Overview
- Authorities intercepted about 1,200 kilograms at Belo Horizonte airport and 250 kilograms in a warehouse in Vilanova i la Geltrú after tracking a shipment moved from Madrid’s Barajas cargo terminal.
- Three suspects were arrested in the operation known as Petra, and a judge ordered two of them into pre-trial detention.
- The group used front companies and ran a five-container dry run with bricks to test the route before sending real consignments.
- Cocaine was concealed in marble tables, countertops and sinks flown to Barajas and then distributed by road to industrial sites across Spain.
- Police seized a van, a truck, mobile phones and cash, noted the use of perfumes to mask odors, and reported attempts to destroy phones as investigations continue.