chief inspector in charge of affairs Alcoy outpost While investigating the disappearance of drugs seized from citizens within the scope of the Citizens’ Security Law in the summer of 2020, the agent accused of stealing it revealed that he appeared while the official was being sought at yesterday’s hearing. recorded twice It is installed with a camera, with the permission of the provincial superintendent. According to the statement made by this police commander before the public jury at the oral hearing held at the Alicante Court, the accused entered two nights in a closed office that he dealt with three envelopes in which drug-related complaint records were kept and previously replaced cocaine with a harmless substance to find out who stole the drug.
The police officer also they dealt with two envelopes containing cocaine in which they had put the harmless substance and a third envelope the next day. The chief inspector, who is in charge of the Citizens’ Security Brigade and incidentally the entire Alcoy Police Station, emphasized that the defendant did not just open the envelopes, but gave the change and the change over. introduced one that is “morphologically different and not by the same amount”. He added that even the wires to which the doses were attached were not the same color as the originals.
These three envelopes, as stated in the oral hearing by the expert from the laboratory Pharmacy Based on the Government Subcommittee in Alicante, it initially contained 0.11, 0.61 and 0.43 grams of cocaine.
procedure with record
On the other hand, the police command maintained that two police officers had to meet each morning, despite the fact that the drug-related records were initially stored in the complaints office where the accused worked and was freely accessible to all personnel. Citizen Security General SecretariatThe complaints were kept in his office along with the small doses of drugs seized, he collected them and checked the contents. At the same time, they continued to enroll in an internal program before taking them to Health to analyze the composition, as both agents confirmed at the trial.
The investigation was launched after discovering in early September 2020 that three envelopes had been sent to: Health was blank and did not contain the drug to be tested. According to several police officers who testified at the hearing yesterday, the same thing happened in another envelope a month ago, but this was initially ignored. After the disappearance of the four envelopes of drugs, they confirmed that the box containing the recordings had been moved and tampered with one night, asking permission to install the camera for this.
Only two secretaries had the key to the office in question, and another unit, which was also closed, had an emergency key. According to the coincidental supervisor of the Police Station, “No one was allowed to enter there” and when it was closed, the only person who agreed was the defendant. The defendant testified on the first day of the trial. Login to office in question “looking for pages” and later that he took two doses of the drug, but later regretted it and returned the substance.
Envelope processing
A police officer from the Alcoy Scientific Police brigade, who examined the envelopes, said he compared the envelopes with the photographs and found that they had been manipulated. The two police officers who arrested the defendants testified yesterday. He admitted to them “spontaneously” that he stole cocaine to give to his girlfriend. however, this statement was not included in the trial because it was a statement other than the report. The agent’s defense stated in his report that the police investigation was not accurate or objective, as was the comparison of the fingerprints found in the record box. He questioned whether the Alcoy Outpost had been carried out by him. interiorsomething the witnesses point out is not mandatory.
Likewise, the police officers wondered how the security camera could have happened, despite assurances that all the recordings had been given and that only the accused had entered the office. more than a minute of registration before your customer enters According to the inspectors, in the office where the minutes are kept, motion activated only.
THE PROSECUTOR CONTINUES THE 4-YEAR DEMAND AND HIS DEFENSE, ACQUISITION
A popular jury will meet this Wednesday to decide whether the police officer accused of stealing drugs seized from the police is guilty. Alcoy outpost. The prosecutor of the case continued his first request yesterday. 4 years in prison and 6 years in disqualification for a public office crime of infidelity by officer in keeping documentsWhile the defense reiterated his request for acquittal, the case in which he was found guilty reiterated his plea for acquittal, despite alleging that mitigations were applied because of excessive delay and his abilities being affected by drug use and work stress, and police health problems. father. For the prosecution, it was proved at the hearing that the accused stole drugs at the police station, and this was confirmed by the prosecutor’s records. security camera, which means that in his opinion he was the only person entering the office. on his behalf, he lawyer defense, Gerson VidalHe stressed that the first four envelopes were not evidence against the agent, and with regard to the records, the fact that he went in and out and then came back supported his version of the officer who reentered to repent and give back. The police reiterated their innocence while speaking their final words at the hearing: “I didn’t get anything”.