The Prosecutor's Office is requesting four years in prison and a fine of 7,960 euros for a man accused of drug trafficking and another against road safety, who will be tried on April 4 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria by the Second Section of the Provincial Court.
According to the indictment, at approximately 5:20 p.m. on July 4, 2016, Michael D.D. was driving an Audi TT through Puerto del Carmen "carrying with total disregard for individual and collective health two packages containing 14.55 grams of cocaine, with an average purity of 55.16%, for subsequent sale and distribution." This substance, it is indicated, reaches a value of 853.35 euros on the illicit market.
In addition, the Public Prosecutor points out that the accused was driving the vehicle "without ever having obtained a license or permit, with the consequent risk to traffic safety and other road users."
The Prosecutor's Office considers that these facts constitute a crime against public health in the form of drug trafficking of narcotic substances that cause serious damage to health and a crime against road safety in the form of driving without a permit. For the first, it requests four years in prison and a fine of 2,560 euros, while for the second it asks for a fine of 5,400 euros.
The indictment states that the accused was sentenced in February 2009 by the Criminal Court number 1 of Arrecife to one year and six months in prison for a crime of robbery with violence and intimidation, although it is pointed out that the sentence was suspended two months later "for two years" and it is indicated that he does not have "antecedents computable as recidivism."
