The Sixth Section of the Provincial Court of Las Palmas will judge on July 14 in Arrecife a man accused of introducing drugs at the Lanzarote airport. The Prosecutor's Office attributes to him a crime against public health, in its modality of substances that cause serious damage to health.
The events occurred on November 13, 2022, around 3:15 p.m. The accused arrived at terminal one of the César Manrique airport on a Binter airline flight from Gran Canaria.
According to the Public Prosecutor's Office in its indictment, M.B. was carrying 100 capsules of cocaine in his body, which translates into a total of 988.30 grams. The approximate value of the drug in the illicit market would have reached 93,746.11 euros.
M.B. has been in provisional prison since November 15, as a precautionary measure. For the moment, the Public Ministry requests a sentence of six years in prison for him, with special disqualification for the right to passive suffrage and a fine of 281,238.33 euros.
