It has arrested 16 people, seven of them internal prison, which are credited with authorship of the alleged crimes of drug trafficking and belonging to a criminal organization
Practiced in the records we have been seized four kilograms of hashish resin, 104 doses of heroin, 4,000 euros, 11 mobile phones, a revolver twelve rounds of ammunition and extensive documentation
The Civil Guard, in collaboration with the Directorate of Penitentiary Murcia II, under the General Secretariat of Penitentiary Institutions, within the framework of the "PASCAL'S 'operation, developed in the province of Murcia, has proceeded to the arrest of 16 people (7 of them internal prison) as alleged perpetrators of crimes of drug trafficking and belonging to a criminal organization.
Of the two performed house searches and inspections in the prison at the request of direct the penitentiary have been seized four kilos of cannabis resin, 104 doses of heroin, 4,000 euros, 11 mobile phones, a revolver twelve cartridges ammunition and extensive documentation
The operation last March began at the behest of prison supervision court in Murcia, after meeting by the Directorate of Penitentiary Murcia II, that several prisoners might be peddling drugs inside the establishment, put informed the Civil Guard.
The management of the Prison had already identified several of the inmates who were drug peddling.
With this information and be an apparent criminal organization with branches both outside and inside the prison, the Civil Guard requested the support of Penitentiaries.
Subsequently, he underwent by prison officials to surveillance of inmates involved and by the Civil Guard to relatives and contacts of prisoners, allowing detect and intercept different amounts of drugs intended to introduce the enclosure advantage vis a vis meetings.
Introduction and retail distribution of drugs in prison
Following these apprehensions researchers were able to confirm that the organization was led by one of the prisoners who, hierarchically available other partners to acquire the drug, enter in prison, proceed to collect substances and distributed among the prisoners.
Also, the ringleader had the help of his father at the request of his son, bought the drug to two Algerian nationals and capture work performed relatives of prisoners to introduce the drug in meetings vis a vis.
Once the drug reached the hands of inmates, in communications with their families, they gave themselves to the other members of the group kept hidden until sold.
Alphanumeric key to confirm payment
Of the investigations conducted, the agents were able to discover that the leader of the organization had devised a sophisticated system to proceed to collect drug buyers.
In Spanish prisons money legal tender (credit card, cash, checks ...) is prohibited.
Inmates have a card that facilitates the so-called center peculio (not legal tender money used to purchase products in prison commissaries).
Why prisoners communicated to their relatives from abroad the amount necessary to acquire the substances and they did cash in different post offices by a nominee for the head of the organization turn.
Later, he checked with his father correspondence pager number postal document, with the amount of drug to be delivered to the inmate.
Typically, the drug acquired inside the prison had a much higher than usual in the black market cost, generating significant revenue to the organization.
Those arrested, seized effects and the proceedings initiated have been made available to the Court of Instruction No. 1 of Mula (Murcia), who has ordered the imprisonment of one of the detainees, father of the leader of the criminal organization.
The investigation remains open so do not rule out further arrests.
Source: Ministerio del Interior