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Two people arrested for the crime of drug cultivation and trafficking in Santa Lucía

Two people arrested for the crime of drug cultivation and trafficking in Santa Lucía

MASPALOMAS24H Thursday, April 21, 2022

The Civil Guard locates a marijuana cultivation site in Santa Lucía de Tirajana

The Civil Guard of the Main Neighborhood Post, together with the Rapid Intervention Group (GIR), have arrested on April 13 two people between the ages of 30 and 33 with police records, as alleged perpetrators of a crime against public health for the cultivation and production of narcotic substances, by intervening inside a farm with various bags of marijuana located by the new owner of the property.

 

Location and police action 

 

The police action began when the new owner of the property realized the existence of a place where marijuana was grown and packaged in one of the homes within the newly acquired property.

 

This property was occupied by two individuals to whom a third person, yet to be identified, had rented it for an initial sum of money. Subsequently, after the owner mediated with the illegal residents, an agreement was reached to abandon the property at the end of the month, once they found a new home to stay in.

 

During this period of time, they agreed to clean and collect garbage on the property so that the owner could condition it. In this way, and after checking the different rooms, he realized the existence of a place where marijuana was grown and packaged.

 

Location of the place of cultivation and preparation of the drug 

 

Immediately, the members of the Neighborhood Civil Guard and accompanied by the Rapid Intervention Group (GIR), with the data collected, appeared at the aforementioned property for their corresponding inspection, locating in the building several rooms prepared for the cultivation cycle. of the marijuana plant, with in one of them various packaged bags containing marijuana, care and cultivation utensils as well as electronic machines such as humidifiers, air conditioners, etc.

 

Immediately, the Civil Guard identified the residents and those responsible for the possession of all the objects and substances seized, proceeding to arrest them for the alleged responsibility of a crime of drug cultivation and production, leaving all of this to be judicially disposed of by the corresponding guard court of San Bartolomé de Tirajana.

 

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