Spanish police seize record cocaine haul in banana shipment from Ecuador
The Spanish National Police said on Wednesday that they had seized 13 tonnes of cocaine – the country’s largest-ever haul of the drug – and...
Drug trafficking
Guardia Civil arrest suspect of speedboat crash that killed 2 police officers
Spain’s Guardia Civil police have arrested a 32-year-old man for the death of two police officers in February, when a speedboat suspected to belong to...
Guardia Civil seize over a million ecstasy pills, with nine arrests in Ibiza & Malaga
Spain’s Guardia Civil police said on Tuesday that they had seized more than one million ecstasy pills and other narcotics worth more than €25 million....
High-speed boat chase in Andalusia leaves suspected drug trafficker dead
A high-speed boat chase near the southern port city of Cádiz (Andalusia) left one alleged drug trafficker dead and four injured when their vessel crashed...
Guardia Civil seize 4 tons of cocaine hidden in rice sacks at Barcelona port
Spain’s Guardia Civil police said on Friday they had seized four metric tons of cocaine hidden in rice sacks at Barcelona’s port, breaking up a...
Four ‘drug mummies’ detained at Barcelona airport
Spain’s National Police have detained four people at Barcelona-El Prat Airport, two of them carrying 186 cylinders of cocaine inside their bodies – and two...
Colombian drug traffickers rescued then arrested after sinking their submarine
A gang of Colombian drug traffickers sank their submarine off the coast of Spain after they were spotted by customs officers, police said on Tuesday....
Guardia Civil join Europol operation to smash international drug-smuggling ring
Spain’s Guardia Civil police have helped to smash an international network led by Turkish nationals suspected of smuggling ‘large amounts’ of marijuana and heroin from Spain...
Arrests in Marbella and Canary Islands after Europol bust cocaine gang
Europol, the Hague-based European police force, said on Thursday that a crime ring smuggling drugs into Europe had collapsed as the result of an investigation...
Spanish police rescue then arrest ‘drug traffickers being held hostage at sea’
Eight drug traffickers who were being held hostage by an armed member of their own gang were rescued at sea and then arrested by the...
