Overview
- The attempted purchase involved about €27,000 in counterfeit €50 and €100 notes during a planned sale of roughly one kilogram of cocaine in a Mislata garage.
- Police were alerted by a chase through the building after the buyer fled, leading officers to recover a backpack with about 1.2 kg of cocaine and a pistol.
- Officers also found the fake money in an Audi and later conducted searches in Manises, Quart de Poblet and Valencia, locating equipment used to weigh drugs.
- Three suspects aged 18 to 33 were detained, with the reported 23-year-old buyer and 33-year-old seller remanded to pre-trial detention and the 18-year-old released with charges.
- The case includes alleged drug trafficking and counterfeiting offenses, with two suspects additionally investigated for robbery with violence and the firearm’s ownership under review.