Alicante court tries six people for cannabis network between Benissa and Calp

Alicante Provincial Court began on Tuesday 13 October, at 9:30 a.m., the trial against six people accused by the Public Prosecutor of alleged offences against public health. According to the prosecution, the facts date back to 2016.

The Public Prosecutor's Office argues that the organisation cultivated cannabis and hashish in indoor plantations located in Benissa and Calp, in Marina Alta, with the aim of preparing the drug and sending it to the British market. According to the prosecution, the accused concealed the substance in tins of preserved tomato to make it appear that they were food products.

The Public Prosecutor is seeking 15 years in prison for the alleged leader of the organisation, whom it considers the principal person responsible for the network's operational and logistical structure. For each of the other five defendants, accused of participating in the cultivation, processing and sending of the drug, the Public Prosecutor is requesting 8 years in prison.

It will be for the Provincial Court to determine, throughout the trial, whether the facts described by the prosecution are proven and the degree of responsibility of each of the six defendants.