The Sixth Section of the Provincial Court of Las Palmas will try next Wednesday, November 20 in Lanzarote three people accused of a crime against public health for drug trafficking with cocaine on the island.
The events date back to between the years 2019 and 2021, when the organized crime team of the Civil Guard in the Canary Islands, in coordination with the organized crime and anti-drug teams of the Benemérita in Huelva and Madrid, detected that there was a group of people who allegedly introduced and distributed cocaine in Lanzarote, causing serious damage to health and obtaining "an important" economic benefit.
The Public Prosecutor accuses J.M.T.F. and F.F.J. of allegedly introducing "large quantities" of cocaine in Lanzarote between 2016 and 2021 "until the date they were arrested" and of distributing it illegally on the island.
To transport the drug to the Canary Islands, the Public Ministry states that they allegedly hid "the substance inside vehicles" that they transported by ferry from other Canary Islands and from Huelva and Cádiz.
In the indictment, the Prosecutor's Office adds the role of I.L.V.B., allegedly the person in charge of distributing the drug throughout the island, under the role of "final seller to the consumer".
In March 2021, within the framework of the Civil Guard operation, a Court of the island authorized the search of the defendants' home in Lanzarote, located in Arrecife. When they arrived at the house, the Ministry states that the defendant I.L.V.B. was leaving the house with a backpack and that allegedly inside it was located a narcotic substance that she would use to distribute it through the illicit market and a semi-automatic pistol, with Air Force number 04513, its magazine and 17 unfired cartridges. The Public Prosecutor's Office states that there is no record that she had a weapons license.
Among the searches and the drug seized from inside the backpack, the Benemérita found nine packages of cocaine and others of substances with white powder that was not analyzed, 7,000 euros in cash, a hydraulic press and three cell phones. The seized substance had a total value of 25,111.64 euros.
The Public Prosecutor's Office classifies the events as a crime against public health in its modality of substance that causes serious damage to health and asks for the three defendants J.M.T.F., F.F.J. and I.L.V.B. six years in prison, with accessory of special disqualification for the right to passive suffrage during the time of the sentence and 75,334.92 euros of fine.
In addition, one year and nine months in prison for a crime of possession of weapons for I.L.V.B., with accessory disqualification for the right to passive suffrage during the time of the sentence.
