Overview
- Operation Wolf in Marbella uncovered a subterranean hideout fitted with a wooden frame, video surveillance and signal inhibitors that held 30 bales totaling 1,056 kilos of cocaine.
- Four suspects were arrested after an exchange of gunfire, and they were brought before a judge on allegations including attempted homicide, illegal weapons possession, drug offenses and membership in a criminal group.
- At the Marbella scene officers seized an AK-47, an AR-15, a UZI-type submachine gun, three handguns and three high-end vehicles, with police saying the encounter unfolded during a rival load robbery known as a “vuelco.”
- In a separate action in Algeciras, one detainee was linked to 25 firearms found in a car with false plates, including 19 AK-47s classified as weapons of war, in a move police say targets the traffickers’ arms supply.
- Investigators cite a recent rise in armed incidents and more than 50 long guns seized in six months, note many serial numbers are erased and say the rifles may trace to the Ukraine war as marked bales point to larger distribution chains.