Three businessmen are under investigation for defrauding over 500,000 euros through fraudulent sales of organic lemons

The Civil Guard of the Murcia Region has developed the 'Hot lemon' operation, an investigation that has culminated with the investigation of three entrepreneurs in the horticultural sector, as alleged authors of fraud, documentary falsification, and crimes against consumer markets. The investigation was initiated within the framework of an investigation established by the Organic Agriculture Council of the Murcia Region (CAERM) and the Civil Guard's Nature Protection Service for monitoring the marketing of organic citrus. In initial surveillance work on farms dedicated to this type of product, located in the Guadalentín region, irregular practices were detected consisting of mixing organic citrus with conventional citrus batches. Investigators detected that the mixtures were carried out outside authorized food handling spaces, even loading trucks en route, making arranged stops at strategic points where they transferred cargo from one truck to another before reaching their ...