Agents of the National Police have dismantled a criminal organization of Serbian origin and of a transnational nature allegedly dedicated to arms and drug trafficking and money laundering. The group, based in the Spanish Levante area, had among its members a priority objective for Europol, considered one of the most relevant people in the Balkan cartels. The investigators have carried out 14 entries and searches simultaneously in both countries, arresting a total of 25 people, 23 of them in the provinces of Alicante, Barcelona, Tarragona and Valencia and two in Serbia. In addition, six marijuana plantations have been dismantled, the seizure of 4,000 plants of the same substance, 63 kilograms of vacuum-packed buds suitable for distribution, nearly 450,000 euros, four vehicles, a rifle, three simulated weapons, a large amount of live ammunition and three luxury watches.🚩The National Police dismantles a criminal group dedicated to drug trafficking weapons and drugs and arrests one of EUROPOL’s priority targets🤝Joint operation with EUROPOL and Serbian Police🔹25 arrested and 14 entries recorded simultaneously a in 🇪🇸 and in Serbia pic.twitter.com/sDmnsSv3Q1— National Police (@policia) October 29, 2022 The investigation began in February of this year as a result of the exchange of information with the Serbian authorities about the existence of a criminal organization that would be acting between Spain and the Balkan country. More than 300 police officers have participated in the device, including two Serbian officials. They laundered benefits in Serbia Once all the members of the organization were located and identified, it was discovered that they were in charge of the exploitation of several marijuana crops in different geographical points from Spain, whose production was distributed in different European countries, where its value multiplies exponentially. The profits were laundered mainly in Serbia, where a parallel police investigation was carried out. However, the nerve center was the Levante area, where the head of the organization and his lieutenants resided, from where they coordinated, planned and decided on the most important issues of the group. Thanks to international police cooperation it was learned that one of the The main characteristics of those investigated was their past linked to arms trafficking, warning of the danger of the same and the intense activity concerning it, in addition to the involvement with massive cultivation of marijuana in “indoor” plantations. The organization was ordered from pyramidal shape, with a clear distribution of functions, all its members acting in a coordinated and subordinate manner under a strict discipline marked by professionalism in its means to guarantee its security. In Spain, 12 entries and searches were carried out distributed in the provinces of Alicante, Valencia and Barcelona and two in Serbia. A total of 25 people were arrested, 23 of them in Spain, of which eleven have been imprisoned. deprivation of profits from crops of an approximate value of more than two million euros per year.