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Ten cannabis clubs closed in Torrevieja Nicknamed, operation Mortalek, the final steps have now been taken to put pay to the cannabis industry in the town. The investigation first began on1st June in 2018 and since then the numerous associations that had sprung up have been investigated. The investigation has totalled up 12 raids and the detention of 38 people from nine different nationalities of whom five are now in prison. At the end of February 2019, the investigating police officers from the Guardia Civil put into practice the first two phases of closures and arrests that included seven outlets and the detention of 21 people, two of whom were sent to prison. At this point a total of €40,000 in cash was seized and drugs taken valued at more than €216,000. The documents obtained during these first phases were then analysed and led to more leads being established. The purge continued into phase three, four and even
five. In this stage of the operation five more establishments were raided, more than €5,000 of cash was seized along with 2,557 grams of marihuana, 855 grams of hashish and 90 cigars. Along with this, detectives uncovered a number of different pieces of equipment used in the preparation process. In the last phases of the operation, 17 people, 13 men and four women were arrested. The 17 detainees have been charged with the crimes of drug trafficking and belonging to a criminal group. Three have been placed in provisional detention and the remaining 14 are provisionally at liberty awaiting trial. Those arrested are aged between 25 and 57 years old. The courts have ordered that nine of the ten closed establishments must remain so for the next five years. The remaining establishment has already declared its permanent closure. Suzanne O’Connell
Guardia Civil sealed ten clubs
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