A drug cartel behind a third of Europe’s cocaine trade has been smashed after a string of police raids across Europe and Dubai
Operation Desert Light saw 49 people, including the suspected British ringleader of the gang, arrested after a series of raids in six countries.
Police seized over 30 tonnes of drugs in the two-year-long investigation as well as tens of millions of pounds of assets including supercars, luxury villas, watches, jewellery and piles of cash.Spain’s Guardia Civil said they seized vast amounts of cocaine stashed at ports across Europe, and said their estimates suggest the gang was behind a third of Europe’s entire drug trade. Spanish police carried out further raids around Malaga, Madrid and Barcelona.
Raids were carried out between November 8 and 19 across Europe and Dubai simultaneously, taking down the gang’s infrastructure and assets, police said.49 people were arrested, including 7 ‘most wanted’ targets. 15 of these were people arrested in raids in and around Spanish cities.
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