Spain’s National Police dismantled a cannabis plantation in the industrial estate of Olías del Rey, Toledo province, and arrested the man accused of running it in the nearby town of Illescas.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] He was held on suspicion of drug trafficking and of defrauding the electricity supply.[1][2][3][5][8][9][10][6] The National Police said the arrest took place in Illescas.[11][8][12]

Officers began the investigation in August after information pointed to a cannabis crop somewhere in the industrial estate of Olías del Rey.[1][3][8][6][12][7] They searched the warehouse in September and seized 1,003 cannabis plants.[1][13][2][3][8][9][10][6][12][7] About 100 grams of cannabis buds were also taken out of the illegal market.[1][4] Nobody was inside the unit during the search, and the investigation continued until the suspect was identified.[1][3][8][9][6][12][7]

Those running the crop had built a sealed, climate-controlled partition of plasterboard inside the industrial building to optimise plant growth.[1][3][4][8][9][10][6][12][7] Police also found an illegal hook-up to the public power grid, used to avoid the cost of the large amount of electricity the plantation demanded.[1][13][3][4][8][9][6][12][7]

ABC reports that officers found nearly 100 kilograms of cannabis buds already prepared for distribution in the illicit market.[2] Nobody connected with the crop was inside the industrial unit when officers searched it, and the investigation stayed open to identify those responsible.[2]

The suspect was identified and arrested in Illescas in October, the police month given for that step.[3][8]

Officers searched the warehouse in September and seized the 1,003 plants, then identified and arrested the suspect in October, the Toledo provincial police station said.[4]

The National Police announced the Olías del Rey seizure in a press release.[8]