The two arrested husband and wife are allegedly charged with the offenses of drug trafficking and illicit possession of weapons
Cocaine, hashish, various weapons and ammunition, cash, jewelry and mobile phones, as well as useful items related to drug trafficking have been seized in the property registry
The Civil Guard of the Region of Murcia and the Local Police of Lorca have jointly developed the operation 'VILLAMON', an investigation aimed at prosecuting drug trafficking in the Guadalentín region, which has resulted in the arrest of two people In La Tercia-Lorca, which allegedly ran a drug store also dismantled.
In the registry made in the house, agents have seized a large amount of cocaine, hashish, weapons and ammunition, money, mobile phones, jewelry and objects used to carry out enlightened criminal activity.
The operation began at the end of last summer, when agents of both bodies detected a social alarm generated by the influx of vehicles and people to a property in the Lorca hamlet of La Tercia, where it was presumably distributed drug.
The indications obtained in the first place by agents of the Local Police Corps of Lorca led to determine the start by the Civil Guard of an operation in which it was possible to prove the illegal conduct that took place in the home of those now arrested.
The modus operandi was apparently simple.
The buyers approached the home, after contact with the detainee, and after knocking on the door they exchanged substance for money.
The orography of the land where the point of sale of the drug was dismantled has been one of the difficulties that have had to overcome the agents, since it has complicated considerably the investigative work.
Once obtained all the necessary indications and previous judicial authorization, the investigators have developed the operation phase of the operation with the entry and registration of the dwelling, where its two residents, husband and wife, have been arrested as alleged perpetrators of the crime Drug trafficking and illicit possession of weapons.
During the search, the agents seized a large quantity of cocaine on rock that could exceed a thousand doses, several grams of hashish, a shotgun and a detonating gun illegally manipulated and trained to carry real fire, ammunition, several hundred Euros, mobile phones, jewelery and objects used to develop enlightened criminal activity, such as precision scales and drug wrappers.
The investigation revealed that those arrested now carried out a high level of distribution, reaching to supply different types of drugs, mainly cocaine, to other distributors and consumers common throughout the region.
The arrested Spanish, husband and wife, 45 and 56 years old, and residents of Lorca, the drug seized, the effects seized and the investigations have been made available to the Court of Instruction number 7 of Lorca (Murcia), which has exercised The judicial management of the operation.
Source: Ministerio del Interior