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A cannabis club dismantled in the center of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

  • 1.7 kilos of marijuana, 760 grams of hashish, cash, five precision scales and items for the retail sale of narcotics were seized

April 25, 2024.- Agents of the Operational Unit of the Customs Surveillance Service of the Tax Agency in Las Palmas and the Judicial Assistance Subgroup of the General Corps of the Canary Islands Police, have dismantled a cannabis club located in a central area of ​​Las Palmas and they have carried out the intervention of 1.7 kilos of marijuana, 760 grams of hashish, cash, five precision scales and items for the retail sale of narcotics.

The action took place on April 12, when the club was entered and searched with the corresponding judicial authorization, after a joint investigation initiated in November of last year from which indications of a possible crime had been concluded. against public health.

The action began at 10:00 in the morning, when the agents surprised the individual responsible for opening the store, who was seized with 400 grams of hashish pollen that was among his belongings. At that time, he was arrested for a drug trafficking crime. The premises were then searched by the judicial procession and documentation, cash, marijuana, hashish, manufactured cigarettes and a drug were seized. industrial press for hashish manufacturing.

Altogether, 1,708 grams of marijuana, 760 grams of hashish, 809 euros, five precision scales and various items for the retail sale of narcotics have been seized.

The agents also proceeded to seal the premises and seize a vehicle used by the person in charge of the association. In the action, three people were arrested as allegedly responsible for a crime against public health, and they were released in the afternoon of the day. 12. These individuals will have to appear before the judicial authority when they are called to testify.