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15 de mar. de 2024 · The anti-drug operation Jaque Mate (Checkmate) has ended in Palma with the third and final phase and the balance of 1.3 tons of cocaine seized, the arrest of 64 people, Spanish and Colombian, and the blocking of 148 current accounts and 40 properties, in Mallorca and the mainland, worth 8.8 million euros.
18 de mar. de 2024 · THE Guardia Civil has dismantled a major international group of cocaine traffickers who created a network to send consignments to Mallorca. Operation Checkmate has seen the arrest of 74 people...
14 de mar. de 2024 · Months in the planning by the Guardia Civil's GDOA anti-drugs group, the huge operation on Wednesday targeted rival clans based in Palma's Son Banya shanty town - Los Valencianos and Ove - who had taken control of the drugs market following the fall of historic names etched into Mallorca's criminal past, such as La Paca.
Operation Checkmate was the codename for a raid on shipping at Haugesund, Norway in April 1943 during the Second World War by British Commandos. The raiding party consisted of seven men of No. 14 (Arctic) Commando who managed to sink one ship using limpet mines.
This International Emmy Nominated series takes its name from the successful operative carried out by the Colombian army. It tells the story of the Colombian government's war against the FARC guerrillas during the past two years.
29 de oct. de 2021 · The investigations, identified as “Operation Checkmate,” began in July 2021 and concluded this week,” Prosecutor Billhimer stated. The three cocaine networks were responsible for the import of more than three kilograms of cocaine per week into the Ocean, Monmouth, and Middlesex County areas.
Operation Checkmate: With Marcela Mar, Luis Fernando Montoya, Cristina Campuzano, Luis Fernando Munera. This International Emmy Nominated series takes its name from the successful operative carried out by the Colombian army.
