Another case of money laundering and drug trafficking in Mallorca.
During the investigation, National Police Inspector Faustino Nogales, lawyer Gonzalo Márquez, and the leader of the far-right motorcycle gang, Stefan Milojevic, were arrested.
The National Police and Civil Guard carried out a new operation this Friday related to the drug money laundering ring that was dismantled earlier this month in Mallorca. According to sources involved in the investigation, Europa Press has learned that several people have been arrested and several searches have been carried out at different locations on the island. This Friday's arrests follow the three that took place last Tuesday, when three people allegedly acting as front men were captured. The case remains secret and is in the hands of Palma's Investigative Court No. 7.
The drug trafficking and money laundering criminal organization dismantled two weeks ago in Mallorca was smuggling cocaine and hashish from North Africa aboard high-powered inflatable boats. They first arranged a collection point somewhere in the Mediterranean, where they transferred the drugs from the so-called "gomas" to other boats. From there, they took the merchandise to Ibiza, where they stored it for a while before transporting it to the rest of the Balearic Islands and the Peninsula.
The joint operation, according to the National Police and Civil Guard, initially resulted in the arrest of 15 suspects. Among them are the alleged leader of the gang and leader of the United Tribuns, Stefan Milojevic, National Police Inspector Faustino Nogales, and lawyer Gonzalo Márquez. All of them are accused of being part of a Mallorcan criminal organization connected to other transnational organizations dedicated to the introduction of narcotics into Spain and money laundering.
200 kilos of hashish
Last September, investigators seized a shipment of 200 kilos of hashish from Ibiza that was supposedly supposed to be received by the gang members in Palma. Furthermore, the suspects are allegedly linked to the seizure of several tons of hashish.
On July 9, 675 kilos of cocaine were also seized in the port of Valencia. The shipment had previously been collected in the Mediterranean and transported to the largest of the Pitiusas, where it was stored for a few days before heading to the Iberian Peninsula and other European countries.
The operation, dubbed 'Enroc Bal, Manso y Primo', entered its operational phase last Monday, when National Police and Civil Guard officers carried out 13 searches in Palma, Marratxí, Binissalem, Inca, Pollença, Llucmajor, Sencelles, and... One of them was in the arrested lawyer's office, located on Paseo de Mallorca in the Balearic capital.
1.4 million and 11 kilos of cake
The seized assets included 1.4 million euros, 11.3 kilos of cocaine, around 100 marijuana plants, four firearms with a large amount of ammunition, silencers, two blank-firing weapons, eight cars, two motorcycles, a jet ski, six luxury watches, and four works of art.
In addition to all this, the quantities of drugs seized in the previous phases of the investigation total 675 kilos of cocaine and several tons of hashish.