They appeared for the exam impersonating the real applicant
The Civil Guard and the National Police have arrested 30 people as members of an organization that negotiated with the fraudulent obtaining of driving licences. The members of the band offered the possibility for a third party to take the theoretical exam in exchange for a payment ranging between 1,800 and 3,500 euros.
During the operation, the agents in charge of the investigations have carried out a total of 24 house searches, five of them in Madrid and the remaining 19 in an urbanization in the Seville town of Mairena de Alcor. In one of these last homes, they have also found a marijuana plantation that adds drug trafficking to the list of crimes attributed to them.
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Approved in theory for 3,500 euros
According to official sources, the operation began in November 2021 when Civil Guard agents learned that a group of people was engaged in illegal negotiation with the driving theory test. As they were able to verify, they offered the possibility that one of the members of the band would take the theoretical tests instead of the applicant.
To do this, the false students appeared for the test with falsified identity documents or using the client’s own originals. In exchange for someone else taking the test, applicants had to pay an amount of money that ranged between 1,800 and 3,500 euros.
The agents have confirmed that the network divided its criminal activity between the fraudulent obtaining of driving licences, especially in the province of Madrid, and the cultivation and marketing of marijuana in Seville.
According to sources of the investigation, “in the searches carried out, 300 kg of marijuana, 776 mg of MDMA, 69 grams of hashish, 54 grams of heroin, 33 grams of cocaine, 15,022 euros in cash, 4 weapons, mobile phones have been intervened. , false and falsified documents, authentic identity documents provided by the clients of the organization and various documentation related to obtaining the fraudulent permits and high-end watches and various jewelry”.
