POLICE IN Pilar de la Horadada have seized 22 marihuana plants and 640 grams of hashish in two separate operations that took place at the end of July.

In the first incident, a local police patrol gave chase to two men after observing them selling drugs in broad daylight in a busy street in Pilar de la Horadada’s town centre.

On spotting the police officers, one of the men fled and entered a nearby house with an open door. He was shortly found inside trying to hide the drugs underneath a bed.
The 32 year-old Maghrib native was arrested after the police seized 640 grams of prepared bags of hashish with a street value of 4,000€. The man is now awaiting trial at the Guardia Civil cells in Torre de la Horadada.

In a separate incident, police responded to a call from a local farmer who had spotted poachers on his land.
On inspection of the area, which is located close to the Lo Romero golf club, a greenhouse was discovered hidden in a riverbed area with 22 marihuana plants that ranged from 50cm to 2m high.

Within hours police had identified the person responsible for the cultivation of the illegal plants and proceeded to arrest him.
Chief of the Local Police of Pilar de la Horadada, José Antonio Hernández commented after the two arrests: “We will continue with this line of work in order to fight against this type of crime in Pilar de la Horadada.”