The Police have carried out a forceful operation in Son Banya, arresting a Paraguayan drug trafficker and demolishing seven illegal shacks used for drug sales. With a deployment of one hundred officers and air support, cocaine, marijuana, hashish, and cash were seized. The action aims to reinforce security in the area and curb drug trafficking.
Demolishing shacks as a method against street-level dealing 🏚️
The demolition of these illegal constructions is not a random act. It responds to a strategy of physically dismantling the points of sale, hindering the logistics of street-level dealing. By eliminating the infrastructure, traffickers are forced to seek new locations, exposing themselves to greater surveillance. Aerial surveillance technology and sales data analysis allow these hotspots to be identified with surgical precision.
The forced relocation of the family business 🚚
While the arrested trafficker looks for a lawyer, neighbors wonder if the next move will be to an apartment with an elevator and sea views. Because, let's be honest, if the business was so prosperous, they could at least have invested in shacks with better foundations. Now it's time to find a new location, but with rental prices in Palma, they might find it cheaper to sell lottery tickets.