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A fresh setback to Elche’s drug traffickers

By taking down a black spot that sold drugs, the National Police have inflicted a serious blow to drug trafficking in Elche. Four individuals of Spanish nationality, ages 20 to 56, were arrested as a result of the operation: three men and one woman. The inmates are accused of electricity fraud, drug trafficking, and membership in a criminal organisation.
Examining and disassembling the network
After several reports from neighbours alerting them to a high degree of suspicious activity in two nearby homes, the investigation got underway. The agents were able to verify that the four inmates, who were all members of the same family, were operating the sales point after several weeks of surveillance. In order to prevent police action, each member of the organisation had a defined role, including surveillance shifts. Transporting the drugs from a nearby residence to the sales location was the responsibility of one of the individuals who was detained.
Elche and Hondón de las Nieves records
With enough proof, the police were granted permission by the court to search three homes: a country home in Hondón de las Nieves (Alicante) and two residences in Elche. The usage of the home as a “indoor” plantation was confirmed by the discovery of 290 flowering marijuana plants and 797 grammes of cocaine concealed in a fake bottom in the ceiling.
Three inmates are placed under interim detention
The four detained were taken before the Elche Court of Instruction after police investigations, and three of them were given temporary jail sentences. A highly active drug-selling location in the city has been eliminated by the National Police as a result of this operation.
The value of citizen cooperation
In order to combat drug trafficking, the National Police emphasises the need of citizen cooperation and encourages the public to report any suspicious behaviour by phoning 091, visiting www.policia.es or sending an email to antidroga@policia.es
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21 expensive cars that were stolen in the U.S. were found Valencia port

Together with the US Container Security Initiative, the Guardia Civil and the Tax Agency found 21 high-end cars that were stolen in the U.S. and were on their way to Africa in the port of Valencia. The cars, which were worth a total of €1.1 million, were reported stolen and were being moved in containers.
The cars were stolen in the U.S. and were on their way to different places in Africa, stopping in Valencia’s port. Risk analysis units made up of Guardia Civil and Tax Agency officers were able to find several packages that might not have had the goods that were claimed to have been inside.
With the help of the information gathered, it was confirmed that stolen cars that had been in Valencia on their way to the United States had actually arrived. The groups that ship stolen cars either traded legally declared cars for stolen ones or directly declared the stolen cars as other goods, like furniture or mattresses.
In the past few weeks, 21 vehicles have been found and will be sent back to their home countries to be given to their original owners.
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14 immigrants were saved on a boat 45 miles off the coast of Alicante

On Wednesday, 2nd April, the Maritime Rescue ship Salvamar Leo saved 14 immigrants who were travelling in a boat about 45 miles from Alicante.
In the middle of the afternoon on Wednesday, Maritime Rescue sent out its Helimer 223 helicopter and the Salvamar Leo, which is based in Alicante, to save the people on a small boat.
Their journey began on the Salvamar Leo, which took them to the Temporary Assistance Centre for Foreigners in the port of Alicante. There, the Red Cross took care of them.
The Red Cross says that all of the refugees they saved were men, and two of them were younger than 15 years old. They were all healthy after being treated.
The National Police took over the refugees after getting help from the Red Cross. They are now trying to find the boat’s captain so they can arrest him, as is normal in these situations.
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Dénia wrestler arrested in connection with a network that smuggled 300 kilos of cocaine from Ecuador

The National Police’s Drugs and Organised Crime Unit arrested a famous mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter from Dénia. He was part of a gang that was partly broken up in August over a shipment of 300 kg of cocaine from Ecuador that came into the port of Valencia. The fighter from Dénia is one of five people who were caught by police. Along with nine other gang members who were already in jail at the time, they are now in jail.
The man who was arrested in Dénia is thought to be the trusted man of the gang’s leader, who is also an MMA fighter, and the person who is said to have worked as a go-between in the operation.
Levante-EMV also says that the broken-down network is linked to another shipment of 490 kg of cocaine that came into the port of Valencia in April of last year.
The five people who were just caught went before Valencia’s Investigative Court No. 20 yesterday, April 3rd.
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