A local Usera denounced for selling medicines and exotic species that he sacrificed there

The Municipal Police of Madrid have investigated a restaurant in the Usera district and two of its workers for selling medicines of Chinese origin without control, high-grade alcoholic beverages imported irregularly or made clandestinely, as well as dishes made with exotic species. who sacrificed 'in situ'. As reported to Europa Press by sources of the investigation, the agents had been trying to access the establishment for some time after receiving information about the sacrifice of species to be cooked there..

However, the premises could only be accessed through a door that remained closed and whose access was cleared only after ringing the bell and being seen by the doorman. Finally, the policemen managed to enter the restaurant last Friday, July 21, during public service hours, around 3:10 p.m., according to the sources consulted..

Once the inspection began, the agents located alcoholic beverages of Chinese origin between 50 and 53 degrees without the corresponding import tax seals that were made available to the customs authority by the Police. They also found two bottles of about five liters each that contained homemade spirits with undetermined seeds or roots, lacking any traceability..

🚨 Investigated a restaurant and two workers for a crime against wildlife in #Usera. Exotic species were slaughtered to be cooked (turtle, sea bass, pike perch), they sold medicines without authorization and had serious sanitary deficiencies.. pic.twitter.com/A1woFHcd3g

– Madrid Municipal Police (@policiademadrid) July 26, 2023

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On the other hand, in the premises, located on Ramón Luján street, there were also two large boxes containing 9,653 units of Chinese medicines, many of them painkillers that had been illegally introduced into Spain and that were sold in boxes or by units. These medicines were immobilized and delivered to the Area of Pharmaceutical Control and Sanitary Products of the Community of Madrid.

In another warehouse, the Municipal Police of Madrid found up to 188 specimens of holutorias or sea cucumbers, an internationally protected species, in unlabeled plastic bags; and nine soft shells of turtles that had been slaughtered in the same place and frozen, which, according to the sources consulted, are usually purchased for 30 euros per unit from tourists who come from China and carry them in their luggage so as not to be detected by the enter Spain.

It also found 530 live specimens of American crab, an invasive species whose commercialization is prohibited; two tubs with pike perch already chopped and ready to be cooked, despite the fact that its sale is also prohibited; two halves of a dehydrated carp without labeling or protection of any kind and even a domestic pigeon that could have been captured on public roads, without any veterinary control.

Added to this were other serious or very serious hygienic-sanitary deficiencies in the kitchen, such as freezers without temperature control. In addition, according to the same sources, all these species were advertised on the restaurant's menu, both on the physical menu and on its social networks, although it was written entirely in Chinese..

Given all this rosary of irregularities, the agents of the Municipal Police Environment Commissioner opened proceedings against the premises and their workers for the alleged commission of a crime against flora and fauna..