Pepper Pickers Arrested

Information has been released on Monday about the arrests of two men in Pilar de la Horadada last week, accused of an alleged crime of continual misappropriation.

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The events date back to September when investigators became aware of a group who were acquiring peppers from an agricultural cooperative for the last year.

The two suspects, aged 25 and 42, were arrested on the 23^rd of June, within the cooperative, with a van loaded with peppers in their possession.

Three people were arrested in total and delivered to the courts in Orihuela.