AN INVESTIGATION into a series of robberies resulted in the discovery of a criminal gang who manufactured ‘pink cocaine’ at two Torrevieja addresses.
Eight men and three women aged between 21 and 36 years have been arrested by the Guardia Civil.
Two properties were used to make the substance, also known as ‘tusi’, which was sold around local nightclubs.
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The whole operational structure of the gang was dismantled by the Guardia who knocked out all of the sales points used by them.
The discovery of the narcotic suppliers came by accident after authorities in March tried to find the suspect behind several home robberies in the city.
After he was arrested and jailed, the probe took investigators to his home where he lived with other members of the gang.
Officers discovered the house was being used as a production and sales point for ‘tusi’, which led them to broaden their investigations.
Four other addresses were searched leading to the confirmation that two of them were being used as clandestine drug laboratories.
The Guardia seized 12 grams of ‘tusi’, 30 grams of amphetamine, plus an ‘abundant’ amount of material used to prepare the drug.
Although given the name of ‘pink cocaine’, ‘tusi’ normally is normally cocaine-free.
It is mix of different psychoactive substances such as ketamine, MDMA, or amphetamines, to which a pink dye is added to give it its appearance.
The variability of the components makes the drug especially dangerous, according to the Guardia Civil, as buyers don’t know what they are taking and in what proportion.
Health authorities say ‘tusi’ can cause overdoses, anxiety attacks, psychotic episodes and other serious complications.
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