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Plantations were hidden in farms spread a wide rural area of the municipality Lorca
The detainees had advanced knowledge in the cultivation of cannabis, using pesticides to increase production as well as its narcotic effect
The Civil Guard in the region of Murcia and Lorca Local Police, in a joint mechanism set up to prevent and prosecute drug trafficking, have dismantled four clandestine marijuana plantations with more than 2,000 plants, located in the town of Lorca.
In operation 'GREEN HAY', agents have arrested three people and, in addition to plants, have seized all the means used for illegal cultivation of cannabis sativa.
Research last September began when, thanks to the cooperation of citizens, the Civil Guard received information about the possible existence of several marijuana plants hidden among other plantations and greenhouses of the municipality of Lorca.
Given the very large area covering the said criminal activity, the Civil Guard launched a police operation in close collaboration with the local police in Lorca, which have made frequent scans and surveillance in order to locate the clandestine plantations in an area It is covering dozens of square kilometers.
The result of this intensive search effort and the close police cooperation, the investigation focused on several farms in Lorca deputation of Puri, where tree plantations were finished dismantling, hidden in small greenhouses buildings and annexes rural housing, proceeding to the arrest of those responsible for the alleged crime of drug cultivation and seizing more than a hundred cannabis plants, plus useful and effects related to its cultivation and processing.
Finally, the researchers began a new phase of the police operation then focusing on deputation Lorca de Henares a middle mountains, isolated and sparsely population, which has located and dismantled a rural farm arranged in its integrity as planting, handled and dried marijuana.
In this estate of over a thousand square meters, they have seized about 2,000 marijuana plants, along with plant and dried and processed for distribution and consumption, as well as abundant plant and machinery equipment for handling and culture.
The operation is still open, not ruling out further arrests of people related to the events under investigation.
The three Spaniards arrested so far, aged between 24 and 35 years and residents of Lorca, and the seized drug effects, and the proceedings have been made available to the Courts of Instruction of Lorca (Murcia).
So far, researchers have clarified four counts of drug trafficking in which it was found the advanced technical knowledge in the cultivation and manipulation of the cannabis sativa now arrested.
Source: Ministerio del Interior
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