What happened: An undercover operation targeting Co.
Background: Caine sales at a West Palm Beach strip club ended with the arrest of the club’s manager Thursday. 40-year-old Yasiel Crespo Soto was taken into custody by West Palm Beach Police on multiple felony counts related to the sale of Co.
Court records show undercover officers with the department’s Street Crimes Unit began investigating Hideaway adult entertainment club, located at 1152 Old Okeechobee Road, after receiving tips about substance sales at the club. Using covert audio and video recording devices, plainclothes officers entered the club, where they observed dancers wearing minimal clothing and security guards checking IDs and frisking patrons at the entrance.
undercover officers purchased Co. Caine inside the club on two separate occasions.
April 10: The Middleman During the first transaction, an undercover officer sat at the bar and handed $50 to an associate, Anthony Soto, asking to buy Co. Soto responded, “Let me call him,” before making a phone call.
About eight minutes later, Soto motioned for the undercover officer to follow him into the club’s bathroom.
The available details are limited to the information verified at publication time. Readers should expect updates as the matter develops.
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Source: official sources including CBS12 News.
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