The Mossos d'Esquadra deployed a large operation this Thursday in the Campclar neighborhood, in Tarragona, together with the ARRO of Camp de Tarragona, the UDRON, the Guardia Urbana, the National Police and technicians from Endesa, EMATSA and the Agència de l'Habitatge de Catalunya. The action ended with the inspection of 48 properties and the identification of 84 people.
The operation once again focused on a neighborhood where, after a recent police intervention against drug trafficking, the pressure has now shifted to irregular supplies and housing occupation. In a single day, agents and technicians detected electrical fraud equivalent to the consumption of 140 homes and eight apartment occupations.
The operation detected 39 electricity hookups and 23 fraudulent water connections
During the inspection, the teams located 39 illegal connections to the electrical grid. Technicians carried out 30 supply cuts due to the risk of fire or electrocution.
In addition, the electrical fraud discovered in Campclar is equivalent to the approximate consumption of 140 homes. In parallel, the participants in the operation located 23 fraudulent water connections and carried out 10 service cuts.
The action also included the removal of an abandoned motorcycle and remains of dismantled vehicles from the public highway.
The intervention opened proceedings for eight occupations and four expulsion files
In the residential sphere, agents detected eight apartment occupations and opened the corresponding police proceedings. In one of the properties of the Agència de l'Habitatge de Catalunya, intended for social use, the teams installed an anti-occupation door.
For their part, the National Police processed four expulsion files for violations of the Foreigners Law. The operation brought together security controls, review of basic supplies and monitoring of public housing in the same action.
Campclar had already been the scene of another intervention on April 29. That deployment ended with seven detainees and two drug dealing points dismantled, as well as the recovery of two apartments for social use.
In this Thursday's operation, the Agència de l'Habitatge de Catalunya installed an anti-occupation door in an apartment it owns reserved for social use.