Married couple busted with 150 kilos of hashish and 220,000 euros on the Costa del Sol

Married couple busted by the National Police with 150 kilos of hashish and 220,000 euros on the Costa del Sol.

The National police busted a Malaga based couple after searching a property on March 30. The couple had hidden 150 kilos of hashish and 220,000 euros in a storage room in the neighbourhood of Puerta de Malaga. Officers discovered one vacuum pack that contained more than 1,000, 200-euro notes.

During operation Aurum, officers from the National police arrested a man and a woman aged 39 and 44 years old. They also searched another property linked to the suspects in Cartama. At the second property, officers discovered a firearm and 400 grams of cocaine.

As reported by Malaga Hoy: “According to the investigation, the community car park of a housing estate in Puerta Malaga was the place used by those under investigation to make contact with other traffickers and clients. The suspects used a storeroom as a warehouse in which they hid the substances and the money from the illicit activity.”

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