Overview

• Operation Palmeira began after a power company reported a transformer working over capacity and catching fire, indicating an illegal electricity hookup.
• Investigators identified two unauthorized connections feeding separate grows and executed searches at two chalets in a local urbanization.
• Seized items included 65 LED panels, 28 fans, 11 air conditioners, three dehumidifiers, 13 carbon filters, four extractors and two surveillance cameras.
• Three men aged 50, 51 and 55 of Spanish and Albanian nationalities were detained in connection with the plantations.
• The transformer incident caused repeated outages for residents and occurred in a pine area flagged as a clear wildfire risk, and case files have been delivered to Xàtiva’s Court No. 3 by the investigating team with local police support.