as well as firearms, technological material and money.