Connect with us

Costa Blanca

A Dutch gang was broken up with more than 1,800 marijuana plants

marijuana plants

Three people have been arrested on charges of selling drugs, being part of a criminal group, and stealing power.

The National Police have finished their investigation into a criminal group of Dutch people who work together to grow marijuana plants in the province of Alicante. Three people, aged 46 to 70 and from the European country listed above and Colombia, were arrested as a result of the operation. They were charged with drug trafficking, being a member of a criminal organisation, and fraud involving electricity.

An anonymous person on the National Police website told police about a Dutch criminal group that grows cannabis and that there may be indoor marijuana farms in the Alicante towns of Alfaz del Pi, Callosa d’en Sarrià, and Pedreguer. This led to the start of an investigation.

Along with the information they got, detectives did a number of other investigations to make sure it was correct and to see if a crime against public health was being committed.

To do this, the agents set up a series of surveillance operations at the addresses given. They focused their investigation on an industrial warehouse in the town of Callosa d’en Sarrià that smelt strongly of marijuana and two separate chalets in Pedreguer and Alfaz del Pi. The agents had already looked into Alfaz del Pi in the past because people who lived there were arrested for growing cannabis.

Advertisement

At the same time, talks were going on with the power company to find out if the three places that were being looked into were losing power or were incorrectly linked. These talks proved that there was a big indoor marijuana farm set up at each of the three sites that were looked into.

After getting information about the group and identifying some of its members, it was confirmed that they were planning to cut back and collect the plants. This was the exploitation part of the investigation, which involved getting a warrant to enter and search the three properties that were being looked into, dismantling three marijuana plantations, and arresting three people, one man and two women.

45,215 grammes of marijuana, 1,849 plants, 1,746 cuttings, 280 euros, and three cars were seized during the searches. The cultivation equipment, which included fans, dehumidifiers, 100 LED lights, and brush cutter and stem cutter machines, was also turned off. The people who were being held have been given to the Court of Instruction in the town of Benidorm after the police processes were over.


Discover more from Costa Blanca Daily

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

Continue Reading
Advertisement
Click to comment

Leave a Reply

Costa Blanca

Two hurt in A-31 traffic accident in Elda

Bomberos

Two people have been hurt in a traffic accident on the A-31 near Elda today. After a car veered off the road, the Alicante Provincial Fire Consortium sent out personnel together with SVB and SAMU units to respond to the incident.


While one of the injured was able to escape on his own, the other had to be extricated from the car and sent to the Alicante General Hospital via medical helicopter.

Traffic in the area has been stopped by the Civil Guard to allow for the helicopter’s landing and rescue operations. The intervention was carried out by a Heavy Urban Fire Brigade (BUP), a Command and Leadership Unit (UMJ), and a Various Rescue Van (FSV). The crew consisted of three firefighters from the Elda station, a sergeant, and a corporal.


Discover more from Costa Blanca Daily

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

Continue Reading

Costa Blanca

The family of a woman who passed away at Torrevieja Hospital is duped by a lawyer

Torrevieja Hospital

The trial of an Alicante lawyer accused of keeping more than 190,000 euros that he received as the legal representative of a deceased woman’s husband and children will take place on Friday, March 7th, in Section 7 of Elche of the Provincial Court of Alicante. The Ministry of Health acknowledged the amount because of a patrimonial responsibility that existed in the Torrevieja Hospital following the woman’s death.

Instead of distributing the money to the victims, the prosecution insists that the accused received a cheque with the money which he added to his own estate.

As a result, they are requesting that he be sentenced to three and a half years in prison and that he be prohibited from practicing law for five years.


Discover more from Costa Blanca Daily

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

Continue Reading

Costa Blanca

Big Alicante MAFIA arrests for stealing panels and car park doors

Police National Panels

Crime in Alicante has taken a new turn. The National Police has carried out a two-phase investigation that has resulted in the mega-arrest of twelve people involved in a criminal group. Other charges against those detained include receiving stolen property and stealing.

A firm hired to do work at an industrial warehouse submitted a complaint, which sparked the start of the police operation’s initial phase. According to the document, 49 sandwich panels that were meant to be used for the assembly of ceilings and partitions were among the materials that were stolen from the premises.

In addition to these panels, which are worth over 7,000 euros, the alleged burglars from this criminal clan also took the facilities’ 3,000-euro parking lot door. The materials and items that were taken had a combined value of over 10,000 euros.

Nine men and three women, ages 20 to 54, were detained by National Police officers during the two-phase operation on suspicion of stealing, receiving stolen property, and being a member of a criminal organisation.

Two were taken into custody during the initial stages of the inquiry.


According to preliminary investigations, the criminal gang transported the stolen goods in at least three vehicles, including automobiles and vans. It appears that the transportation was done in a way that would have put other drivers in danger.

Advertisement

Part of the material purportedly stolen by this criminal cell was placed on a popular site for buying and selling used goods, which was the destination of the clues discovered by the National Police of Alicante officers.

Additionally, the officers found the sandwich agents and the parking lot entrance disguised in a fenced-in area in an Alicante neighbourhood. To prevent detection, the agents were covered with tarpaulins.

Two of the suspected thieves who were in possession of these materials were found and taken into custody there. The door and 39 of the stolen panels were found by the agents during the plot search and were given back to their rightful owner.

Other people arrested in Alicante include co-conspirators and thieves.
The remaining individuals implicated were identified by the National Police officers in Alicante during the second phase of the inquiry, revealing that a dozen persons had also taken part in these robberies.

The thieves and a number of accomplices who supplied the cars used to transport the stolen goods are among those caught in this round.

Advertisement

In addition, someone else was arrested for receiving stolen goods and posting an advertisement for them on a social media platform. He did not take part in the activities, but he did obtain the loot from the robbers.

Only one of the twelve individuals detained had no prior criminal history. The inquiry has been concluded and nine of the people who were arrested have been hauled before the Alicante Court of First Instance.


Discover more from Costa Blanca Daily

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

Continue Reading

Trending