The anti-drug chief of Segovia who 'sold' himself to a network

The arrest of a second lieutenant of the Civil Guard assigned to the Organized Crime and Anti-Drug Team (EDOA) of Segovia has shaken one of the units specialized in the fight against drug trafficking. The agent is accused of allegedly collaborating with an organization dedicated to drug trafficking by providing it with information. An investigation by the Internal Affairs Service of the Civil Guard has completed the arrest. The story collected in the proceedings points to an alleged deep involvement: the use of his position within this specific unit of the Armed Institute to investigate investigations, anticipate police movements, condition operations and provide cover to a large-scale organization to introduce and distribute drugs.

The agent would have had the capacity to intervene on both sides of the same activity. On the one hand, he had information and resources to combat drug trafficking. On the other hand, he allegedly used them to favor people linked to that same business. A position that, if the conclusions that Internal Affairs has expressed in its report were confirmed, would have allowed the organization to know not only when an operation could be at risk, but also how the investigations aimed at dismantling it were being developed.

The dossier included in the summary is explicit in describing the role attributed to the second lieutenant. He maintains that his task was to provide security to the members of the group through "knowledge of investigations outside his Unit" in which they could be involved. Added to this was the alleged disclosure of information obtained due to his professional status and, especially, the ability to intervene in the functioning of his own team.

It was not, therefore, only a question of possible leaks. Internal Affairs investigators also point out that the command could influence the direction of police actions and the information that other agents received. The proceedings expressly state that he would have come to "direct the operations carried out by his Unit" and the information that was provided both to the members of the team and to external personnel from other investigation units.

He would have "directed operations carried out by his unit"

The report also describes contacts and exchange of information with personnel from other units, which would have allowed the scope of influence to be extended beyond the investigations that depended directly on their team. According to the facts analyzed, the agent could have warned about actions that were taking place in other provinces and encouraged the members of the organization to avoid police forces.

They suspect that he gave information to criminals and alerted them

Added to this alleged information protection is the direct intervention that the proceedings attribute to the command in drug trafficking activity. The document maintains that he would also have performed "negotiation and transportation functions" of narcotic substances. To do this, always according to the investigation, he would have used "official camouflaged vehicles of the Civil Guard", masking these movements under the functions of their destination.