Clandestine cannabis workshop dismantled in Barcelona with 63.7 kilos seized
Mossos d'Esquadra and Guardia Urbana arrest four people in Eixample after discovering an illegal laboratory manufacturing derivatives for Barcelona cannabis associations.
Police operation in Eixample
According to El Confidencial, the Mossos d'Esquadra and Barcelona's Guardia Urbana have dismantled a clandestine workshop in Eixample after confiscating 63.7 kilos of cannabis-derived products. Four people have been arrested as suspected perpetrators of a crime against public health.
The operation was carried out on 9 October following an investigation that began the previous day. A Guardia Urbana patrol detected a suspected transaction at the entrance to the premises, which emitted a strong smell of marijuana.
Contents seized
Officers located four people inside manipulating and manufacturing cannabis-derived products. An authorised judicial search allowed authorities to seize 30 kilos of marijuana, 28 kilos of hashish, four kilos of cannabis oil and 1.7 kilos of CBD isolate.
The establishment operated as a workshop where these derivatives were manufactured, prepared and distributed for various cannabis associations in Barcelona. The Mossos reported on the operation via official statement on Thursday.
Source: El Confidencial