A house fire proved to be the immediate demise of a drug-trafficking set up in the city of Granada.

When fire fighters turned up to put the fire out, presumably caused by an illegal, hook-up overloading, they discovered an indoor marihuana plantation and informed the police.

In a short time the Guardia Civil were knocking on the door wanting to look around inside, but the occupant, a tennant, refused, so they had to go back for a search warrant. It was still nighttime as the fire had broken out around 21.40h on the 22nd of July, 2023.

Whilst the warrant was being procured, the police staked the house out to make sure that evidence was not destroyed. The police came back at first daylight with another request to enter (they still hadn’t managed to obtain a search warrant) and he again refused to let them in.

At last, at 09.10h, the tennant allowed them to enter. In two rooms they found fans, halogene lamps and aircon units and even empty plant pots… but no marihuana plants.

Eventually, the Guardia Civil worked out how he had disposed of them; they had been hidden in the neighbour’s garden during the night.

When the case got to court, he was sentenced to 20 months’ imprisonment, plus a fine of 30,000 euros. The court’s finding said that the marihuana plants had been hidden in four, black-plastic sacks in a corner of nextdoor’s garden.

(News: City & Metropolitan Area, Granada, Andalucia)

Keywords: Marihuana, Indoor Plantation, Nextdoor’s Garden, Guardia Civil, House Fire, Fire Service

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