Those arrested, one of whom has been remanded in custody, are allegedly charged with the offenses of drug trafficking and trafficking, as well as fraud of electric power
In the registry of the domicile have been confiscated a kilo and a half of marijuana, several doses of cocaine and hashish, substance of cut, two pistols and a carbine of compressed air, computers, tablets and cameras, several bicycles, a tourism, 1.000 euros and 78 specimens of black turtle
It investigates its participation in crimes against the patrimony and against the wild fauna
The Civil Guard of the Region of Murcia and the Local Police of Lorca have developed Operation 'QUEÑO', an investigation that has allowed to dismantle, in a building of the Lorca branch of Almendricos, a point of elaboration and sale of retail drug.
A man and a woman have been arrested as alleged perpetrators of drug trafficking and drug offenses, as well as defrauding of electric power.
It investigates its participation in crimes against the patrimony and against the wild fauna.
The registry of the property has been settled with the seizure of a kilo and a half of marijuana, several doses of cocaine and hashish, cutting substance, two pistols and a compressed air rifle, computers, tablets, mobile phones and cameras, several bicycles , a tourism, 1.000 euros and 78 turtle mora.
The investigation began at the end of last August, when the Local Police of Lorca brought to the notice of the Civil Guard a certain increase in the preparation of minutes for possession or consumption of narcotic substances in the Lorca branch of Almendricos, which made suspicion of the existence of a drug distribution point in the area, which had generated some social alarm.
The research carried out focused the investigation on a building, located in a central street of the town and domicile of a person with a history of drug trafficking, on which surveillance devices were initiated, which enabled the daily influx of vehicles and people to be determined. they accessed the house for a few minutes.
The result of the investigation was brought to the knowledge of the judicial authority who authorized the corresponding order of entry and registration in the domicile investigated.
The operation phase of the operation 'QUEÑO' has culminated in the entry and registration of the property where, the Civil Guard and the Local Police of Lorca have seized a kilo and a half of marijuana, several doses of cocaine and hashish, substance of cut, two pistols and a compressed air rifle, computers, tablets, mobile phones, cameras, several bicycles, a tourism, 1.000 euros and 78 turtle mora.
The examination of the house has made it possible to detect a room adjacent to the garage, where it has been located, camouflaged behind a closet, a passenger compartment equipped with light, heat and autonomous exhaust systems for the drying of cannabis sativa plants.
The building did not have electricity meter and was supplied, irregularly, from the public network.
A total of 78 specimens of 25 adult males and 53 offspring have been located and seized, a species protected by international wildlife legislation and expressly included in the national and regional catalog of Threatened Species , which includes it in the category of vulnerable.
Specialists of the SEPRONA (Service of Protection of the Nature of the Civil Guard) have recorded an act for the irregular possession of the animals that have been transferred to the Recovery Center of Wildlife El Valle, located in La Alberca-Murcia.
The operation 'QUEÑO', developed by the Civil Guard and the Local Police of Lorca, has culminated in the detention of the marriage resident of the house, which is attributed to the alleged authorship of drug trafficking and trafficking offenses, in addition to defrauding of electrical fluid.
The Civil Guard investigates whether the now detained are linked to the commission of other crimes against property (robberies and thefts) and against wildlife.
The arrested a man of 57 years and a woman of 31 of Spanish nationality, the drug and the effects seized, as well as the investigations instructed have been made available to the Court of Instruction number 3 of Lorca (Murcia).
One of those arrested, with a history of drug trafficking offenses, has been taken into custody.
Source: Ministerio del Interior