"Escobar's house", 20 million euros in cash are found in the head of Economic Crime in Spain (VIDEO)

A mega police operation in Spain has led to the arrest of the head of Madrid's Economic and Fiscal Crimes Unit, whose home resembled that of Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar.

The police seized 20 million euros in cash in the house of Óscar Sánchez Gil, 8 of which were hidden in a concrete wall and another 12 million in a space created in the basement ceiling.

"His house is like Pablo Escobar's," senior officials who participated in the police operation told EL MUNDO, comparing the case to the historic Colombian drug cartel, both for the amount of money hidden in the house and about the security measures with which Sánchez Gil protected a large amount of money.

The arrest of this senior police official in Madrid, detained together with his wife (also a police officer) and sister-in-law, is related to Sánchez Gil's involvement in drug trafficking.

Specifically, he was responsible for the smooth unloading of cocaine in Spanish ports, which arrived in fruit containers from Ecuador.

The police officer helped evade checks to pass the goods and bring the drugs into Spain. His arrest was the result of an operation carried out last week, where agents seized 13 tons of cocaine in Algeciras, the largest haul of its kind ever seized in Spain's history.

Direct sources of the operation describe that the involvement of the police chief in this powerful international drug network is very high.

These sources indicate that the arrested commander had worked for organized crime for at least five years, according to the preliminary results of the investigation.

"He is not a boss, but he is at the level below them", they note. On the other hand, it turns out that his wife had no control in the organization in question, but her arrest happened because she is a police officer and had knowledge of the activity her partner was carrying out.

Óscar Sánchez is a discreet man who went unnoticed and who has always avoided a leading role in front of the cameras. Now he is detained along with 14 other people as part of a criminal network and is accused of drug trafficking, money laundering and bribery.

His role, according to the investigation, was to facilitate the unloading of drugs to bypass port controls. He had benefited from his experience in the Narcotics section of the Central Brigade of the National Police, coming into contact with the cartels and had also taken up investigative matters for members of the drug network.

Investigative sources clarify that the operation to capture the head of the UDEF of the Madrid Police Headquarters, who hid more than a million in cash even in his office in the headquarters of the Spanish capital, began almost two years ago by the Unit of Internal Affairs.

Sánchez was being tracked, among other things, for a transfer from a company investigated for drug trafficking that has now led to arrests, reports Efe. The investigation into him is secret and the case is in the hands of the National Court, while the operation remains open and more arrests are expected.