The Second Section of the Provincial Court of Las Palmas will judge in Gran Canaria throughout next week eleven defendants accused of introducing and selling heroin and cocaine in Lanzarote after transporting it from French Guiana.
The Prosecutor's Office accuses them of a crime against public health and another of belonging to a criminal group.
According to the Prosecutor's Office's indictment, the Narcotics Group of the Local Brigade of the Judicial Police of the National Police in Arrecife investigated between August 2021 and April 2022 a group of people who allegedly profited from drug trafficking on the island. To do this, they used "human couriers or mules" who transported the drugs from the South American region to the Canary Island.
According to the Public Ministry, the defendant Robinson.M.C. would be at the head of this plot. This person would have been in charge of acquiring the narcotic substance from Girona and Lanzarote, organizing its transport and distributing it throughout the island. In addition, he was allegedly the main recipient of the proceeds from the sale of drugs.
The Public Prosecutor's document assures that Robinson.M.C.'s trusted person was J.D.S, known as Antonio, resident on the island. In this case, Antonio allegedly was in charge of finding human couriers to transport the drugs.
Likewise, the Public Prosecutor's Office adds the defendants A.C., S.B., S.B. who, together with Antonio would have received and distributed the drugs throughout Lanzarote. To do this, they allegedly made use of different properties on the island as warehouses. Meanwhile, they would have distributed the substance retail on the island.
The last link in this chain, according to the Public Prosecutor's Office, were 2SB, M.D., known as Tcherno, and U.D., known as Puto. These last three are also accused of selling drugs on the island.
Drug transport on Vueling and Binter flights
In its indictment, the Public Prosecutor's Office has broken down the trips made by the defendants A.V.G., A.S.M and V.B:
- A.V.G. is accused of introducing 100 capsules with 1,317.8 grams of cocaine with 79.32% purity in a backpack in Lanzarote from a Vueling flight, coming from Paris-Orly. The events date back to 09.35 hours on November 13, 2021. This substance would amount to a value of 134,240.5 euros in the illicit market.
- A.S.M. is accused of carrying 100 capsules of cocaine inside his body, weighing 998.38 grams, on a Binter flight between Gran Canaria and Lanzarote. The events date back to 11.20 hours on January 23, 2022. In total, its value was around 101,745.24 euros.
- V.B. is accused of carrying 51 capsules with 495.67 grams of heroin, with a purity of 38.84% on a Binter flight between Gran Canaria and Lanzarote. This substance would be equivalent to 37,393.45 euros.
Home search
As a result of this investigation, the Investigating Court number two of Arrecife authorized the search of a dozen properties. In this case, they entered the house where the alleged head of the plot resided, located in Girona. In it, 15 mobile phones, a laptop, 2,300 euros in cash and 766.9 grams of cocaine were seized in a suitcase.
The other intervened properties were located one in Playa Honda and the rest in Arrecife. R.M.C. also stayed in the Playa Honda house when he was on the island. Several objects were seized in it, six mobile terminals, several packages with narcotic substances, scales and two Nigerian passports, among others.
In Antonio's house, located on Avenida de Los Geranios, they found half a kilogram of heroin, 13 mobile phones, laptops, passport and personal documentation in the name of J.D.S, as well as proof of bank deposits and a precision scale.
In S.B.'s residence, several packages of cocaine and heroin, three mobiles, a hard drive, two precision weights and 7,594.38 euros in cash were also found.
Thus, in the property of S.E. 22 mobile phones, cocaine, a tablet, a computer, as well as notebooks and notebooks with handwritten notes, three passports in the name of S.B. and a Belgian identity card, among others, were also seized.
In the residences of A.C., S.B., the Tcherno and Puto they also located bags of cocaine, cannabis resin, mobile phones, several watches, as well as precision scales and cash.
Penalties requested by the Prosecutor's Office
The Public Prosecutor's Office asks for the alleged head of the plot, Robinson.M.C. nine years in prison for a crime against public health in its modality of substances that cause serious damage to health and in its modality of notorious importance, special disqualification for the right to passive suffrage during the time of the sentence and a fine of 2,358,705.2 euros. While requesting two years for the crime of belonging to a criminal group.
For his alleged assistant J.D.S., known as Antonio, as well as the defendants A.C., S.B. and S.B. he asks for ten years and six months in prison, the accessory of disqualification for the right to passive suffrage and a fine of 2.3 million euros, respectively.
Meanwhile for the Tcherno, and el Puto, the Prosecutor's Office requests a sentence of ten years in prison for both crimes, disqualification for the right to passive suffrage during the time of the sentence and another fine of 2.3 million euros.
For their part, A.V.G., A.S.M. and V.B. face nine years and six months in prison, disqualification from the right to passive suffrage and the respective fines of 2.3 million euros.
To conclude, the confiscation of the drugs, money, vehicles, as well as other effects and the destruction of the narcotic substance was carried out, leaving sufficient sample for later analysis. As well as the non-expulsion of the accused.