The Local Police of Badajoz have discovered 170 tonnes of figs in a clandestine industrial warehouse. The fruit, which was in very poor condition, was intended to be washed for later human consumption, report the police in a press release.
The merchandise was discovered at about 1 pm on 25 May. When the agents arrived at the location, they observed a great amount of birds going through the broken windows of a warehouse, from which came a rotten smell.
They also observed two individuals who, upon noticing the presence of the police, tried to escape on foot, before being intercepted moments later. When questioned, they said, very nervously, that they were working in the warehouse and that they could not give them any more information.
When the agents entered the premises they found a property in "a poor state of repair, with damaged walls and ceilings, broken windowpanes, floors in very bad condition, with liquids spilled on the floors and a large amount of figs stacked in sacks, in very poor sanitary conditions," the police note said.
As a precautionary measure, the warehouse has been sealed by the Local Police, leaving all the material at the disposal of the veterinary services, which will proceed to its destruction.
The police have identified the manager of the clandestine warehouse and will inform the judicial authority of the facts for a possible crime against public health.
Source: hoy.es
