Tolón receives the mayors of the Mountains of Toledo before the imminent olive harvest campaign

The delegate of the Spanish Government in Castile-La Mancha, Milagros Tolón, met today with the mayors of the towns of Gálvez, Guadamur, Polán, Navahermosa and Noez (Toledo); with the Civil Guard and with the subdelegate of the Government in the province of Toledo, Carlos Ángel Devia, due to the concern of these municipalities for the safety of agricultural operations before the olive harvest campaign, the peak of which will begin in a few weeks.

The Civil Guard confirmed that surveillance and cproduct traceability control in the facilities that receive the olives, in order to identify their origin. And the fact is that, on many occasions, the impossibility of determining the traceability of the product facilitates the work of the criminal and hinders that of the Civil Guard in investigations.

Mayors demand special surveillance from state security forces and agencies for possible increase in flights At present, since the damage is not only caused by the theft of the product, it also damages the plantations. The Civil Guard will strengthen its ROCA teams, specialized in the prevention and investigation of thefts in the agricultural and livestock sector, by intensifying the surveillance of agricultural operations, cooperatives, oil mills and storage facilities. In addition to transport control at points of purchase and sale of olives.

Milagros Tolón expressed the collaboration of the Government Delegation throughout the process and commitment to increased monitoring by the Civil Guard; in addition to asking the oil mills for responsibility for the collection of olives that have proven their origin.