The verdict arrived this Wednesday when a national police officer was found guilty of two illegal acts tied to the handling and seizure of drug doses on public roads at the Alcoy Police Station, in line with the Citizens’ Safety Act. The people’s court delivered its decision in the late morning, concluding that the officer committed two offenses related to managing seized narcotics and the associated records kept at the Alcoy outpost. Video footage captured the moment the officer entered his office at the Alcoy station and interacted with the drug records area, offering visual evidence of the events under review. (Source attribution: Alicante Provincial Court)
On the other hand, the court did not find that the officer had removed four drug-filled envelopes for personal use, nor did it accept a defense claim that favored amnesty or a delay of any possible prison term. The charges focused on ongoing misconduct connected with the handling of seized narcotics and the integrity of the related documentation. (Source attribution: Alicante Provincial Court)
The prosecutor, right after the verdict, urged four years of imprisonment and six years of disqualification from public office for an ongoing crime of infidelity by a public servant under supervision of documents, seeking clear accountability for the alleged breach of trust and the abuse of power. (Source attribution: Alicante Provincial Court)
For the defendant, attorney Gerson Vidal argued that cocaine had been substituted with a harmless substance and pressed for treating the case as an “impossible crime” where punishment would be limited to one year for each proven fact, rather than a continuous offense. The defense depicted the case as an absolute and indecent attempt, also described as an impossible crime, claiming the initial seizure had been bait used to trap the officer. Alternatively, counsel argued that the offense could be considered an attempt that never reached completion. (Source attribution: Alicante Provincial Court)
Don’t think about it
The conviction came after roughly four hours of deliberation by the people’s jury and the members of the people’s court at the Alicante Provincial Court. The court did not accept the police prosecution’s version that a repentant stance had been taken and that the stolen cocaine had been returned, or that it had been replaced by a harmless substance used as bait to reveal the author of the acts. The jurors maintained that the accused national police officer had failed in duties tied to his role and, in reference to the events of September 24 and 25, 2020, confirmed that a harmless substance had been placed in three bags within their own envelopes, alongside the case files and intervention records. The court viewed this sequence as evidence of misconduct, as the defendant himself admitted the facts in his initial statement to the judge, a point corroborated by video from the Alcoy police station showing the moment the defendant opened the box containing the records with small drug doses as the investigation unfolded. (Source attribution: Alicante Provincial Court)
Conversely, the court did not find enough evidence to convict the officer of stealing the remaining four envelopes filled with drugs, whose contents reportedly disappeared in August and early September. It also noted there was no solid proof linking the officer to the abductions in question, leaving these particular charges unsubstantiated beyond reasonable doubt. (Source attribution: Alicante Provincial Court)