
The Civil Guard was dismantled as part of its work White Mountaina criminal organization dedicated to drug trafficking operating in the city of Burriana (Castillon). Its five members, all members of one family and including a minor, were arrested on the grounds of their alleged involvement in drug trafficking crimes, capital laundering, belonging to a criminal organization, marijuana cultivation, and theft of electrical and reception fluids.
The four arrested mayors of the city, who were running an active drug selling point during the day in one of the city’s houses, were taken to temporary prison without bail by order of the Vila Real Guardia court. The minor, aged 17 and used by the network to distribute narcotic substances, fell from the disposal of the Juvenile Inspectorate of Castellón.
The investigation began last October. According to the security service, there have been recent inquiries “due to the continuous loss of people and diseases resulting from a potential drug selling point in a residential area of the municipality,” which led to the mobilization of agents and the definition of the base of the organization, with a hierarchical and integrated structure by the members of the group itself. family.
On November 7, the Civil Guard entered the house that was being investigated by the person running the criminal organization. During the recording, one of them, who is now in custody, offered “strong resistance,” while another tried to dispose of a pocket containing 97 grams of cocaine on a rock, and threw it into the yard of a neighboring house. It was reported that a maneuver was detected by a Civil Guard drone and allowed the recovery of the drug from the armed institute.
The capture record included 111.5 grams of cocaine, 97 marijuana plants in an advanced state of flowering, €5,528.50 in cash, four replica weapons, a large machete, 27 lottery tickets, numerous jewelry, three luxury vehicles, and new short-caliber rocket munitions.
Agents from the Civil Guard of Burriana, officers from the regional teams of the Judicial Police of the same region, the Unidad de Seguridad Ciudadana and the Servicio Cinológico de la Comandancia de la Guardia Civil de Castellón participated in the operation that allowed the dismantling of the criminal organization.