Spanish customs agents seize 8 tonnes of cocaine hidden in fake power generator
Spanish customs agents have seized an eight tonne shipment of cocaine from the small Latin American country of Suriname. It was hidden in a container disguised as...
Drug trafficking
Eight arrested after two Guardia Civil officers killed in drug boat chase
Eight people have now been arrested after two Guardia Civil officers were killed on Friday during a drug traffickers’ boat chase. A video shared on...
Spanish police seize 11 tonnes of cocaine hidden in shipping containers
Spanish authorities have confiscated 11 tonnes of cocaine and arrested 20 people in two different operations against the smuggling of the illegal drugs inside shipping...
Spanish customs officers seize record 8.3 tonnes of hashish in Ibiza
Spanish customs officers said on Wednesday that they have seized over eight tonnes of hashish on the island of Ibiza – the biggest ever bust of...
Spain finds record 9.5 tonnes of cocaine hidden in banana freight from Ecuador
Spanish customs agents and the National Police said on Friday that they had confiscated the country’s biggest cocaine haul to date of 9.5 tonnes hidden...
Guardia Civil in Galicia refloat homemade suspect ‘narco submarine’
The Guardia Civil police in Galicia this week refloated a homemade semi-submersible vessel that they suspect may have been used to transport cocaine. The 16-metre...
Trial starts in Madrid of alleged Hells Angels organised crime gang from Mallorca
The trial of 49 alleged members of a criminal gang linked to the Hells Angels motorcycle club commenced on Monday in Madrid, almost a decade...
Spain’s Guardia Civil bust ‘Ukraine humanitarian aid’ drug smuggling ring
Spain’s Guardia Civil police said on Monday that they had busted a drug smuggling ring that was transporting cannabis across Europe under the pretence of...
Guardia Civil seize 5.5 tonnes of cocaine from Valencia port
Spanish police said on Wednesday that they had seized 5.59 tonnes of cocaine worth over €340 million in the port of Valencia. The Guardia Civil police...
Spain’s Guardia Civil seize largest amount of marijuana on record
Spain’s Guardia Civil police have seized 32 tonnes of packaged marijuana with a street value of at least 64 million euros, which they claim is...
