Mallorca drug money raid: 48 properties seized
Palma, Mallorca: investigators seize 48 properties in a drug-money probe as Pablo Campos Maya, known as ‘El Pablo’, and 11 members of his clan are brought before a judge on Friday 9 October. They are suspected of laundering money from drug sales.
Spain’s National Police and the Customs Surveillance Service of the Spanish Tax Agency have arrested 21 people this week. The operation remains open. Officers have also seized vehicles, jewellery, firearms and drugs.
Houses joined together in La Soledat
Investigators suspect the clan laundered €20 million from drug trafficking to buy dozens of houses in La Soledat, a Palma neighbourhood that has been its base for years. They say the clan bought houses one by one around El Pablo’s home, then secretly joined them to create large homes and drug-selling sites with armoured doors and reinforced walls.
El Pablo’s home covered 1,400 square metres and had a pool, a garage and what may have been an escape tunnel. But cadastral records still showed nine separate houses on the plot, registered in his name and those of his wife and other relatives.
Nine released as judge weighs next step
The other nine people arrested were released after questioning at a police station, according to sources close to the investigation. They could still be investigated in the case.
El Pablo and the 11 others are due to be questioned in Palma’s courts later on Friday. It is not known whether his wife or other close relatives are among them. The judge must then decide whether to hold them in custody or release them while the investigation continues. Sources close to the case consider custody unlikely given the alleged offences.
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Topics: Police · Traffic · Campos · Palma
Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com