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In Torrevieja and Murcia, 158,000 ecstasy pills and 15 kilos of drugs seized

Thirty-three arrests, 158,000 ecstasy tablets, ten kilogrammes of speed, two kilogrammes of cocaine, three kilogrammes of crystal meth, 40,000 euros, two firearms, and a tablet-forming machine for pill production. Several phases of an anti-drug operation were conducted by the National Police of Murcia, culminating in the arrest of five individuals and the thwarting of a transaction involving over one hundred thousand ecstasy pills in Torrevieja at the end of last February. The officers employed their service weapons to apprehend the traffickers.

The investigation, which has so far yielded 33 convictions in municipalities in the Region of Murcia and Torrevieja, is being overseen by a Cartagena court. However, the case remains unresolved, and the police are currently in the process of identifying additional suspects. The court in Cartagena ordered that all five of the individuals arrested in Torrevieja be detained in pretrial detention.

The Torrevieja operation occurred at the end of February last year. The National Police were pursuing a suspect from Cartagena whose vehicle had been geolocated with judicial authorisation. Officers monitored this individual, who goes by the alias Peter, as he arrived at the open-air parking lot of a Torrevieja supermarket. They also observed his interactions with other individuals who arrived in various vehicles.

The surveillance was augmented by additional police officers after the officers observed a consistent flow of individuals between the parking lot and a café. Later, an unknown individual arrived at the scene in an Opel Vectra, received directions, and proceeded to a residence on Calle Santa Petra in Torrevieja. Upon arrival, two individuals exited the vehicle, entered the residence, and emerged seconds later with a large bag and two suitcases.

The Opel Vectra continued to drive under the watchful eye of the authorities and subsequently proceeded to Calle Ciprés in the Torrevieja district of La Mata. It entered an underground garage, and a few minutes later, the suspect from Cartagena, who was being observed in the supermarket parking lot, and several other individuals departed in multiple vehicles and proceeded to Calle Ciprés.

Upon reaching Calle Ciprés, they parked outside the garage and the occupants of the vehicles exited. The driver of the Opel Vectra emerged from the underground garage shortly thereafter. After momentarily conversing with Peter and another individual, he entered the parking lot, while the remaining individuals remained on the street, serving as counter-surveillance.

One of the officers on patrol was able to enter the garage through a pedestrian access door and he observed the Opel Vectra’s trunk being tampered with. Peter and his companion exited the garage and hastily made their way to his vehicle a few moments later. The officers were observed by those conducting counter-surveillance while they were attempting to follow Peter.

One of them began to flee, exclaiming, “Run, police, run!” At that moment, Peter extracted a bag from his private parts that contained 91 ecstasy pills of varying colours and logos, including Porsche and Philipp Plein, and flung it to the ground in an attempt to flee in his vehicle.

The plainclothes officers identified themselves as police officers; however, all parties involved obeyed the investigators’ warnings and fled. One of the officers was wounded during the suspects’ attack, and the investigators fired warning bullets to prevent their escape.

The police operation led to the arrest of five individuals, and a search of the car parked in the underground parking lot yielded just over 100,000 ecstasy pills of the same variety as those confiscated from Peter outside. Subsequently, the police conducted further investigations in Torrevieja and confiscated an additional substantial quantity of ecstasy.

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Three individuals were apprehended by National Police officers in Benidorm (Alicante) on suspicion of being the leaders of a criminal organisation that specialises in pickpocketing. It is believed that the group stole credit cards from the establishment’s POS payment terminals, where one of the individuals worked.

The National Police said the arrest was made at the same place the cards were used, 20 minutes after the wallet was stolen.

The CIMACC Chamber of the 091 made the arrests after a foreign tourist called to report that a man, whose wallet he had stolen, fled on a high-powered vehicle driven by another person.

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In the interim, one of the officers observed as a third individual, who was later identified as the establishment’s manager, exited the counter and proceeded to a corner. There, he threw four fragments of what appeared to be a credit card to the ground.

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For these reasons, the agents apprehended these three individuals, who are alleged to have committed the offences of theft, fraud, money laundering of capital, and criminal organisation. The city’s investigating court has placed the suspects under detention following the police proceedings.

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Brit dies in Benidorm after collapsing during his stag do

During his stag party in Benidorm with his father and friends, a 29-year-old British man died after abruptly collapsing at a bar. The young man fell to the ground resulted in a severe gash on his skull. The bar proprietor and another customer initiated cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) to maintain the man’s stability from the outset. The owner stated that they were able to sustain the young man’s vital signs for the first minute; however, he ceased to respond thereafter.

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Over 70 violations detected in the new speed control campaign in Dénia

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