Bilbao police raid Pannagh cannabis club and arrest five members
Bilbao municipal police raided the Pannagh cannabis social club on 14 November 2011, seizing its cannabis stock and arresting five members including president Martin Barriuso. Barriuso and two others spent three days in jail before release on bail.
Bilbao municipal police raided the Pannagh cannabis social club on 14 November 2011, seizing its cannabis stock and arresting president Martin Barriuso and other members.[1][2]The premises were closed, and a judge later shut the association down and barred it from any activity.[2]
Barriuso and two others spent three days in jail before release on bail, set at 15,000 euros in his case.[1]A later account puts the number arrested at five.[2]Prosecutors accused the treasurer and secretary of drug trafficking, seeking four and a half years for that charge plus a further year and a half for belonging to a criminal group.[2]
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