Security officials have smashed a drug ring which was operating out of Barcelona airport .Seven of those arrested were employees at the airport.Thirteen people were arrested in total and the drug ring came to light when they attempted to bribe one of the airport customs officials who reported it to the police.Those arrested include 6 Colombians,4 Spaniards,a Mexican ,Peruvian and Chilian.
The system worked by drugs being stashed in bathrooms ,in luggage which was specially labelled as belonging to air crew and the like.They were in privileged positions of rust and had access to the planes and the luggage as it came into the airport.The planes came mainly fron Colombia and other South American destinations.Workers there secreted the cocaine into the plane and then it was picked up at the other end.The information about the location of the drugs was transmitted by email to Barcelona.
The custom’s employee was offered 10,000 euros for every kilo of cocaine that he allowed to pass into Spain.It has taken 10 months to make the arrests and during the arrests they picked up 8 kilos of cocaine plus cash and jewellery .
