The bourgeois guard of Navarra via the Nature Protection Team (EPRONA) and the patrol of Seprona De Castejón have stopped Three men and investigated a woman as alleged perpetrators of a crime against public health, crime of fraud, crime of documentary forgery And belonging to the criminal group in the city of Tudela (Navarra).
The investigation began after an intervention of the patrol of Seprona de Castejón in a Sita farm in the city of Tudela, because of a small fire. In this farm they were able to observe some canned boats of pepper A yellow label entitled “Crystal Peppers, roasted with coal and peeled by hand.”
After this finding, the agents of the Seprona team continued Do research to find the relationship between these boats and the owner of the farm.
Place where the peppers have stopped
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This resulted in a conspiracy in which those involved bought the red Italian variety of peppers, roasted, peeled and placed in glass boats to sell them as preserves, without having the established hygienic sanitary conditions, This product then sells to restaurants and branches, so that they pass on as a “gastronomic” productWithout authorization to sell these products.
In this way, They practically contain their benefits, When buying a cheaper variety of pepper and going through a more expensive for consumers, without going through the mandatory health and quality controls, to perform these preserves in regrettable hygienic conditions and endangers people’s health.
The boats of the “crystal peppers” variety They were then sold in restaurants in Navarra, Basque Country, La Rioja, Soria and ZaragozaAs a “gastronomic” product, which obtains significant economic benefits.
In addition to the possible serious damage to people’s health and the scam to restaurants by selling a completely different product, The managers have replaced a bar code from another totally different company and added a sanitary registration number that went to the labelIt is lacking that this product of traceability or any form of health control.
Peppers seized in an operation of the civil protector
Civil security
Due to the investigations carried out by the agents of the Seprona de Navarra, More than 1,200 canned boats have been introduced of “Crystal Pepper” who did not meet the sanitary circumstances established by the Ministry of Health, and are able to have caused serious damage to people’s health.
It has been for these facts The arrest of three men, one of the 66 years of Spanish nationality and two more than 48 and 33 of Moroccan nationality And all three in the city of Tudela (Navarra). A woman has also been investigated for 33 years of Moroccan nationality and also resident in Tudela.
They are considered authors of a crime against public health, crime of fraud, crime of documentary forgery and belonging to the criminal group. The procedure was sent to the court of 1st instance and instruction no. 2 of Tudela who understands the case.
