Four and a half years in prison requested for a man caught with 5.6 grams of cocaine in Arrecife

The Public Prosecutor's Office also requests that the defendant, who will be tried on January 22, be fined 443 euros.

January 16 2020 (13:53 WET)
The judge sends the three detainees to prison for assaulting an 80-year-old lady in Arrecife
The judge sends the three detainees to prison for assaulting an 80-year-old lady in Arrecife

The First Section of the Provincial Court will try on January 22, in Gran Canaria, a man who was found with 5.6 grams of cocaine in Arrecife. The Public Prosecutor's Office requests a sentence of four and a half years in prison for the accused.  

According to the indictment, at approximately 01:30 hours on September 28, 2014, in the vicinity of Calle La Carmen in Arrecife, D.A.M. possessed "11 wraps containing cocaine with a total weight of 5.6 grams and an average purity of 18.85%" with "the intention of distributing them among third parties." A drug that, according to reports, would have reached a value of 147.96 euros on the illicit market. 

The Public Prosecutor's Office considers that the facts constitute a crime against Public Health and, in addition to requesting a sentence of four and a half years in prison for the accused, also requests that a fine of 443.88 euros be imposed on him "with the subsidiary personal responsibility of one month of deprivation of liberty." 

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