Peruvian drug trafficking network in Mallorca condemned for hiding drugs in wheelchairs

PalmA dozen people admitted this Monday in the Provincial Court to participating in the shipment of cocaine and marijuana from Peru to Mallorca, hidden inside wheelchairs. The defendants accepted sentences ranging from one and a half to five years in prison for various drug trafficking offenses and membership in a criminal organization. The defense reached a plea agreement with the prosecution, which significantly reduced the initially requested sentences, totaling nearly one hundred years in prison. Under this agreement, most of those convicted will not go to prison. Two of them will have to pay fines of €215,000 and €126,000, respectively. The defendants admitted that between April 2023 and July 2024 they were involved in shipping narcotics from several Latin American countries, primarily Peru. They used human couriers, known as drug mules. muleswho transported the drugs hidden inside wheelchairs. Once the shipments arrived in Mallorca, the substances were distributed and sold. As has been proven, each of the accused performed a specific function within the criminal organization, which was headed by a man who has been identified but is currently a fugitive from justice. Some of those convicted acted as intermediaries with other traffickers, while others were in charge of transporting and storing the drugs. During the searches carried out by the National Police at the time of the arrests, various quantities of narcotics with a market value exceeding €344,000 were seized.