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Date Published: 07/07/2022

ARCHIVED - Family row leads to arrest in Torrevieja for growing and selling 'magic' mushrooms

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Police in the Vega Baja town, Alicante province also discovered more than 800 unprescribed opiate tablets

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - Family row leads to arrest in Torrevieja for growing and selling 'magic' mushrooms

The Guardia Civil in Torrevieja responded to a report of a family dispute at a home in the coastal town this week and inadvertently uncovered a mini-drug farm and the cultivation of hallucinogenic mushrooms.

A neighbour called the police to report some sort of row at the property but when they called to make a welfare check, they discovered a small greenhouse that was being used to grow 'magic' mushrooms and marijuana for trafficking.

A couple were at the property and once identified, officers concluded the man was involved in the sale of drugs and suspected various narcotic substances were hidden elsewhere on the property.

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A full search was carried out, unearthing 12 grams of marijuana; 35 grams of hallucinogenic mushrooms; 400 grams of hashish, 18 grams of methamphetamines, 128 grams of a "cutting" substance used to adulterate the drug and more than 800 pharmaceutical opiate pills of different brands without the required prescription.

Police also seized a marijuana plant ready to be dried; utensils for weighing and cutting drugs; 500 euros in cash and an air revolver-type weapon.

The male occupant, who has a police record for similar offences, was arrested and charged with a crime against public health for drug trafficking. He appeared in court in Torrevieja and was released with conditions pending a further hearing.

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Image: Guardia Civil

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