Local customers had to match the last two figures of the Christmas or El Niño draws to win the prize, which included drugs, cash and even a ham
Agents of the National Police dismantled in Murcia a black point for the sale of drugs in which, in addition to supplying their clients with all kinds of narcotic substances, they were allowed to consume it inside. In one of the searches carried out, the police found a template on the wall where customers signed up and participated to win a ‘narco-basket’ if they got the last two figures of the Christmas or El Niño raffles correct. The prize included cocaine, hashish, alcohol, cash and even a ham.
The operation began when the agents learned of the existence of a drug store, where, in addition to selling drugs, their consumption was allowed. After confirming their suspicions, the investigators obtained the mandatory order to enter and search the premises and, in addition, a related address that was the place where, presumably, the drugs were grown and stored.
In the operation, agents arrested two people and seized 165 marijuana plants, a kilo of chopped marijuana, more than five kilograms of marijuana buds, and various amounts of cocaine and hashish. They also dismantled an indoor crop made up of 33 halogen lamps, transformers, an extractor and four air conditioners used to grow the drug.
In conducting the search, the researchers found something surprising and novel. The detainees had made a huge template on the wall of the home for consumers to participate in the raffle for a basket of drugs. After betting a different amount of money – five euros for the Christmas draw and ten euros for El Niño – to get the last two figures right, the winning basket included cocaine, hashish, alcohol, tobacco, cash and even a ham eight kilos.
The detainees, two men aged 30 and 45, one of Spanish nationality and the other Argentine, were brought before the judicial authority as alleged perpetrators of a crime of drug trafficking and another of fraud of electricity, for having connected addresses to the electricity grid.
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