Seville, (EFE).- The Civil Guard and the National Police have arrested 30 people belonging to a criminal organization dedicated to fraudulently obtaining driving licenses, by carrying out tests on behalf of the General Directorate of Traffic, and to drug trafficking.
In the operation, 24 house searches have been carried out, five of them in the city of Madrid and 19 in Mairena del Alcor (Seville), in the latter case with a family clan that occupied all the houses to plant and sell marijuana, reported the Civil Guard in a statement.
The operation began in November 2021, when the agents were able to verify that a group of people were dedicating themselves to fraudulently obtaining driving licenses by carrying out tests on behalf of the General Directorate of Traffic instead of a third party who I would be paying between 1,800 and 3,500 euros.
Factions in Madrid and Seville
To carry out these exams, both theoretical and practical, the impersonators would have used forged identity documents, or, in some cases, they would have used the client’s own originals.
In addition, several of those involved would also be related to a network dedicated to drug trafficking and that would be divided into two factions, one based in Madrid, whose activity was focused on taking exams and, to a lesser extent, on trafficking marijuana, heroin and cocaine; and a second faction that would operate in the province of Seville, whose main objective was marijuana trafficking.
This second faction mediated with the clients of the organization who wished to obtain a driving license without having to take any exam, acting as a link between the members of the organization and its final clients.
Operation coordinated by Seville
Among the arrests, 16 of them were in Mairena del Alcor (Seville), 13 in Madrid and one in Basauri (Bizkaia), in an operation coordinated by the Investigating Court number 2 of Seville.
In the records, 300 kilos of marijuana, 776 of MDMA, 69 grams of hashish, 54 grams of heroin, 33 of cocaine, 15,022 euros in cash, four weapons, mobile phones, false documents, authentic identity documents provided by the clients of the organization and various documentation related to obtaining, as well as high-end watches and jewelry. EFE