Multi-millionaire poker star in Mallorca court for private jet full of drugs
Salman Behbehani was busted in Ibiza after flying in from Las Vegas
Salman Behbehani on his way to court in Palma this morning. | Guillermo Esteban
DJ and poker player Salman Behbehani, a member of one of the richest families in the world according to Forbes magazine, arrived half an hour late to his drug trafficking trial at the Palma court today - Thursday. The suspect, who has hired two female lawyers and a male lawyer to defend him, will testify tomorrow that he landed in Ibiza, in July 2021, on a private jet from Las Vegas, accompanied by 30 other people, with a large quantity of drugs in his suitcase: 315 grams of cocaine, 171 grams of Tusi, 705 grams of hashish, 80 grams of MDMA, various quantities of marijuana, poppers, LSD and other substances. The Public Prosecutor's Office is seeking a sentence of nine years in prison for Behbehani and a fine of 53,000 euros.
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US citizen and rich to boot. No doubt he pays the IRS all the tax due on his world-wide earnings. I'm sure Trump will threaten Spain to get him released. Trump Ibiza as a stop-over on the way to Trump Gaza?
He may come from one of the richest families in the world but clearly the parents failed at bringing him up properly, he has become a real looser. Best thing they could do is cut of the funds and let him figure it out on his own.
My money says he walks where as you or I would get a 5 year jail term
Zoltan TeglasYes spot on. You can add to that he lives by the creed that normal laws don't apply to him, only to the " little people" . Never done a days hard work in his life. Though not a dealer I expect the quantities surpass the minimum to get him banged up under those laws. A few years in Palma prison might do him some good, definitely improve his Spanish . It will be interesting to see how his lawyers try to wriggle out of this. He had better hope Daddy has serious connections in the Trump administration and pray that keeps him out of jail. He will happily pay whatever fine is imposed and move on.
I don't think someone with his level of wealth would be trying to sell a relatively small amount of drugs. That sounds more like a personal supply for him and his entourage.