112 received this first semester of the year in the city of Barcelona, 3,500 calls alerting about incidents related to drugs. A thousand more than the first six months of last year. Those complaints from citizens are just the tip of the iceberg of a problem that the Catalan capital suffers: drugs. Barcelona is a setting where drugs are cultivated, manufactured in laboratories, are within anyone’s reach, and their consumption is protected in cannabis clubs. A vicious circle that generates coexistence, social, security, and public health problems, hence the response cannot be only police-based, it must be transversal. Intensifying the pursuit of dealing and consumption in public spaces will become a priority for the Urban Guard. Yesterday, its leaders presented a new and ambitious anti-drug strategy: plan Druida.

A young man died early this Tuesday very close to Menorca airport after being hit by a taxi. The accident occurred around five in the morning and just a few meters from the terminal, on a curve located next to the bus parking lot, where the victim was lying on the road.