Joint operation of the Tax Agency and the National Police

• The joint investigation allowed the location of an industrial warehouse where a marijuana plantation was being developed
• Inside, more than 300 plants whose marijuana buds had been cut were intervened, as well as more than 200 new cuttings in the growth phase.
• The operation ended with the arrest of two men, residents of Espinardo and Molina de Segura, charging them with crimes against public health and electricity fraud.

May 5, 2023.- Customs Surveillance Officials of the Tax Agency and agents of the National Police have proceeded to the arrest of two men of Spanish nationality, aged 37 and 40, as responsible for a marijuana plantation installed in an industrial warehouse in the Polígono Industrial Oeste de Alcantarilla, who are accused of crimes against public health and fraud of electrical fluid.

Investigators from Customs Surveillance and the National Police, in their usual investigations to locate points of production and distribution of narcotic substances, dealt a new blow against 'indoor' marijuana plantations, whose ultimate objective would be to distribute narcotic substances to the small consumer.

The discreet surveillance of the area made it possible to confirm the existence of a marijuana plantation in an industrial warehouse in the Industrial Park West of Alcantarilla, being able to verify the existence of a fraudulent electricity connection that those responsible for the marijuana plantation had made to avoid assuming the costs. high costs of electricity supply that these facilities require.

On March 30, Customs Surveillance investigators and the National Police established a joint device to access the industrial warehouse under investigation, and once inside they were able to verify the existence of more than 500 marijuana plants: 300 of them freshly harvested and another 216 plants in cutting form and in the growth phase.

In addition, in the 'indoor' marijuana cultivation, ten air conditioning systems, 18 fans, 32 luminaires and their respective transformers, extractors, etc. were intervened, in addition to the vehicles used by those responsible.

The presence and collaboration of operators from the energy supply company was necessary to eliminate the risk of fire and unhook the electrical connections that were made fraudulently and without the necessary safety measures.

The detainees were brought to judicial custody for the adoption of appropriate precautionary measures.