Joint operation by the Tax Agency and the National Police

• The two arrested were intercepted by investigators from the Customs Surveillance Service and the National Police when they intercepted the controlled delivery of a package containing the drug.
• The search of the home of one of the detainees allowed the agents to seize more narcotic substances of another type
• With this operation, the agents have dismantled another drug distribution and sale point in leisure areas.

May 8, 2023.- Customs Surveillance officials of the Tax Agency and agents of the National Police dismantle, in a joint operation, a point of sale and distribution of drugs in areas leisure in Alicante and culminate the operation with the arrest of two people and the seizure of 100 grams of a drug called 'Alfa' in addition to other types of narcotic substances.

The investigation carried out by Customs Surveillance investigators and agents from the Alicante Provincial Judicial Police Brigade ended after several surveillance and follow-ups of those investigated, after intercepting a controlled delivery of a package containing 100 grams of a narcotic substance whose result In the drug tests he tested positive for a combination of several drugs such as cocaine, ecstasy and methamphetamines, presumably being a novel substance cooked up as the 'Alpha' drug.

A house search and more drugs seized

After the arrest of the two investigated, the agents carried out an entry and search at the home of one of them, seizing other narcotic substances prepared for sale such as 50 grams of cocaine, five grams of hashish, 34 grams of methamphetamines, 215 pills of 'sildenafil' (medication to treat erectile dysfunction), ten bottles of 'trenbolone enanthate' (steroids used in bodybuilding), a bottle of 'popper' ('amyl nitrile'), as well as two precision scales and one notebook with notes related to narcotic substance transactions.

With these two arrests and the seizure of these drugs, Customs Surveillance and the National Police have dismantled another important point of distribution and sale of drugs in leisure areas.

The detainees, aged 32 and 41, were placed at the disposal of the Villajoyosa Police Court of Investigation.

What is the drug 'Alpha'?

The drug called 'Alpha', 'Alpha-PVP', also known as 'flakka', is a synthetic drug and its compound, 'alpha-pyrrolidinovalerophenone', is a psychoactive substance with stimulant effects, the consumption of which can cause serious effects. for health, including acute poisoning and even death.

Furthermore, it is a drug whose price is lower than that of cocaine, which is why its consumption is increasing in Spain recently. The forms in which this substance is sold by traffickers, as revealed by the police investigation, are in the form of a white powder, in the form of gummies of different colors, and even as a liquid substance.

In Spain there have been two known cases of acute poisoning due to this drug and this type of substance has been detected in toxicological analyzes carried out on three people who died in the years 2014, 2015 and 2017.