This morning, agents of the National Police dismantled two important “narco apartments” located in the Madrid’s Usera neighborhoodmore precisely in the Orcasitas district, an operation which resulted in two arrests, the Madrid police headquarters reported this Friday in a press release.
The investigation began last July, after officers detected a significant movement of people near both houseswhich are located door to door, a circumstance which has made it easier for them to function as one.
Police investigations revealed that these houses, located on the ground floor of Plaza de la Solidaridadwere used as drug distribution points, supplying this substance to users in the area.
For these reasons, the police carried out this Thursday the entry and search of the two drug apartments, in which they intervened regarding 800 grams of cocaine, ten scales, two short firearms, ammunition, more than 600,000 euros in cash and two vehicles.
As a result, two people were arrested, a man and a woman, apparently brothers, as alleged perpetrators of a crime against public health and another for illegal possession of weapons, and were transferred to the Usera-Villaverde departmental police station, while waiting for him to be brought to justice.
Narcopiso in San Blas
At the end of September, the national police also dismantled another pharmacy, which sparked incessant complaints from neighbors. It was in the neighborhood of San Blas-Canillejas and he lived there criminal group made up of five people (three women and two men) who were dedicated to the sale of drugs.
The investigation began on May 16 when officers learned of the possible existence of a point of sale in the surroundings of Paraíso Park in Madrid. Investigations are advanced, agents They were able to observe the large influx of people near this address where they were going to acquire narcotic substances.
The mode of operation of this group was based on the division of two distribution channels. In the live show, four people devoted themselves to both managing the apartment and guarding, cutting and preparing the substances, which They sold from their own home.
In the indirect channel, they had collaborators who sold drugs near a park near the apartment, causing unsafe situations in the neighborhood.