He received a package with more than 45,000 euros worth of drugs in Ibiza and could spend eight years in prison.

The First Section of the Provincial Court of Palma will hold this Tuesday (12.15 pm) the preliminary hearing of the trial against a man accused of receiving a package with drugs valued at more than 45,000 euros at his home in Ibiza.

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The prosecution requests that he be sentenced to eight years in prison and a fine of 120,000 euros as the alleged perpetrator of a crime against public health.

The facts, according to the prosecutor in his indictment, took place on June 26th. The defendant had arranged with unidentified third parties to receive a package containing MDMA and ketamine at his home.

He was under surveillance by the authorities, and the Court of Instruction number 3 of Ibiza, in charge of the investigations, authorized the substitution of the narcotics for a harmless substance and its controlled delivery.

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Although it was not he but a woman who picked up the package, the man acknowledged before the examining magistrate that he was the sole responsible party and recipient of the shipment.

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