Dismantled in Melilla an organization dedicated to the sale and distribution of "laughing gas" capsules and drug trafficking


Dismantled in Melilla an organization dedicated to the sale and distribution of "laughing gas" capsules and drug trafficking

23,040 nitrous oxide capsules have been intervened, known as "laughing gas", the most voluminous made in Melilla and one of the most significant nationwide

Drug trafficking was carried out through the airport, attracting very young, vulnerable and at risk of social exclusion, especially women, who used as "human mules" to pass the drug attached to the body under the clothes they wore.

The operation has resulted in 19 detainees and 2 investigated who are accused of alleged crimes against public health








The Civil Guard, in collaboration with the Melilla Local Police, within the framework of the "CUADRILLA" operation, carried out in Melilla and Malaga, has proceeded to arrest 19 people and to investigate two others, belonging to an organization that dedicated to the sale and distribution of nitrous oxide capsules, known as "laughing gas" and "drug trafficking."

In Melilla, 4 searches have been carried out and 23,040 nitrous oxide capsules have been intervened, this apprehension constituting the most voluminous of those carried out in that town and one of the most significant at the national level, in addition to 20 kilograms of hashish, mobile phones and documentation of interest for the investigation.

The operation began last April, when it was detected at the Melilla airport that very young women were carrying drugs attached to their bodies under the clothes they were wearing. Continuing with the investigations, the agents were able to verify the arrival in the city of an increase in nitrous oxide capsules, covered by commercial items declared as "units of siphon chargers for cream", a legal product used in the hospitality sector as a foaming agent for make whipped cream or another type of pressure cream in confectionery.
Likewise, the agents verified that the plot illegally diverted those capsules for human consumption in entertainment venues and "bottles" with large concentrations of young people on public roads, where this substance was consumed by inhaling the gas extracted from its interior through dispensers and "balloons", a method known as "cracker".
For its distribution and sale, the plot preferably used a leisure place located in Melilla La Vieja and also in bottles in places such as the Rostrogordo esplanade, Pista de Carros, near La Residencia de Mayores or La Hípica.
The benefits they obtained were substantial since the legal capsules can be purchased for about 50 cents per unit and sold for between 3 and 4 euros each.
The leader of the organization, resident in Melilla, diversified his criminal business and dedicated a part of the plot to traffic, mainly through the airport, using as "human mules", very young, vulnerable people at risk of social exclusion, to the that they captured in different neighborhoods of the City and offered them for the "pass", between 400 and 1000 euros, depending on the amount of drugs they were carrying, under the clothes they were wearing.
During the operation, six women and three men, aged between 17 and 22, were arrested carrying drugs, in addition to three other women who acted as “captors” of this vulnerable group.

"Laughing gas"

Nitrous oxide is a volatile substance, which, when diverted to harmful consumption, constitutes a drug of abuse that produces euphoric effects, which has made it popularly known as "laughing gas" or "laughing gas".
This harmful consumption for recreational purposes, mixed with alcohol, makes it possible to enhance its adverse effects, which poses a serious risk to public health as certified by the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products since it can produce very dangerous effects such as suffocation , hallucinations or problems in the spinal cord, among others.
The operation has been directed and supervised by the Court of Instruction no. 3 of those of Melilla, and the investigation has been carried out by the Organic Unit of Judicial Police (UOPJ) of the Command of the Civil Guard of Melilla, with the collaboration of the Local Police of the Autonomous City and the Fiscal Company of the Command.

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