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Spain Police Break Up Violent ‘Vuelcos’ Gang as Separate Raids Shut Drug Points in Valladolid and Alicante

Coordinated surveillance plus court-approved searches enabled police to stop violent thefts of narcotics, cutting off street-level supply lines.

Overview

  • Ten suspects were arrested in Murcia and Alicante after a probe that began with a September assault in Santo Ángel in which attackers stole drugs at gunpoint.
  • Eight home searches seized a 9 mm handgun, more than 400 cartridges, narcotics, nearly €75,000 in cash, and six vehicles used by the organized group.
  • Four principal suspects from the ‘vuelcos’ case were ordered to provisional prison, with judicial proceedings continuing.
  • In Valladolid’s 29 de octubre neighborhood, two members of a family clan were detained over a retail outlet; police confiscated 50 g of hashish and 50 g of marijuana before the pair were released with charges.
  • In north Alicante, three people were detained after a court-authorized search that found 34 g of hashish, €728, a large machete, four luxury watches, and two exotic animals, with sales observed in very small, low-price doses.