District Court sentenced He was sentenced to a total of nearly 33 years in prison with eight defendants Being part of a network dedicated to export marijuana and hashish We simulate the shipment of shoes from Alicante to different European countries such as Sweden and Italy. Under the Tenth Circuit’s sentencing this week, six defendants must serve four years and six months in prison, and another must serve five years and the final eight months. Supreme Court of Justice of the Valencian Community
The court also fined those convicted 395 thousand euros, corresponding to the value of the seized drugs. Alicante National Police some in operation 286 kilos of marijuana and hashish.
The decision also accepts the acquittal of the other seven defendants who defended themselves in the same case. lawyers Roberto Sánchez Martínez, Sara Cabezas Campos, Aitor Esteban Gallastegui, Evaristo Llanos, Moisés Candela Sabater, Mari Paz Alarcón and Juan Carlos Fuentes. The court is of the opinion that the active participation of the acquitted defendants in the events has not been sufficiently proven. At the hearing, the prosecution requested a total of 121 years in prison for 15 defendants.
Likewise, the court accepted this decision. Acquittal of 15 defendants on charge of electricity smuggling The prosecution charged them with possession of a prohibited weapon and cleared them both. As noted in the decision, one of the registered chalets had a hidden connection to the electricity grid. Disconnected At the time of the inspection and because the property had previously been the subject of anti-drug operations, “the amount of electrical energy consumed by the connection or the age of the connection has not been economically determined”.
criminal network
In the sentence, it is declared as proven facts that some of the defendants agreed to establish a criminal network in 2018. sending packages containing marijuana and hashish to different countries of Europe.
Packages were sent through shipping companies that simulated shoe shipments, and a replenishment company was set up to appear as the organizer of the shipments. shipping companies from goods.
According to police, the network is allegedly run by a man known as: “Torch” Sentenced to 4 and a half years in prison Alicante and August with a series of estates, chalets, warehouses and farms where they grow cannabis, package drugs and prepare shipments.
According to the sentence, the National Police of Alicante found in December 2018: suspicious activity of a company who might be smuggling drugs. This company had already shipped between April and November of that year: 81 pallets from Alicante to Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark and Italy.
agents Drugs and Organized Crime Unit (UDYCO) Police learned that on December 12, the company under investigation had left two pallets at a transport company in Riba-roja de Túria, Valencia, to be sent to Skogas (Sweden) and the other two pallets in Barcelona to be sent to Hamburg (Germany). ). They acted like shoesHowever, police found more than 106 kilos of marijuana inside. Agents also found GPS devices inside the shipments to track the drugs.
In addition to this seizure, the Police also established how on December 13 a minibus traveled from the Agost warehouse to a transport company in Alicante. Unloaded pallets destined for Italy. Police confirmed five pallets were found at the company in question, where they found a further 123 kilos of cannabis and hashish, as well as tracking beacons.
As a result of these seizures, the National Police Arrests and searches in Alicante and Agost. Numerous transformers, lamps and other devices commonly used in marijuana crops were found in a warehouse in Agost, La., at a home. Canada del Fenollar There were 1,692 cultivations of cannabis plants in the underground area of the network. The weight of the medicines collected from the dismantled plantation was 57.5 kilograms.
On the other hand, the court rejects many decisions in the decision. petitions for annulment It was raised by the defenses, including the house entries and searches carried out by the Police with the permission of the Instruction Court No. 4 of Alicante.