The Guardia Civil of the Murcia region has successfully dismantled a criminal gang involved in drug trafficking and violent robberies. This operation, known as ‘Fitión’, led to the arrest of four individuals in the Campo de Cartagena area. Authorities conducted preliminary investigations due to the alarming rise in violent robberies, and the probe eventually pointed to a well-organised group that targeted various shops, threatening employees and demanding cash at gunpoint.

Investigators revealed that the gang was sophisticated, changing vehicles regularly to avoid detection. They carried out long-distance moves to different cities in order to evade capture. After thorough analysis, the Guardia Civil managed to trace the group’s activities back to specific locations, leading to two simultaneous raids in Cartagena and Fuente Álamo.

The raids uncovered an illegal indoor cannabis cultivation facility with over one hundred plants and associated growing equipment. Authorities also seized real and imitation firearms, ammunition, and evidence of electricity fraud. The leader of the gang is known to have multiple outstanding arrest warrants.

Initial investigations have linked the gang to a series of robberies across Cartagena, La Unión, Fuente Álamo, and the Alicante municipality of Villena. The Guardia Civil continues to investigate this case, as they anticipate further arrests and clarifications of additional crimes committed by the gang.