In the dead of night, armed Spanish police raid homes in a small Catalan town, looking for hidden marijuana plantations run by criminal gangs with serious firepower. The wealthy northeastern region of Spain has become a production hub for cannabis and, as a result, guns are becoming increasingly common, with instances of armed violence on the rise.
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00:00We are going to take advantage of the fact that there is a lot of traffic on the way to the airport.
00:05We are going to take advantage of the fact that there is a lot of traffic on the way to the airport.
00:10We are going to take advantage of the fact that there is a lot of traffic on the way to the airport.
00:15We are going to take advantage of the fact that there is a lot of traffic on the way to the airport.
00:20We are going to take advantage of the fact that there is a lot of traffic on the way to the airport.
00:25We are going to take advantage of the fact that there is a lot of traffic on the way to the airport.
00:30We are going to take advantage of the fact that there is a lot of traffic on the way to the airport.
00:35On a public day, in an urbanized area, and the last one with firearms,
00:41it was even on time, in broad daylight.
00:47Therefore, that is very significant, because that is a level of daring
00:53that we were not used to.
01:09The weapons they use are war weapons.
01:12We are talking about assault rifles,
01:14assault rifles of Soviet origin, Kalashnikov type,
01:21but also weapons from the NATO.
01:40The increase in violence related to drug trafficking
01:43is what we must contain, and it can be limited.
01:46We are in a stage in which we believe that we have not reached the next level,
01:50which would be that there are levels of corruption related to drug trafficking,
01:55and we have to continue in this,
01:57not to go up to that next level, which would be to become a narco-state.