Spain’s National Police arrested a 24-year-old man in València accused of selling cannabis to foreign tourists at premises that posed as a social club.[1] According to the police, the venue advertised on social media and the internet to attract visitors who wanted to buy marijuana and hashish.[1]

The investigation began in late August, when officers of the Centro district police station detected possible steady sale and distribution of cannabis and its derivatives at the premises.[1] Officers in plain clothes found that membership cost a 25-euro fee, which gave access to consumption inside the venue and to buying cannabis products in several formats.[1] Police also established that products were sold without any need to become a member, and that customers could take the substances outside, with a bag prepared to avoid detection at possible police checks.[1]

The operation ended on 20 October with a search of the premises, where officers seized more than one kilogram of substances of cannabis appearance, mainly marijuana and hashish, already divided into numerous doses ready for sale.[1] Officers also found packaging and preparation material, a precision scale and 767 euros in cash, and seized 19 boxes of self-sealing bags and documents related to the premises activity.[1] The man was arrested after the search as the alleged perpetrator of an offence against public health.[1]