The Civil Guard was dismantled as part of the operation White Mountaincriminal organization dedicated to drug trafficking that operated in the municipality of Burriana (Castellón). He arrested its five members, all belonging to the same family and among them there is a minor, for their alleged involvement in crimes of drug trafficking, money laundering, belonging to a criminal organization, cultivation of marijuana, electricity fraud and hosting.
The four arrested adults, who ran a daytime drug sales outlet in a house in the city, were held in provisional detention without bail by order of the Vila-real Guard Court. The 17-year-old minor, used by the network for the distribution of narcotic substances, was made available to the Juvenile Prosecutor’s Office of Castellón.
The investigations began last October. According to what was reported by the security forces, it was neighborhood complaints “due to the continuous movement of people and the inconvenience caused by a possible drug sales point in a residential area of the municipality” that mobilized the agents and identified the base of the organization, with a hierarchical structure made up of members of the same family.
On November 7, the Guardia Civil had access to the address under investigation, from which the criminal organization operated. During the search, one of the now detained “put up strong resistance”, while another tried to get rid of a bag containing 97 grams of rock cocaine, throwing it onto the roof of an adjacent house. A maneuver that was detected by the Guardia Civil drone and which allowed the recovery of the drugs, the armed institute reported.
During the house search, 111.5 grams of cocaine, 97 marijuana plants in an advanced state of flowering, 5,528.50 euros in cash, four fake weapons, a large machete, 27 lottery tickets, various jewellery, three high-end vehicles and nine short-caliber blank ammunition were seized.
The operation that allowed the dismantling of the criminal organization was attended by agents of the Civil Guard of Burriana, members of the territorial teams of the Judicial Police of the same locality, as well as the City Security Unit and the Cynological Service of the Civil Guard Command of Castellón.
