SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, July 28 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Civil Guard has arrested a man in Tenerife who was caught while carrying more than 150,000 doses of anabolic and steroids in his vehicle, for which he is accused of a crime against public health typified in the Penal Code with up to three years of imprisonment. prison.
The action was carried out by agents of the Civil Guard belonging to the Main Post of La Victoria, with the support of the Territorial Team of the Judicial Police of Puerto de la Cruz. The detainee is 33 years old and is a resident of the municipality of La Matanza.
The events occurred in the morning when the agents were carrying out a citizen security prevention service in the municipality of La Matanza and observed a man who was with all the doors of his vehicle open, including the trunk, while picking up bags from within.
“Upon noticing his presence, he adopted an attitude of exaggerated nervousness, quickly closing the trunk door, and hastily leaving the place on foot in the opposite direction to the agents,” La Benemérita explained in a statement.
The agents, given the suspicions, “checked the state of the vehicle abandoned by it, being able to observe from the outside, not only that the vehicle was open, but that throughout its interior, front and rear seats, as well as the trunk, there were 15 large garbage bags of different types, filled with a multitude of boxes, of what apparently appeared to be medicines, and more specifically doses of anabolic substances with various anagrams and different trademarks and active ingredients”.
They activated the Territorial Team of the Judicial Police in Puerto de la Cruz, who was in charge of carrying out the corresponding Ocular Technical Inspection of the vehicle to clarify the facts, as well as the subsequent referral of drug samples for their corresponding analysis. to the Department of Inspection and Control of Medicines of the Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS).
Finally, it was possible to verify that they were drugs of the “anabolic steroids” type, for which reason the alleged perpetrator of the events was identified, located, and arrested. The detainee, together with the proceedings, has been placed at the disposal of the Investigating Court of La Orotava.
