The corner of Loix de (Alicante, 74,663 inhabitants), famous especially for its constant flow of foreign tourists, especially British, was populated since last winter of stickers with QR codes. They were everywhere. At the doors of the banks, in lamppings, in posts and in any type of urban furniture. Once scanned, which raised the suspicions of the National Police. The operation, baptized as Monkeystarted in February and showed that the codes served for a criminal organization to arrange prices and appointments for the sale of drugs. In May, the agents culminated the operation with the arrest of the eight members of this network. The investigations also resulted in the arrest of another 12 people, belonging to another band that supplied the wholesale narcotics. In total, 20 detainees, of which only three have entered prison, to which the alleged crimes of drug trafficking, belonging to the criminal group, illicit possession of weapons and threats are charged.
The QR raised great social alarm, reveal sources close to the operation, but, with the investigations already underway, the agents could not touch one of the stickers so as not to notice those responsible for those responsible for being investigated. However, a majority of neighbors knew the function they had and demanded a rapid police response.
The skein that led to the disarticulation of the QR group was drawn. Once the points at which the codes had been detected, the pattern planned by the criminal organization had been detected. All together they formed an area whose center led to an leisure store of the popularly known as GUIRI AREA of Benidorm, with external surveillance and counter -revival measures, through which young foreigners who entered and came out in short periods of time.
Not all appointments were concerted there for trade in hand. It was often sent to customers, which had an authorized access code to the Telegram channel, to common urban furniture areas that served as a drug hiding place. The messages disappeared in just seconds, but the researchers were able to ratify that the leisure premises was the operations center. On May 22, the agents proceeded to register the establishment and the house of which the band’s leader was considered, where the merchandise was stored, while one of their cronies kept the money and the rest was distributed the functions of customer capture, control of the environment and surveillance. They arrested eight people and intervened almost two kilos of marijuana, another of hashish, 628 grams of cocaine, half a kilo of ecstasy, 20 grams of glass, 795 euros in cash, four mobiles, material for the preparation and distribution of substances, tools to force locks and two vehicles.
The information obtained with these arrests evidenced the existence of an even larger network that a wholesaler of illegal narcotic trafficking. The structure was similar, with a leader in front, his right hand and several minions responsible for field work. This organization also had infrastructure for drug processing and elaboration. Between June 9 and 11, the National Police charged this second band, in an operation that culminated in the arrest of twelve more people and the registration of three homes and a storage room that hid a clandestine laboratory. In this phase more than four kilos of cocaine were intervened, almost six of marijuana, about five of hashish, half a kilo of ecstasy and 555 grams of cutting substance. 5,500 euros and 500 pounds in cash sterling were also located, a 9 mm caliber semi -automatic weapon with ammunition, a hydraulic press, three precision scales, packaging and processed tools and a vehicle.
The detainees, among which there are three women, are between the ages of 22 and 63. They are Spanish and Moroccan nationality, although there is also a British. After making a Benidorm Instruction Court available to an instructional court, three of them ended up behind bars. Police do not rule out more arrests related to the dismantling of these two criminal groups.
