A CRIMINAL gang importing drugs from Morocco to Spain on two helicopters has been busted by the Guardia Civil and the Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie.
Nine people have been arrested in Andalucia including two pilots who are experts in night and low-altitude flights.
Both helicopters-worth €900,000 each on the black market- have been seized along with 795 kilos of hashish.
Operation Torcal 469 Tornado began in mid-2023 after authorities discovered that the gang was looking for pilots to carry out drug flights between Spain and Morocco.
After several months of investigations, Guardia officers found two helicopters hidden on farms in Sevilla and Cadiz provinces, with the properties leased by the gang leader.
In the early hours of January 15, investigators detected a narco-flight in Cadiz province heading south from the organisation’s farm.
The craft was flying at a very low altitude and without any lights.
A Guardia Civil helicopter pursued the craft and arrested five people including the pilot when it landed at a farm in Chiciana de Frontera.
The helicopter was carrying 30 bales of hashish weighing 795 kilos.
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