11 arrested for drug dealing in three occupied homes in Busot and Monforte del Cid

The operation was interrupted 22 kilos of buds dried and packaged marijuana for sale, 334 grams of poppy pods, 18 grams of cocaine and 554 seedlings of growing marijuana. They also confiscated 30 computer processors, two vehicles, and 1,090 euros in cash used in the cryptocurrency farm. two 9 mm caliber pistols and silencer, lots of jewellery, ample ammunition, four banned white guns and large quantities of supplies used in the illegal activities of the arrested group.

The Civil Guard accuses detainees with family ties and multiple records of growing and processing marijuana, drug trafficking, money laundering, possession of illegal weapons, electricity fraud and membership of a criminal group. Five of those taken into custody were sent to prison after being referred to the courthouse.

The investigation was launched late last year on suspicions of drug dealing in a home in Busot. illegal occupation. The first indications obtained by agents of the El Campello Civil Guard Investigative District had cast doubts as a family clan According to Alicante Command, it is “highly specialized in drug trafficking and settled in the area”.

In their pursuit, two more illegally occupied houses emerged, one in Busot and the other in Monforte del Cid. Agents were identifying all members of the group and continued on March 25. exploitation stage the so-called “Leum operation”.

The Civil Guard arrested those involved, and in one of the houses in Busot “a sophisticated cryptocurrency mining farmrenewed with equipment for professional use”. 30 processors The industrial fan, whose height exceeds one and a half meters, was also intervened. The farm was illegally powered by a connection to the electricity supply.

During the intervention, the group was expanding this farm and confiscated a large number of new appliances that retained their original packaging. According to the Civil Guard, a cryptocurrency mining farm is a system that is combined with different computing devices (mainly video cards, power supplies and cooling systems) for the purpose of trading cryptocurrencies.

This cryptocurrency transactions They are widely used by criminal groups using this digital asset, often fraudulently, as a means of payment or to launder capital.

In addition to this cryptocurrency farm, the Civil Guard discovered in the records of three houses cannabis fields and two firearms, among other narcotic substances. The group had a cannabis nursery in their Monforte del Cid home, where smugglers briefly hid the drug before selling it fast on the black market.

The segregated group took important security measures in their criminal activities and had different weapons to defend themselves. As a matter of fact, one of the two pistols seized was ready for use.

Researchers found that cannabis sativa fields sealed with polyurethane foam and reflective paper to prevent the thermal emissions of lamps, noise and odor from being detected from the outside.

Of the 13 people involved in the operation, all are Spanish nationals, except for one of Moroccan descent, who supplied the rest of the gang with cannabis.

The operation was carried out by the Civil Guard Main Post. El Campellowith the close collaboration of Post of the Post JijonaForensic Police Team St. John’sCitizen Security Unit (USECIC) TorreviejaCivil Guard Cinological Service alicante, local police busot and the Local Police Air Resources Unit elche.

The detainees were handed over to the prosecutor’s office. San Vicente del Raspeig Court of First Instance and Order No. 4, He ordered the imprisonment of five of the main members of the gang, including a 45-year-old Spaniard who took part in numerous operations against drug trafficking, which had been exploited by the El Campello Civil Guard for more than a decade.