Manager of 24-hour shop in Costa Blanca’s Alicante arrested on suspicion of dealing drugs from the store

Tip offs from members of the public in Alicante led to the arrest of a 24-hour shop manager for allegedly selling drugs over the counter.

THE 40-year-old Congolese man is suspected of dealing hashish from the shop and has been charged with drug trafficking and a crime against public health.

In a statement, Alicante National Police said “due to the limitations of mobility established by the State of Alarm, drug traffickers, in order to continue their illicit activity, look for other sales opportunities.”

In his case, the shop manager is suspected of selling drugs in “a camouflaged way,” as though “he was selling food.”

During the arrest, initiated following information from the public, officers found quantities of hashish “prepared for sale.”

He will be dealt with in the Court of Instruction of Alicante.

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Tara Rippin

Tara Rippin is a reporter for Spain’s largest English-speaking newspaper, Euro Weekly News, and is responsible for the Costa Blanca region.
She has been in journalism for more than 20 years, having worked for local newspapers in the Midlands, UK, before relocating to Spain in 1990.
Since arriving, the mother-of-one has made her home on the Costa Blanca, while spending 18 months at the EWN head office in Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol.
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