Officials have arrested two people on drug trafficking charges
They are also credited with the alleged perpetration of the offense of defrauding electric power, for illegally connecting the electricity supply
A clandestine indoor marijuana greenhouse capable of producing at least four annual harvests has been dismantled
The Civil Guard of the Region of Murcia and the Local Police of Lorca, within the framework of the joint actions to prevent and prosecute drug trafficking in the municipality of Lorca, carried out the operation 'SAVIA VERDE' in the That an indoor type marijuana production site has been dismantled in Nogalte.
The agents have arrested two people and seized about fifty plants and all elements related to drug trafficking.
The investigation began at the end of last year, when thanks to the citizen collaboration the agents were alerted on a country house of the lorquina de Nogalte deputation that generated certain suspicions.
Apparently, the house was frequented mainly at night time by people who were not residents of the area and after several hours left the building leaving the light of its interior on, as well as various vehicles parked in the vicinity.
The investigators directed the investigations to find out if it was a type of criminal offense, so that different surveillance, follow-up and tracing were carried out until the dwelling that generated the suspicions was found and it was verified that from its interior emanated a strong smell To marijuana.
It was also verified the installation of various electrical appliances such as heat pumps, fans or lamps of great light power, all supposedly illegally connected to a high voltage pole near the building.
Once the illegal plantation was established, the corresponding police device was established until the agents surprised two young people when they approached in a vehicle to the monitored area and they were ready to accede to the house with different products dedicated to the cultivation of the cannabis, like fertilizers And fertilizer substrate.
The entrance and the registration made in the property allowed the agents to dismantle a sophisticated clandestine indoor marijuana greenhouse, composed of lighting, heating, irrigation and ventilation elements that, along with the fifty or so marijuana plants in different stages of growth Which were in production at the time, were seized and brought to justice.
Specific phytosanitary material was also introduced to accelerate the growth of plants and increase their narcotic effects, as well as cash, mobile phones, two passenger cars and a motorcycle.
From this type of intensive cannabis sativa cultivation known as indoor indoor, a greater yield is obtained, estimating that several crops can be obtained per year from the same plant and the weight and part of which can be used two or three times higher than that of sowing traditional.
On the other hand, the electrical cost derived from the consumption of the machines and apparatuses installed in the house for the maintenance of the plantation was null, since the installation was connected of illegal way to a pole of high voltage located to few meters of the property .
In addition, this illegal installation lacked security measures, so that, considering the dense forest area that surrounds the whole place where the house was, it is an added danger of fire.
The investigation is framed in an operation of the Civil Guard and the Local Police of Lorca, that since the year 2016 both police bodies are carrying out of joint way in all the municipality lorquino for the detection and eradication of drug cultures in All its forms and results have already led to the dismantling of a large number of marijuana plantations and the arrest of alleged perpetrators of these criminal acts.
The arrested Spanish, 23 and 28 years and residents of Alcantarilla, drugs and effects seized, and the investigations have been made available to the Court of Instruction number 5 of Lorca (Murcia).
Source: Ministerio del Interior