The Spanish police force was engaged in a raid in Santiponce (province of Seville) with the idea of dismantling an illegal plantation of marijuana. But once the door of the local broken down, the discovery turned out to be totally different…
The police were aware of the location because of the discovery of an illegal electrical connection to the building. Upon entering the facility, they found all the trappings of a mining farm in the making.
For lack of marijuana the Police break the business of miners.
The report from Spanish police officers describes that authorities seized equipment worth $55,816.03 presumably including a full RIG for Ethereum based on EVGA RTX 3080 in addition to 21 ASICs focused on Bitcoin mining.
Unfortunately for the miners, the Spanish police are on a search logic from years of experience. In marijuana plantations, a large amount of heat and energy consumption is generated, so with a thermal camera, you can see already make a first location. The presence on the building of clues evoking a hacking of the electrical network then supports the police track. We can clearly find these same clues for the clandestine mining farms. Unfortunately for the miners, their farm was obviously only in the early stages of exploitation, so the loss is considerable for them. As for the police, it is not certain that they are satisfied with this operation…