The officers bagged 3,370 cannabis plants in different stages of their growth cycle, as well as 26 kilos of prepared and packaged marihuana ready for sale.

The police aways work in conjunction with Endesa to locate dispropotionate electricity consumptions, which in most cases involve illegal hook-ups.

Those that are caught using illegal hook-ups as well as an illegal plantation face charges for both the drugs and electricity theft.

The police basically check if suspicious dwelling are using elevated amounts of electricity and then stake out it out. This way, seven people were caught and arrested.

In Padul, which is the one that interests us, officers from the Guardia Civil post in Las Gabias located a storage building with a complete “indoor” plantation under its roof. The crop was 512 plants. 26.5 kilos of marihuana ready for sale and 2,000 euros in cash. Two suspects were arrested, accused of illicity drug production and sale, as well as electricity theft.

(News: Padul, Valle de Lecrin, Granada, Andalucia)

Keywords: Marihuana, Indoor Plantation, Electricity Theft, Warehouse, Arrests