Officers from the National Police have arrested ten people in Elche, all of Albanian nationality and aged between 19 and 32, for cultivating and selling marijuana on a large scale, throughout the province of Alicante.

In a raid on the property used by the gang the police have seized more than 2,000 plants.

The criminal group had a sophisticated electronic system that favoured the growth of the crop.

After months of investigation, the police device has been able to arrest 10 people who participated in this organisation. The detainees have been brought to justice and three of them have been sent to prison.