Have seized more than four kilograms of cocaine and eight guns
Agents of the Police Headquarters of Murcia belonging to the local police station in Lorca, have carried out an operation against drug trafficking in the region that has led to the arrest of eight people and seized more than four kilograms of cocaine and numerous firearms.
The investigations had their origin in the accumulation of evidence related to the possible involvement of a local resident, JMP, with numerous police records related to drug trafficking, in activities related to the distribution of such substances.
As pointed to preliminary data, these activities would be carried out from home and from a principal investigator workshop attached to it.
During the course of investigations it was found that the investigation had installed a video surveillance system around his home and that workshop, which was available in addition to other security measures that address both difficult policing and to protect rival organizations.
After checking the front ends on the morning of June 5 established a police operation in the vicinity of the places mentioned.
After a series detect unusual movements around them, members of the operation proceeded to intercept two vehicles on their way to places of investigation, one of which seemed to act as the second shuttle.
Inside one of these vehicles were found three packets of cocaine, weighing approximately 1,200 grams.
The occupants of both vehicles, two women and two men, a Colombian national and a fifth of Spanish nationality, were arrested and taken to offices of the Commissariat of National Police of Lorca.
Shortly after the arrest was the principal investigator, along with a man and a woman who worked with this in their activities, all of Spanish nationality.
Having obtained the relevant court orders, they proceeded to carry out two measures of entry and search of the workshop and the JMP address
In these places they found 3,025 grams of cocaine and about 650 grams of hashish, along with 1300 grams of substances for the adulteration of the above is relevant to the trafficking of drugs such as precision scales, bags and seals.
Besides the above, there were a total of three guns and five pistols along with plenty of ammunition and some quantities of aluminum powder along with notes for the preparation of explosives.
For the practice of records, and because of the nature of the sites for them, has sought the collaboration of specialized units of the National Police Agency of Murcia, Madrid and Valencia.
The detainees have been released to the Court of First Instance and Instruction in Lorca Guard functions in the morning.
Value of seized property:
4225 grams of cocaine.
Hechís 650 grams.
Five guns.
Three guns.
273 cartridges of different calibers.
Three vehicles.
3,400 euros in cash.
Five precision balances.
1300 grams of substance to the adulteration of the drug.
Various tools associated with the handling of drugs.
Aluminum powder and notes relating to the preparation of explosives.
Source: Jefatura Superior de Policía de Murcia