Spanish police say they gave arrested 30 other folks on suspicion of smuggling medication disguised as humanitarian help for Ukraine.
According to the Guardia Civil, the group had transported packing containers of marijuana in Ukrainian-registered vehicles.
Authorities have been first alerted after Ukrainian voters have been observed gathering marijuana within the southern Spanish area of Andalucia. Police exposed two vehicles with 109 pounds of marijuana vacuum-packed in cardboard packing containers.
According to a remark, the group had “pretended to be part of a solidarity convoy” as a way to steer clear of police and border controls.
“This group traveled to different points in Andalusia where they collected already packaged marijuana and, taking strong security measures, they transported it and stored it in an apartment located in the town of Mijas.”
The suspects arrested come with Ukrainian, German, Spanish, and Moroccan nationals.
They are all accused of drug trafficking, belonging to a felony organisation, unlawful ownership of guns, and electrical energy fraud, amongst different offences.
Two of the suspects have additionally been charged for harm a police automobile and injuring its two occupants once they attempted to escape.
Police additionally seized just about €800,000 in money, 2,500 marijuana vegetation, six firearms, and a number of other bulletproof vests after searches in Málaga, Granada, Córdoba, and Seville.
