A man was arrested in Palma for carrying approximately 200 doses of an over-the-counter epilepsy medication.

PalmNational Police officers have arrested a man as the suspected perpetrator of a crime against public health, after finding him in Palma with approximately 200 doses of an epilepsy medication for which he did not have a prescription. Police reported that a patrol from the Citizen Assistance Group, which was carrying out crime prevention duties in Son Gotleu on Wednesday, noticed a group of four men in an area of this neighborhood known as a drug dealing hotspot. The men attempted to leave the area. Upon observing the men's reaction, the officers got out of their vehicle, identified them, and searched them for drugs. During the identification and search of one of the men, officers found 14 blister packs, held together with a hair tie, hidden among his belongings. The packs contained approximately 200 pills of a medication. The officers questioned the man to determine the origin and intended use of the pills. However, the man offered no explanation, only stating that they were headache medication. After the National Police officers carried out the necessary checks on the seized medication, they learned that it could only be obtained with a prescription for the treatment of various illnesses, such as epilepsy, and confiscated the pills. Finally, the officers arrested the man as the suspected perpetrator of a crime against public health and took him to the police station.