Sirloin, Iberian ham, olive oil, octopus, loin and cheek. Delicacies not available to everyone, but that could be enjoyed at popular prices. Something smelled bad and it wasn’t the food. The National Police has arrested the owner of a hospitality establishment in the Tetuán district of Madrid for using products stolen from commercial stores for its restaurant menus. A menu of the day at a low price that has ended up being very expensive.

The agents of the National Police They have arrested the person in charge of this restaurant that sold dishes and meals at a low price, but that were made with top quality food products. This difference between the quality and what the letter indicated raised all suspicions and gave rise to police investigations.

After a thorough investigation, the agents discovered that the products used in the preparation of the meals came from thefts committed in supermarkets in the area and large stores, as reported this Monday by the Madrid Police Headquarters in a statement. . From the shelves, it went directly to the kitchen of this place.

The police also discovered that the thieves who supplied the merchandise to the establishment were drug addicts who used the profits from their illicit activity to buy their drugs. Among other products, they stole ham, octopus, sirloin and olive oil. Their favorite aisle was gourmet products and they mainly shopped in supermarkets in the area.

The detained hotelier bought them at a low price and took them to his restaurant, located on Bravo Murillo Street. The agents confirmed that the owner of the premises was aware of the illicit origin of the food. But not only that, through numerous surveillance and verifications, the investigators also determined that this man had in his premises a worker in an irregular administrative situation, who also worked up to 13 hours a day, a true slavery of the 21st century.

Once the necessary evidence had been gathered, the agents carried out a search of the establishment, in which a large number of products worth 700 euros were seized and this person, a 26-year-old Romanian citizen, was arrested. The man is an alleged perpetrator of a reception crime and a crime against workers’ rights. He was then placed at the disposal of the judicial authority.