14 kilos of marijuana and hashish seized in an alternative therapy store in the Salamanca district

Anti-drug operation in the heart of the Salamanca district. The National Police and the Municipal Police of Madrid seized as part of a joint operation, 14 kilograms of marijuana and hashish ready to be distributed, in an “alternative therapies” store on Claudio Coello street in Madrid.

As reported by the Municipal Police this Monday, the operation it ended with no arrests and the investigation remains open, since during the intervention only the owner of the premises, who had rented them to an “alternative therapy association”, could be located.

The officers entered local on October 18 with a court order, force the lock of the main door and cut a metal blind with the help of the Operational Technical Intervention Group (GOIT) of the National Police.

There was no one inside the premises, but the police, with the assistance of the dog brigade of the Municipal Police were able to find the drugs which were ready to be distributed. They also found them useful as precision balances for weighing substances and species.

Madrid and cannabis consumption

The Government of the Community of Madrid wants to regulate the sale and consumption of cannabis in Madrid, measures announced last June by the executive chaired by Isabel Díaz Ayuso.

Its goal is to develop a law to prohibit “the sale of cannabis derivatives” in any establishment using vending machines, in pharmacies or in vending machines located less than 300 meters from an educational center.

It must be remembered that, Regarding CBD, In Spain there is an authorization system for products made with CBD. And if the products are manufactured, Madrid cannot prohibit their sale.

Your only option is to limit it in certain establishments, as you are now announcing. Therefore, his way of stop selling products It is not a question of purely and simply prohibiting its distribution, but of strongly limiting it: neither spaces near schools, nor vending machines, nor pharmacies.