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Three arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking crime, were caught at a police checkpoint

Hid drugs inside the battery compartment of tourism

The Guardia Civil has arrested about a hundred of 'acorns', marijuana, cash, a knife and a car

The Guardia Civil of the Region of Murcia, in one of the services provided for the prevention of public safety, has arrested three persons Camachos-Cartagena, for transporting over half kilo of hashish acorns enabled on a double bottom the engine of a car.

During yesterday afternoon, September 01, specialized in civil guards preventing public safety established control of vehicles and people in the RM-F40 satellite at the height of the Cartagena district of Los Camachos.

The occupants of one of the cars controlled aroused the suspicions of the agents, so that was carried out to identify them, as well as a cursory inspection of the vehicle and belongings.

In a fanny pack type bag driver owned various doses of marijuana and hashish ready for imminent distribution, cash in small amounts and a knife were found, prompting a more thorough inspection.

Detailed examination of the vehicle that carried the policemen allowed to detect a double bottom handcrafted inside the cavity used to place the engine battery, where he seized nearly a hundred portions of hashish presented as 'acorn' so we proceeded to the arrest of three suspects on suspicion of drug trafficking crime.

The performance has resulted in the seizure of 90 acorns of hashish, which yielded a total weight of 600 grams, various doses of marijuana, cash, a knife and the vehicle used to transport the detainees by the drug.

Those arrested, two Spaniards and a Moroccan aged 21 and 31, the effects seized and the proceedings have been brought before the Court of Instruction No. 2 of Cartagena (Murcia).

Prevention efforts of public safety conducted by the Civil Guard have prevented the distribution of drugs seized, thereby avoiding the harmful consumption among the population.

Source: Ministerio del Interior