A man caught selling drugs in Son Banya accepted a three-year prison sentence on Wednesday, which will be replaced by a ten-year ban from Spain. The parties reached a plea agreement on Wednesday at the Second Section of the Provincial Court of the Balearic Islands, and the defendant admitted to the charges and agreed to pay a fine of €18,000. The prosecution had initially sought a four-and-a-half-year prison sentence and a €30,000 fine for the man, who was residing illegally in Spain. The events took place on September 8, 2024, in the Son Banya shantytown in Palma. The now-convicted man was caught carrying a box containing cannabis and cocaine, among other narcotics. More than €400 in banknotes and papers containing notes about drug sales were also seized.

A man in his forties was stabbed on Wednesday in the Son Banya neighborhood of Palma. The attack occurred early that morning, according to initial investigations, during a fight between a drug dealer and a buyer. During the argument, according to police sources, the dealer allegedly stabbed the man in front of the buyer, causing a wound. The victim was treated at the scene and then taken to Son Llàtzer Hospital.

National Police officers have arrested a man inside a shack in the Son Banya settlement in Palma, as the suspected perpetrator of drug trafficking and violating a restraining order prohibiting him from entering the settlement. The operation took place last Saturday during a crime prevention effort carried out by patrols from the Citizen Assistance Group, who detected the recent construction of several illegal shacks in the area, according to the Balearic Islands Police Headquarters. In response, uniformed and plainclothes officers deployed a team to identify individuals who might be using these structures for drug sales. During the surveillance, the officers observed movement of people inside some of the shacks. When the officers entered the settlement, they heard someone shout "Water!" alerting them to the police presence, at which point two men and a woman fled on foot. Inside the small house they had left, the police found a man next to a plank used as a table on which were various quantities of cocaine, hashish, and marijuana, as well as medication, coins and low-value bills, a small scale, and several papers with notes. The officers seized the narcotics and the materials related to the alleged drug trafficking activity. Upon identifying the man, they discovered he had a court order prohibiting him from entering the Son Banya settlement, so he was also arrested for violating a restraining order. The detainee was placed at the disposal of the court.

Juan Vega Amaya, the alleged drug trafficker known as 'El Vito', considered one of the leaders of the Son Banya settlement, has paid bail of 15,000 euros and has been released after spending almost two months in pretrial detention following an operation stemming from Manso-Enroque Bal and Chanquete. The young man, arrested last October, has two open court cases, as confirmed to Europa Press by legal sources. In Manso-Enroque Bal, more than 70 people have been arrested for their connection to a drug trafficking and money laundering network. In Chanquete, the National Police arrested 17 people linked to drug trafficking in Son Banya. After his arrest, 'El Vito' was remanded in custody by order of a Palma investigating court on October 18. The alleged drug trafficker, represented by lawyers Belén Porcel and Catalina Pou, has been in prison ever since, until he paid the bail set by the judge.

A team of Palma City Council workers entered the Son Banya settlement on Tuesday, assisted by the National Police and the Local Police to ensure their safety, to seize six illegal buildings that violated current urban planning regulations. Furthermore, three of these dwellings turned out to be drug-dealing locations.

One of those arrested this Thursday in the anti-drug operation deployed by the National Police in Son Banya is involved in the massive Manso-EnroqueBal operation against drug money laundering, which began in August in Mallorca and is still being carried out by the National Police's Organized Crime Group and the Judicial Police Group.

The National Police found this Saturday the body of a man in an advanced state of decomposition inside a barracks of the village of Son Banya.

The National Police are currently conducting an operation against drug trafficking in the town of Son Banya.