A 17-year-old boy had died in the ICU of the Hospital de Sant Joan d’Alacant.
His doctors say that he is brain dead, a situation understood to be irreversible, 22 days after his admission, after he suffered serious poisoning, following the ingestion of two ecstasy tablets.
On Friday the National Police arrested a 26-year-old man as responsible for the sale of the synthetic drug that the minor ingested. The alleged trafficker was identified and arrested by agents of the Narcotics Group of the Drugs and Organized Crime Unit (UDYCO) of Alicante. It is understood that he already had a history of drug trafficking.
Apparently the minor took just two ecstasy pills when he was with a friend in the area of Avda Miriam Blasco on 30 June shortly after which he began to feel ill and was taken by ambulance in serious condition to the Hospital de Sant Joan. Unfortunately his situation quickly deteriorated and unable to overcome the effects suffered by the ingestion of the drugs he is now in a state of brain death.
The detainee is now in preventive detention after appearing in court for the crimes of drug trafficking, illegal possession of weapons and crimes against public health.
Following the death of the minor, it is not ruled out that he may be charged with further crimes if it is proven that the prisoner has criminal responsibility, given the age of the youth to whom he sold the pills, or if the ecstasy was contaminated.
The police reported this week that according to the statements obtained from witnesses, the arrested man sold the pills to the 17-year-old without taking into account the age of the victim and the effect that the consumption of the amphetamines could produce.
