During the oral hearing held at the Provincial Court of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the defendant exercised his right not to testify. His defense requested a full acquittal, arguing that the query to the computer database was generic and unsuccessful, with no confirmation of data transfer that could have been provided to third parties.
The only certainty is that there is no evidence that any data was disclosed, which, moreover, could not have been obtained because the operation was fruitless.
The Prosecutor's Office maintains its request for penalties, which, if confirmed, would imply the effective removal from service and expulsion from the force for the officer, who is currently around forty years old. The investigation, dating back to 2022, was thwarted after the alleged leak, which involved confirming to his father-in-law that the license plate of a car parked outside an industrial warehouse in La Camella, Arona, belonged to the National Police.
The officer's defense emphasized that any officer has access to the computer application, so his query was not exclusive. The case developed in parallel with another investigation that culminated in the arrest in 2024 of a 61-year-old Spanish citizen with a criminal record, who was found with several firearms and over 1,200 cartridges in a warehouse in La Camella.
According to the Prosecutor's Office, the officer's father-in-law contacted him after suspecting a disguised police vehicle monitoring the warehouse. The officer allegedly accessed the restricted Police database six times to confirm the vehicle's ownership from two computer terminals. This information, purportedly communicated to his father-in-law, weakened the surveillance operation and the overall investigation.
