Five civilian rangers were injured, four of them by firearms and one by falling, after shooting at the police. In a chalet in the El Moralet region In Alicante, where Benemérita was going to search on the occasion of the anti-drug operation shortly before seven in the morning. The arrested man and his wife were also taken into custody, and other relatives said that the 73-year-old man, who was slightly wounded in the shoulder during the shootout, thought they were thieves and therefore started shooting with one of their shotguns. , the weapons he legalized according to one of his children.
The Civil Guard operation against the cultivation and distribution of cannabis has so far resulted in the arrest of six people and has included three houses in Torrellano, San Vicente, and another house search in El Moralet, where different amounts of cocaine, buds and cannabis plants were found.
The El Moralet chalet, where the clash was recorded, entered the scene. November 2011 someone’s Explosion with two casualties in an artisanal pharmaceutical lab It was in a warehouse of the house. Civil Guards then seized 50 kilos of marijuana, and his son, who accused his father, was arrested along with another person who suffered severe burns in the explosion.
Person who allegedly shot barricaded himself with a shotgun for about an hour and has been He and his wife were detained by the Civil Guard. One of his sons, who, according to the Civil Guard, was the target of the anti-drug operation and who did not sleep at home with his family last night, was also arrested after he went to the place his family had informed. The mother, who tried to contact the San Vicente del Raspeig barracks, called her children, where they said they did not answer their calls, the detained son couple explained to the media.
The couple also said that the woman told them that they knocked on the door and that they were from the Civil Guard, but that they they got scared thinking they were thieves -a year ago, another family member was robbed in his house- and the head of the family took one of the shotguns and started shooting. This woman and her husband drove to the scene, and when they saw the agents stationed, they called the couple who were hiding in the bathroom and told them to come out as they were members of the Civil Guard.
On the contrary, the Civil Guard were deployed to one of the two chalets, shortly before seven in the morning, of Alicante Command’s Citizen Security Unit (USECIC) agents, an operational echelon specializing in opening the house and ensuring the safety of the people inside. morale must be registered and They knocked on the door of the house many times.they also shouted “Civil Guard”.
shotgun fire
The agents thought that one of the main targets of the operation and his father was inside, so they Not getting answers from citizens continued forced opening of the door just as he was about to open the door of the house, the target’s father opened fire on the agents with a shotgun.
The agents had to retreat while defending themselves with their service guns, and the man continued to shoot them through the window. Four of the agents participating in the operation were wounded by bullets. The fifth was injured by falling while retreating.
After that
“Many shots taken”
Suddenly, fire broke out, and the Civil Guard began to believe that the shooter was dead. From that moment on, a tense wait began until he stayed at the chalet. cordoned off by the San Vicente Civil Guard, backed by four patrols of the Alicante Local PoliceHe received a report that he was shot wounded.
Neighboring sources announced to this newspaper that they woke up startled. “You can’t even imagine. There were many shots”, A resident of this area explained.
Civil guards were evacuated to Alicante General Hospital for treatment. Fortunately, none were seriously injured and only one of them direct hit, gunshot wound to arm more important than others. The other 3 were hit as a result of the bouncing of the bullets from the gun, and another comrade who fell while backing up in the middle of the conflict was injured.
While the shooter and his wife were transferred to the San Vicente barracks, one of three children living with them arrested He was present until three in the afternoon during the search made by a lawyer from the Police Department and the Ministry of Justice. Sources close to the incident stated that agents intervened with multiple shotguns and other effects.
shipping to ireland
The so-called “Sarpa operation” against drug trafficking was launched at the beginning of the year. Field of Investigation of the San Vicente del Raspeig Civil Guard and this Tuesday, the 22nd, the exploit phase was accomplished after a suspicious shipment of parcels from Alicante to Ireland was identified, which was to fulfill one of the main destinations.
Police Department asked for authorization Education Court No. 1 in AlicanteHe intervenes at the Alicante firm and opens the package and discovers that it is a 50-liter thermos with three and a half kilos of marijuana buds in it, divided into 27 small packages, pressed and vacuumed. .
Following this seizure, the court allowed the entry and search of four addresses where the main targets were located: one in Torrellano, another in San Vicente del Raspeig, and the other two in the El Moralet section of Alicante.
The shooting location is a two-story single-family house of approximately 80 square meters with several annexes, located on a plot of approximately 2,000 square meters.
AEGC REQUESTED FIRST AID TRAINING FOR REPRESENTATIVES FROM INTERIOR
The Spanish Civil Guards Corps (AEGC) said in a statement that what happened at El Moralet showed the need to change the way agents view the authorities, as well as provide good supplies to agents and train all guards in first aid. , as with teachers, judges, health workers or lawmakers.
AEGC points out that it was the comrades who had to rescue the injured officers from the hot zone and gave them first aid. Stating that it spent years demanding that this training be given to all agents, the association reminded that the Civil Guards “continue to wait for the agents to be authorized so that the attacks we are exposed to every day will come to an end”. more and more serious, do not go unpunished”.