Benidorm National Police made an intervention ecstasy warehouse is valued more than it is one hundred million euros With the dismantling of one of the largest laboratories for the production of this type of synthetic drug (MDMA) discovered in Spain to date, in Sueca. They were in operation 12 people arrested in Altea and Sueca Five searches into the large-scale production of amphetamines to be distributed across the country and even abroad revealed that he was involved in the production of approximately 1,900 liters of MDMA and a further 1,000 liters of the precursor known as ecstasy or “crystals”. drugs and another thousand liters of chemical waste.
1,900 liters of MDMAOnce they transformed into their solid state (crystallization), they would become something more. two shades of ecstasyTherefore, researchers suspect that the network may also be supplying the drugs to traffickers from other European countries. 4 of those detained were arrested by the court and sent to prison.
The balance sheet of the successful anti-drug operation was presented this morning at the Alicante Judicial Deposit Center. Benidorm Commissioner Ceferino Serranoand the person responsible for the investigation of the same police station, Victor Manuel Galvañalso inspector Juan de Mata MuñozFrom the Central Narcotics Brigade of the General Commissariat of Judicial Police.
agents Benidorm Police Station Narcotics Group They began the investigation at the end of last year, after learning about the existence of a criminal network based in the eastern region, allegedly dedicated to the production of synthetic drugs (crystals) in a laboratory located on the outskirts of the municipal area. From Sueca for distribution throughout Spain.
Benidorm investigators identified two suspects on whom they performed various acts. surveillance and monitoring Right down to the centering and positioning of several properties, including a country house located near Sueca.
In this house, they were able to observe an unusual movement of the remaining members of the network and collected further evidence that confirmed their suspicions; strong chemical smell or excessive carrying of plastic bottles by those being investigated. They also wore industrial masks when entering and leaving the country house, and some changed their clothes after entering the house.
According to the police, the organization strategically chose the location of its operations center to avoid detection. The laboratory was located in a forested and mountainous area.with broken and narrow access roads.
Those studied had different tasks assigned to them in the network. Thus, one of the participants in the investigation was the person who transferred the remaining members to the laboratory, and the other was the person who transferred them to the laboratory. transported the drug from the laboratory to storage locations or “nurses”, They kept the ecstasy there until it was distributed to the final recipient. While one member of the organization pretended to be a drug vigilante to avoid being attacked by other criminal networks, another took advantage of his lack of a criminal record and handed over his documents to rent used properties and not inform the police. Finally, there were those in charge or leaders who managed the organization.
Organization members strongly embraced security precautions He made surveillance by the Security Forces difficult by using multiple vehicles of different makes and colors to avoid police investigation.
The abuse of the operation accelerated on January 17, when agents decided to stop two of those under investigation as they were about to leave the laboratory in one of the vehicles used to transport plastic bottles. When the two were surprised, they investigated. They suddenly accelerated in an attempt to run over the agents. However, they escaped from being crushed by jumping into the ditch.
The suspects were chased and caught by the police. There were two bottles of 5 liters each in the car, which were later confirmed to contain when they checked the contents. amphetamine, Therefore, the remaining arrests and house searches were carried out.
Police detained 12 people Four records in Altea and another, in a country house near the municipality of Sueca, where a macro laboratory was discovered and 1,000 liters of accelerators and precursors to produce 1,900 liters of MDMA (known as “crystal” or ecstasy), more amphetamines and 1,000 liters of chemical waste. A large still, jugs, lathes, stoves, test tubes, precision balances, and personal protective equipment, among other items devoted to the production and storage of drugs and their precursors.
Given the size of the seized material and the complexity of the machines found in the searches, Benidorm police officers were assisted by agents assigned to the scene. Synthetic division of the Central Narcotics Brigade General Commissariat of Judicial Police. Additionally, due to the dangerous nature of the substances, TEDAX-NRBQ Group Provincial Information Brigade of the Supreme Headquarters of Valencia and the Inspection and Sampling Group of the General Scientific Police Station.
environmental crime
Agents were able to observe in laboratory records that chemicals left over from the preparation of the synthetic drug were expelled through outgoing tubes and eventually dumped into the field, causing environmental damage as a result. assumed to be responsible for a crime against the environment.