Overview

• Authorities seized 103.05 grams of the synthetic drug ‘tusi’ and 33 alprazolam pills during Vidal’s February arrest in a Valencia pub.
• An early March provisional dismissal by Juzgado de Instrucción 1 de València was overturned on appeal by prosecutor Antonio Gastaldi, leading to the reopening of the case.
• Prosecutors reframed the offense to account for Vidal’s severe addiction, enabling him to avoid immediate prison time by completing a court-mandated detox program.
• Under Spanish law, possession of more than 2.5 grams of ‘tusi’ combined with sale proceeds qualifies as trafficking, far below Vidal’s seized amount.
• This marks Vidal’s eighth detention since 2011 and comes as he faces a separate manslaughter trial over a 2019 bufo alvarius ritual death.