three Guardia Civil officers based in El Ejido (Almería) were arrested

It has emerged that three Guardia Civil officers based in El Ejido (Almería) were arrested last Saturday after small quantities of drugs, seemingly ready for distribution, were found during searches of the officers' homes.

The names of the three officers, as well as all other details concerning the arrests, have been withheld on the orders of the judge investigating the case.

It seems that the officers were dealing cannabis resin and marihuana on a small scale locally.

These arrests follow the detentions of two other Guardia Civil officers from Huércal de Almería and Roquetas de Mar on the 3rd September for providing tip-offs to different gangs of drug dealers to help them avoid police controls set up along the Almería coast.