Two members of a drug trafficking network linked to the Hell's Angels arrested in Malaga
Agents of the National Police have arrested five people – two in Malaga and three in Denmark – members of a criminal group dedicated to drug trafficking linked to the Los Angeles del Infierno (Hells Angels) motorcycle gang..
The members of this organization -members or aspirants to join this gang- would have introduced more than 3.5 tons of hashish from Morocco into Denmark, as confirmed by police sources this Saturday. The drug, which had its first stop in Europe in Spain, was transferred to this Scandinavian country in transports of live animals and was then distributed among medium- and small-scale traffickers.
The police investigations began as a result of an investigation initiated by the Danish Special Crimes Unit (NSK) a few years ago in relation to this criminal organization dedicated, among others, to the distribution of drugs in the city of Copenhagen and surrounding towns.
As a result of this investigation, the agents of the National Police verified in December 2022 the presence in Marbella of two members of the organization, a Danish citizen -former member of Los Angeles del Infierno- and an aspirant to the motorcycle gang. These two individuals were in charge of contacting hashish suppliers in Morocco, organizing its transfer to Spain and then preparing its shipment to Denmark..
Both members of the group were therefore considered High Value Targets for the Danish authorities.. In addition, they had a record in Spain, where they had been arrested in 2022 in relation to a settling of scores between this Danish criminal organization and a Polish one.. Likewise, they were aware of other arrests for drug trafficking and crimes associated with drug trafficking.
In this police operation, which has been carried out jointly between the National Police, the NSK of the Danish police and EUROPOL within the framework of EMPACT (European Multidisciplinary Platform against Criminal Threats), 59,000 euros have been seized in Spain and hashish in Denmark, in addition to numerous computer and telephone material used by the organization as a security measure for its communications.
Through the EMPACT platform, Member States of the European Union (EU), national agencies and other EU partners work closely together to tackle the main criminal threats in the area, including trafficking in cannabis, heroin and cocaine, through joint operational actions designed to dismantle the criminal networks that support them, their structures and their business models.