Manager arrested over drug sales in a Tetuán hair salon; 100 g of marijuana seized
National and municipal police in Madrid dismantled a drug sales point hidden in a hair salon in the Tetuán district, where officers seized more than 600 grams of cocaine, 100 grams of marijuana and a loaded revolver. The 48-year-old manager was detained on 30 October, charged with crimes against public health and illegal possession of weapons.
National police officers, working with the Madrid municipal police, dismantled a
drug sales point operating inside a hair salon in the Tetuán district and
arrested the 48-year-old Dominican national who ran it, facing charges of crimes
against public health and illegal possession of weapons.[1]The intervention
came during a preventive operation at the publicly open shop after officers
noticed an unusual turnover of people; when they entered to identify those
present they saw several doses of drugs laid out on a mirror, which prompted a
fuller search in which officers with trained dogs took part.[1]
The search found a hidden compartment in a shelf of a cupboard where the dogs
located more drugs, and officers seized more than 600 grams of cocaine and
phenacetin, 100 grams of marijuana, 500 packs of cigarettes, a loaded revolver
with four cartridges hidden in a fridge, six more cartridges, a knife and more
than €2,000 in cash.[1]
The salon’s manager was detained on 30 October and placed at the disposal of the
court.[1]Gacetín Madrid published the Madrid police’s account of the arrest
and the seizure in the Tetuán salon.[2]
Telemadrid reported the investigation began after the town council’s
surveillance cameras recorded many men entering and leaving within minutes with
barely changed haircuts, and it said the loaded revolver was found inside a
washing machine.[3]
Photos and video
Photo of the moment of the arrest of the hair salon manager, published with the ABC report on the Tetuán salon. Photo: Policía NacionalPhoto details
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Open questions the AI reported
The cocaine and phenacetin were reported together as more than 600 grams, so no separate cocaine figure is recorded; the only cannabis quantity stated is 100 grams of marijuana.
Outlets disagree on where the revolver was hidden: ABC and Gacetín report a fridge while Telemadrid says a washing machine.
No court outcome for the detained manager was reported after he was placed at the disposal of the judge.
The ABC page also recounts a separate July police operation in a hair salon on General Ricardos street in Carabanchel; that is a different event and is not recorded in this report.
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