30 busted in scheme to ship cannabis disguised as humanitarian aid to Ukraine

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The criminal organization in question was dedicated to drug trafficking based in Andalusia and had cannabis grows scattered throughout the area. These factors include supplying drugs to minors, possessing an extremely large quantity of drugs or belonging to a criminal drug trafficking organization, the information adds. But the scheme began to unravel after investigators discovered a group of Ukrainian nationals in Costa del Sol who appeared to be collecting large amounts of illegal cannabis and then sending it to different countries throughout Europe. A decidedly uncharitable bid to traffic cannabis in cardboard boxes presented as humanitarian aid destined for Ukraine, where Russian missile attacks threaten emergency blackouts, has been toppled and 30 suspects detained in Spain. The 30 detainees implicated in the massive discovery are of Ukrainian, German, Spanish and Moroccan nationalities, notes a translated Civil Guard press release.

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A decidedly uncharitable bid to traffic cannabis in cardboard boxes presented as humanitarian aid destined for Ukraine, where Russian missile attacks threaten emergency blackouts, has been toppled and 30 suspects detained in Spain.

The Civil Guard, Spain’s national police service, reports a joint effort involving searches in four different provinces throughout the country has revealed 800,000 euros ($1.1 million), six firearms and both dried weed and cannabis...

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