This was reported by Le Journal earlier today in reference to the closure. (Google translate)
DRUG TRAFFICKING: THE CLOSED SELECTION FOR ONE MONTH
by V.A 12/11/2018
Administrative closure of thirty days for the oldest bar on the island, from November 12 to December 12, after the dismantling of drug trafficking.
After celebrating with great pomp its 69 years of existence, Saturday, the Sélect remained closed this Monday, November 12th. It is the object of an administrative closure decided by the prefecture of Saint-Barthélemy and Saint-Martin.
In late July, the gendarmerie had arrested seven people suspected of selling cannabis and cocaine in the rue du General-de-Gaulle, near the bar Le Select. Among them, four young men must be tried Thursday, November 15 for drug trafficking.
In and around the bar
The investigation also showed that the long-established traffic was known to the bar's management and that it was even partly in the building. "The facts were in direct relation with the operating conditions and the frequentation of the establishment", stipulates the decree of administrative closure, posted on the facade of the Select. The managers were received by the prefecture, which left them a margin of maneuver in the dates of application of the administrative closure, a duration of thirty days. It regrets that they did not alert the authorities of this traffic.
