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| The now investigated reported the theft of more than 68,000 kg.

grass torn from a special protection area in Cieza, lacking authorization | Environmental agents proceeded to confiscate and seal the esparto grass, remaining at the disposal of the Cieza City Council, owner of the land.After the investigations carried out, it has been possible to conclude that the esparto grass was removed from the forest, presumably by the investigated, once it had been confiscated.The Civil Guard of the Region of Murcia has developed an investigation to clarify theft of esparto grass illegally plucked and in a zone of special environmental protection.The actions began last June when, through a complaint filed by the Cieza City Council, it indicated the disappearance of 30,000 kg.

esparto grass, which was confiscated and sealed in the El Picarcho de Cieza area, as it was illegally plucked, lacking administrative authorization for its use.Previously, Environmental Agents from the Region of Murcia, surprised several workers of the now investigated, tearing off the esparto grass, so they proceeded to confiscate and seal it, leaving it deposited in the aforementioned area, for its later removal, remaining at the disposal of the Cieza City Council, since it had been verified that they lacked administrative authorization for such activity.Once all the administrative procedures had been carried out by the Municipal Council, the removal of the seized grass was agreed, mainly due to the risk of fire as it was in an advanced state of drying.For this, a company was designated, which proceeded to withdraw part of the product that was sealed in the bush.The company designated by the Municipal Council of Cieza made two withdrawals and when it was preparing to make a third, it observed that the rest of the esparto grass had disappeared, with no amount remaining.Meanwhile, the person in charge of the company that had removed the esparto grass in a supposedly illegal way, even though he had been informed that he was confiscated and sealed by Environmental Agents and at the disposal of the City Council, filed a complaint with the Civil Guard for the theft of the same, to knowing the state of the product.It was then when components of the ROCA Team of the Civil Guard of Cieza, began investigations and carried out an eye inspection, in order to obtain evidence or indications of the alleged authorship of the act.From the investigations carried out, a company was located, from which the company that had collected the esparto illegally was a supplier, verifying that the now investigated, during the entire period of the seizure and seizure processing, not only did not stop doing weekly shipments, if not that shipments and quantities increased during that period, despite having reported the theft of more than 68,000 kg.

of product.The person investigated and the proceedings investigated have been made available to the Cieza (Murcia) Guard Investigating Court.

Source: Ministerio del Interior