The government delegate in Galicia, Pedro Blanco, exemplifies with the latest operation against drug trafficking in Ourense, ‘Operation Copernicus’ the constant work to eradicate drug trafficking in Galicia. He did so during an informative act in which he was accompanied by the deputy delegate of the Government in Ourense, Eladio Santos; by the superior head of the National Police in Galicia, Pedro Pacheco, and by the chief commissioner of the Provincial Operational Coordination Unit, Alberto Vidal.
During the operation, carried out on June 4, they arrested the fifteen people investigated for crimes against public health and carried out ten searches in homes in the Ourense neighborhood of Covadonga. Constituting it the ‘Operation Copernicus’ as one of the most improper in Galicia, dismantling 50% of the drug menudeo in the city of Ourense. “Today we are here to confirm that the work of the National Police gives important results”, explained the delegate, to which he added that the work of the Police is “discreet, but constant, preventing organized crime from moving forward, because it is true that it continues to move forward, but it is faced with a system prepared to respond”.
The operation involved several specialized units of the National Police belonging to the Superior Police Headquarters of Galicia led by the Narcotics Group of the Provincial Judicial Police Brigade of the Provincial Police Station of Ourense.
The delegate stressed the importance of this type of police operations that “in addition to responding to one of the strategic objectives of the Ministry of the Interior in the fight against drug trafficking” also responds to the citizens’ demands on the problems derived from drug trafficking in the neighborhood of Covadonga as well as in their environments.
In this regard, Blanco emphasized the awareness of this problem and the importance of eradicating both drug trafficking and drug consumption. “This problem is reflected in the evident social alert, in citizen insecurity and also in human losses, the cause of consumption as well as the consequences caused by it. For this reason I will not tire of repeating very clearly and very loudly that our commitment and with all the citizens, with all the people and with all of Galicia”, added the delegate.