Overview
- Regional police in Lleida broke up a structured group that ran three indoor marijuana sites with about 1,300 plants and arrested 12 men.
- Officers seized many weapons there, including pneumatic guns and a .22 caliber handgun, plus ammunition, a deactivated civil‑war grenade and about €5,100, with key pieces sent for ballistic tests.
- A separate Policía Nacional case in Elda began with a neighbor’s tip and led to two home searches, four arrests and 1,481 plants supported by a hydroponic system with transformers and air extraction gear.
- Investigators in both places found illegal hookups to the power grid, and the suspects have been sent to court on suspected drug, power fraud and weapons offenses.
- Police describe a tiered model behind these grow houses, with decision‑makers, logistics brokers and on‑site gardeners, a pattern often seen in Spain’s indoor cannabis trade.