Mallorca: Five drug arrests, 70 grams of tusi in car

In Palma, Mallorca, police find 70 grams of the drug tusi in a car after a report of a fight involving knives last weekend. Spain’s National Police report five arrests on suspicion of drug dealing. The first comes on the night between Friday and Saturday in the Els Hostalets neighbourhood.

A call about a fight leads to a drug find

Officers arrive to find a car double-parked with its hazard lights on. Three men outside match witnesses’ descriptions of those involved in the reported fight. They try to flee, but officers stop them.

Police find several portions of tusi on one man and cash in small notes on another. A bag inside the car holds 70 grams of tusi and more than 50 tablets, including ecstasy and erectile dysfunction medication. Officers arrest one of the men on suspicion of drug dealing. They also take a mobile phone whose owner they are trying to identify.

More arrests across Palma

On Saturday morning, plain-clothes officers see a suspected drug handover near Avenida Argentina in the Santa Catalina neighbourhood. The buyer has a portion of cocaine and faces a proposed fine. Police find tusi, cocaine, erectile dysfunction tablets and cash on the suspected seller, whom they arrest.

At midday in Son Gotleu, a man tries to flee when he recognises an unmarked police car. Officers stop him, find 50 grams of hashish and 250 euros in cash, and arrest him.

Early the next morning, a patrol finds a man asleep in a car parked across a driveway. Police find tusi, cocaine, a marijuana joint, poppers and cash in his waist bag and the car, and arrest him. The National Police report five arrests in all, but give details of only four.

Topics: Police · Arrests · Palma

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com