It has involved more than one kilo of cocaine, lots of cutting substance injurious to health and a vehicle
One of the detainees sustained injuries to fire the laboratory while handling chemicals
La Guardia Civil de Murcia has developed over the last few days, a police operation that has resulted so far in the arrest of two people who allegedly ran a clandestine laboratory handling of cocaine in Jumilla.
As part of this operation has been carried out house searches in which it has seized more than a kilo of cocaine and large amounts of substances and precursors cutting very harmful to health such as phenacetin, hexane and hydrochloric acid, among others, seizing also a vehicle.
A mid-afternoon on Friday, May 28, the Civil Guard was informed that in the kitchen of a house in the village in the town of Jumilla there was a fire.
Once on the scene, it was proved the truth of fact, in which a victim had to be attended by skilled health personnel from burns suffered, extinguishing the fire a staff of local firefighters.
As a result of the first investigations were suspected as the cause of the fire could be the handling of chemicals related to the adulteration of cocaine.
For these reasons was made, prior judicial authorization, the input and record at home, where it was found that in the kitchen of the home was installed by a clandestine laboratory scale in order to make handling and adulteration of cocaine subsequent distribution on the illicit market, seizing a large quantity of cocaine and precursor chemicals, and numerous tools related to clandestine laboratory.
Was monitored in parallel health status of the victim of fire, which had been transferred to the Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca of Murcia, where after being treated for injuries and released from the hospital, was arrested by the investigating agents.
The investigational device developed Civil Guard was established that this clandestine laboratory was employed by another person, this being located moments later and arrest him.
Detainee:
So far they have been arrested the two persons responsible for handling clandestine cocaine, as alleged perpetrators of crimes against public health, identified as:
-SMA, Colombian, 37 years and resident in Jumilla.
-Jagger, Colombia, 26 and living in Jumilla.
Narcotics:
1100 grams of cocaine with a purity close to 100%.
"A lot of products for scale adulteration of cocaine, caffeine, phenacetin (carcinogenic product unfit for human consumption), hexane (a product that causes infertility), acetone ... etc.
- Hydrochloric acid
Seized property:
"All the elements needed to develop the work of clandestine cocaine-handling, precision scales, spatulas, test tubes, mixers, grinders and specific packaging.
-1 Private vehicle
-Documentation related to drug trafficking.
The detainees, seized proceedings initiated and effects have been made available to the magistrate No. DOS Jumilla (Murcia).
Source: Ministerio del Interior