Spanish Police Busts Drug Trafficking Network Near Cadiz

Spanish national police have arrested thirty suspects involved in drug trafficking from Morocco to Spain, through Gibraltar.

Rabat – Spanish national police have arrested thirty suspects involved in drug trafficking from Morocco to Spain, through Gibraltar.

The network is led by Jesus Heredia, also known as El Pantoja. Heredia is considered one of the biggest drug traffickers in the region.

Heredia’s network operates in the region of Cadiz, specifically through the port city of Algeciras and across the strait of Gibraltar.

Spanish national police mobilized roughly 300 officers at six in the morning on March 2, in the vicinity of Algeciras. The operation led to the arrest of thirty people suspected to be related to the network, including the leader of the network, Jesus Heredia.

El Faro Ceuta reports that the network was responsible for supplying fuel to drug-trafficking boats belonging to other illicit networks.

Police seized more than 3.5 tons of hashish during the raid. The authorities carried out 39 inspections of real estate in the province, mostly in the region of La Janda. The highest number of inspections was in Vejer de la Frontera, where Pantoja’s lieutenant was arrested.

In addition to the confiscated hashish, police found two firearms, MAD 1,8 million (€170,000), six boats and eight vehicles, as well as gasoline bottles.

The raid was a collaboration of different Spanish police agencies. It involved members from the Càdiz and Algeciras police stations, in addition to the Rapid Action Group (GAR), the Regional Center for Analysis and Intelligence against Drug Trafficking (CRAIN), and the Guardia Civil Reserve and Security Group (GRS).