Every year The Civil Guard carries out almost seven million controls on the roadalthough many are random, others are scheduled at the possibility of finding some type of crimes. There are areas called 'hot', where various traps are usually found.
Depending on the area Agents know what to look for, in cities like Cádiz, they usually go to locate drug traffickingit can also happen in Galicia, but this time They were looking for another type of smuggling material that has increased in recent years.
They are increasingly normal The controls against the 'furtiveo' of seafood, a very expensive product when it reaches shops and restaurants. The agents stopped a car with more than 30 years, a rover 25 and a cargo was found that was not missing.
Seafood image in a fishmonger
Inside the car Three poachers carried more than 50 kilos of sea urchins, distributed in three capitals. The kilo can be paid at 40 euros, although in the black market the price is cheaper.
Besides, Inside the vehicle they also discovered centales, octopos and perclabes. A true seafood loot that is considered A serious infraction that can trigger fines of between 60 and 12,000 euros and prison sentences in case of recidivism.
Seafood in a fishmonger
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The person in charge of the group was an old acquaintance of the Civil Guard, a cousin and a third: “They are known from the police force, they are usually people who are almost daily to this illegal extraction daily“The agent told the journalist of 'research team'. They accumulate hundreds of complaints of illegal shellfish, they themselves recognized that they reversed the merchandise, but did not reveal the buyer.
