Seven indoor cannabis grows dismantled in Granada; 2,180 plants seized
Customs Surveillance officers and Civil Guard officers dismantled seven indoor cannabis production facilities in Cijuela and Chimeneas, Granada, on 1 April 2024 in Operation Chume, seizing 2,180 cannabis plants. Seven people were arrested and thirteen more were investigated over fraud against the electricity grid.
Customs Surveillance officers of the Tax Agency and Civil Guard officers
dismantled seven cannabis production facilities in the Granada towns of
Cijuela and Chimeneas on 1 April 2024, as part of Operation Chume.[1]In
all seven properties they found the equipment for growing and producing
cannabis, along with 2,180 Cannabis sativa plants at various stages of
flowering.[1]
Investigators, helped by technicians from the electricity supplier, had found
at least 20 illegal double connections to the grid in homes in the two towns;
high consumption readings in seven of them pointed to large-scale growing, and
the searches followed a court order.[1]Seven people were arrested for drug
cultivation and production and for electricity fraud, while 13 more people
were investigated for electricity fraud.[1]
Case data
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Customs officers and National Police arrested three people after finding 126 kilograms of marijuana in a van in Elche and 145 flowering plants in an indoor grow in Cehegín. The inquiry began in March 2026; a suspected leader was later arrested in Guardamar del Segura and brought before a court in Torrevieja.
National Police seized nearly 1,000 cannabis plants in two indoor grows in Granada's Norte district. A 35-year-old man was detained over one of the flats and referred to the judicial authority.
The Guardia Civil dismantled an outdoor marijuana plantation in Mira, Cuenca, in Operation TABACU II, seizing nearly 73 kilos of cannabis and more than 1,000 cut plants. A 37-year-old man allegedly guarding the crop was arrested and remanded in provisional prison without bail.
Spain's National Police dismantled an indoor cannabis grow in a La Nucía house, seizing 200 plants and about 38kg of buds. A 47-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking and electricity theft and remanded in custody.
