It’s sub-zero and a fake bottom in a refrigerator freezer. This is how the three alleged smugglers arrested by the police hid the cocaine and money. National Police inside Alicante and Mutxamel He is accused of distributing marijuana and cocaine to buyers from different parts of the province. Investigators found 650 grams of cocaine, 600 grams of marijuana and 46,000 euros in cash during searches of a house in Mutxamel and a recreational area on the coast of San Juan. Most of the money and drugs were hidden behind the plastic floor of the freezer, police reported.
The police investigation dates back to 2021, following an arrest by several residents of the state of Alicante that revealed information about a possible drug trafficking crime. As a result of this information, the agents carried out a series of surveillance. monitoring and identification they confirmed that people researched here went to houses and buildings in Alicante. The suspects went in and out of the same place, taking security measures, and kept in touch with other people. persons involved in drug trafficking.
Agents caught one of the investigated as he was about to enter a home and intervened after the security call. 130 grams of cocaine, Forensic permission was sought to search the addresses of two and one person from whom he had been arrested and investigated in Mutxamel. Entertainment venue on San Juan beach.
In two records, the drugs and money in question were confiscated and a man and a woman were arrested as the principal responsible for the possession, distribution and sale of these substances.
Most of the secret money and drugs were found in a warehouse. wrong bottom from the freezer of a refrigerator at the registered address. In addition, agents confiscated other tools for the transportation and sale of these items, such as precision scales, and two of the tools the authors used to distribute drugs across the province.
The three detainees are two men and a woman, aged between 39 and 47. They went to court in Alicante, where the two were assisted by lawyer José Soler Martín, and one was sentenced to prison but later released after paying bail.
The investigation was carried out by the agencies Narcotics Group from the police station Elchebetween Drugs and Organized Crime Unit (UDYCO) From the Provincial Police Department Alicante and Special Response Group for Organized Crime (GRECO elevator) General Commissioner of the Judicial Police.