Guardia Civil arrests driver with 3.7 kg of marijuana at an Espejo road check
Guardia Civil officers stopped a 34-year-old man from Salamanca province at a check point on the N-432 in Espejo, Córdoba, and found 3.7 kilograms of marijuana hidden in packages around his car. He was arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking and handed to the courts with the drug.
🇪🇸 N-432 road check point, Espejo, Córdoba · Spain
Guardia Civil officers from Nueva Carteya stopped a car at a check point for
people and vehicles on the N-432 road in the municipality of Espejo, Córdoba
province.[1]Officers noticed an intense smell of marijuana coming from the
car and searched it with the help of a sniffer dog from the command’s canine
unit.[1]The search found packages hidden in different parts of the car
containing 3 kilograms and 700 grams of marijuana, which officers seized.[1]
The driver, a 34-year-old man from Salamanca province, was arrested as the
suspected author of drug trafficking.[1]The detainee, the seized drug and the
case file were handed to the judicial authority.[1]The Guardia Civil accused
him of a crime against public health, through drug trafficking, and said the
action fell under the national security plans applied in the province.[2]
Photos and video
The 3.7 kilograms of marijuana seized from the car at the Espejo check point, laid out for the Guardia Civil handout. Photo: Guardia CivilPhoto details
Córdoba Hoycordobahoy.esESLa Guardia Civil detiene en Nueva Carteya a una persona por llevar 3,7 kilogramos de marihuana
El Día de Córdobaeldiadecordoba.esESUn perro detector de drogas ayuda a detener a un hombre que llevaba en su coche 3,7 kilos de marihuana en Nueva Carteya
Open questions the AI reported
Neither account gives the date of the check point; 17 September 2019 is the publication date of both reports and is used as the incident date.
The Guardia Civil's accounts are headlined as an arrest in Nueva Carteya, but the check point where the car was stopped was on the N-432 in the municipality of Espejo; the coordinates given are those of Nueva Carteya.
No weight is given for the individual packages, and the 3.7 kilograms is the total as stated by the Guardia Civil.
No charge, court appearance, measure of restraint or outcome is reported beyond the handing of the file to the courts.
The man is identified only by age and province of residence.
Both outlets reproduce the same Guardia Civil statement, and the seizure photo is a Guardia Civil handout published by Córdoba Hoy.
No value estimate for the seized marijuana was published.
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