They were surprised while pruning a marijuana field in a house under construction in Altea. Civil Guards dismantled marijuana field closed In a house in the Bèrnia mountain range, within the municipality of Altea. All members of the gang, four people of Lithuanian and Ukrainian nationality, were arrested. and were imprisoned for participating in these activities.
The arrests took place within the framework of the nationwide Operation Miller, which developed the Police Response Plan against the illegal cultivation, trafficking and benefits of cannabis. Investigations started on December 3 through a phone call from the Civil Guard reporting the presence of a man In an empty house in this part of Altea.
Altea Civil Guard Main Station immediately went to the scene to identify the man in question and found two houses in the plot. One of the studies. Inside the second, agents found four men pruning. a marijuana plantation. According to the security force, these four people were “part of a criminal organization, aged between 36 and 62, and were Ukrainian and Lithuanian nationals”. They all rented a house on the land and benefited from the plantation by taking advantage of the fact that there was another house under construction. closed There is mystery in this.
924 plants
Interventions were made during these actions. 924 cannabis plants, 58 kilos of vacuum buds, one kilo of this substancevarious computer devices, materials used in drug cultivation and motor vehicles for subsequent analysis and studies.
They changed the house without permission
In the house under construction, criminals changed the distribution of rooms and installed illegal connections without the owner’s permission Electricity grid to make plantations more efficient and profitable, caused economic damage of 97,800 euros to the electricity company. Additionally, the plantation’s security and surveillance was enhanced with a complex camera system inside and outside.
Members of the gang were arrested and charged with crimes against public health for growing drugs, smuggling electricity, and being a member of a criminal organization or group. All of those detained, along with the seized items, were taken into custody.Submitted to the Benidorm Instruction Court No. 2.Deciding that all of them should be sent to temporary prison without notice and bail.
Civil Guard Citizens appreciate cooperation The efforts of the Altea residents who made these actions possible were also reflected in the swift action that resulted in the arrest of those responsible for this marijuana plantation.