Agents of the National Police have arrested the leader and biker club president Los Bandidos-Spain as allegedly responsible for the crimes of drug trafficking, money laundering and belonging to a criminal organization.
The investigation, carried out by agents of the National Police and the Belgian Federal Police, determined that the person under investigation organized the shipment of 11,497 kilograms of cocaine from South America to Antwerp (Belgium). The operation culminated in the practice of numerous searches – three in Malaga towns – and the seizure of high-end vehicles – valued at more than 700,000 euros – and luxury jewelery valued at 300,000 euros. Likewise, the leader of the biker gang was arrested. The Bandits-Germany, and that he resided in the same urbanization, due to an arrest warrant and imprisonment issued by the National High Court for his extradition to Germany.
Money laundering
Within the framework of international cooperation between the National Police and the Federal Police of Belgium, the leader of the Los Bandidos-Spain motorcycle club was invested, who under the protection of the exercise of his position and making use of the national and international structure that the mentioned club, led a criminal organization dedicated to drug trafficking and money laundering of the assets obtained through the exercise of illicit activity.
The network led by the investigated organized, at the end of last year, the shipment of 11,497.5 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a junk container from South America to Antwerp (Belgium), which was seized upon arrival at port.
During the course of the joint operation, it was determined that the main investigated had established his residence in a luxury urbanization in Marbella.
For this reason, through the coordination exercised by EUROJUST – the European Union agency in charge of reinforcing judicial cooperation between the Member States – it was finalized on the 20th for the culmination of the police action. Thus, the leader of the motorcycle club in Spain was arrested for drug trafficking, money laundering and belonging to a criminal organization, along with 13 other people in Belgium.
In this performance they were carried out 26 registrations, made in the Netherlands, Belgium and Spain, seizing in the records carried out in the province of Malaga four high-end vehicles valued at more than 700,000 euros, luxury jewelery valued at 300,000 euros, in addition to 17,085 euros in cash, encrypted mobile phones and abundant documentation.