As with almost any illegal activity, criminals have to look for ways to circumvent security measures, with technological advances these techniques become more sophisticated. A clear example of them can be seen in the latest intervention of the National Police, which has dismantled a trafficking network that used drones to introduce drugs into our territory.
The Strait of Gibraltar is one of the most popular routes for drug traffickers to introduce drugs into Spain and the rest of Europe. The coastal authorities are aware of this, and that is why they have entire teams and different methods to try to detect and seize this contraband while traffickers invent new ways to pass their merchandise.
Now, the National Police has dismantled an organization in Algeciras (Cádiz) that introduced large quantities of hashish from Morocco into Spain using ‘narcodrones’ manufactured by hand in Ukraine and that they had the capacity to carry packages weighing about 10 kilos. The authorities have already arrested ten people linked to this network, seven of whom have already been imprisoned.
What are these narcodrones like and how do they work?
The chassis of these unmanned aircraft is mainly composed of cork and woodand has a capacity to transport more than 10 kilos of hashish on each flight and with sufficient autonomy to cross the Strait round trip, without landing.
During the investigation it has been possible to verify how an organization would have tried to send up to a thousand kilos of hashish using this methodor because on days with favorable weather conditions, They could make five to ten flights in one night.
In a press conference held this Thursday in Algeciras (Cádiz), the police officials of the so-called Operation Cyclone explained that the organization was led by a man of Ukrainian nationality, an expert in the use and manufacture of fixed-wing aircraft. . In fact, These narcodrones were operated by individuals from Eastern European countries that reached agreements with local criminal organizations based in the area of Campo de Gibraltar and the Costa del Sol.
The drone, with the drugs in the lower part of the aircraftwas sent from Morocco to a rural area of Algeciras that is difficult to access, where he dropped the merchandise. Later it was picked up on foot by members of the organization.n. Drug trafficking is a very lucrative business, and that is why traffickers design new ways to deliver drugs. For example, this is not the first time they have used drones for drug trafficking, and two years ago a fleet of drones was seized. underwater drones that fulfilled the same function.
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