Overview
- Local officers conducting surveillance at the Las Terrazas Shopping Centre on March 10 intercepted a customer carrying a heat-sealed bag of cannabis, prompting a search of the premises.
- Police reported seizing 1,170 grams of cannabis, 865 grams of hashish, 164 cannabis cigarettes, packaging materials, two precision scales and cash totaling €3,469.90 and £225.
- The person running the premises was arrested on suspicion of an offence against public health and transferred to Civil Guard custody.
- Spanish outlet Sur reported the detainee is a 47-year-old British national who spent most of his career at West Bromwich Albion, though no name has been released by authorities.
- Sur also reported the shop lacked an opening and activity licence, and it remains unclear whether the suspect has appeared before an investigating judge or had charges formally filed.