Civil Guard busts criminal group falsifying medical prescriptions clonazepam and arrested eleven people who, using forged prescriptions, obtained this anxiolytic substance sent to Morocco to transform it into a drug widely consumed there.karkubi“.
In a press release, Benemérita explained:l Ministry of Health Provincial Directorate Planning, Regulation and Inspection Service From Ciudad Real, who contacted them after receiving several calls from pharmacies in the state reporting that they were trying to recall a drug containing clonazepam with fraudulent prescriptions.
This medicine belongs to the known group of medicines. benzodiazepinesIt is highly addictive, has anticonvulsant properties and is subject to prescription.
Following this information, agents launched an investigation into this organized gang, which was established to procure, sell and distribute this drug. three different steps: The first of these were people without resources, called backpackersThese individuals, who were tasked with stealing medical prescriptions from clinics and selling them to second-tier members, falsified them and then took the backpackers to pharmacies in the province to purchase the drug in question for approximately 2 euros.
FinallyThe third tier, consisting of ringleaders, They bought this medicine from them and sent it to Morocco after collecting sufficient quantities. Here, these pills were sold to gangs, who mixed them with other narcotic substances and turned them into a drug called ‘karkubi’, which is widely consumed in Morocco.
Thanks to the information the agents gathered about this criminal organization, two closed marijuana fields were intervened in, as well as 7 kilograms of dried buds ready for sale, allowing three simultaneous entries and searches.; 1,360 clonazepam pills, fake prescriptions, medical stamps, 12,000 euros in cash and a state-of-the-art vehicle.
During exploitation these 11 people were arrested Crimes against public health are attributed to the crimes of cultivation and trafficking of narcotic drugs, unauthorized distribution of drugs, the crime of being a member of a criminal organization, the crime of electrical fluid fraud and the crime of falsifying official documents.
After being put into service First Instance Courts and Education Three people alleged to be perpetrators in Manzanares were placed in temporary prison.