Bar owner in Portugalete detained for selling hashish to customers
The Ertzaintza arrested the manager of a bar in the Abaro neighbourhood following confirmation of a hashish sale. A search uncovered drugs, scales and a knife with traces of the substance.
Arrest at a Portugalete bar for hashish trafficking
The Ertzaintza detained the owner of a bar in the Abaro neighbourhood of Portugalete at 20:20 on Tuesday, according to ertzaintza.euskadi.eus, accused of a drug trafficking offence after being caught selling hashish to a customer.
The operation was launched because officers suspected that controlled drugs were being traded inside the premises. A plainclothes patrol monitored the establishment and observed that several customers entered, remained for a brief period and left the premises. After confirming that one of them had purchased hashish, officers entered the building.
Upon detecting the police presence, the bar manager threw precision scales to the ground. During a search of the establishment, officers located two pieces of hashish hidden behind the coffee machine, sheets of plastic film and a knife with traces of the same substance.
The detainee, 39 years old and of North African origin, was taken to Ertzaintza facilities for the relevant proceedings and subsequently placed at the disposal of the judicial authorities.
Source: Google News ES — Crime (es)