50 arrests in police raid against drug trafficking in Barcelona
Over 500 officers from the Catalan police (the Mossos d’Esquadra), the local city police, as well as Spain’s National Police took part on Thursday in...
Drug trafficking
Spain detains 66 in drug trafficking hotspot
Spain’s Guardia Civil have detained 66 people in a southern drug trafficking hotspot where authorities have launched a crackdown on narcos whose operations have become...
Italian mafia arrests on Costa del Sol
Spain’s Guardia Civil police have broken up a violent branch of Italy’s Camorra crime group, which they believe stole hashish from rival drug traffickers in...
Spain rescues three men from boat loaded with drugs
Spain’s maritime rescue plucked three men from a boat loaded with three tonnes of cannabis resin which had run into trouble in choppy waters, officials...
Drug smuggling ring used drones to ‘monitor’ police
Spanish police have smashed a drug smuggling ring which used drones to ‘monitor’ police and ensure the coast was clear when they unloaded shipments of...
Police crackdown in Barcelona against ‘narcoflats’
Hundreds of police backed by a helicopter on Monday raided dozens of apartments in Barcelona, used for selling and consuming heroin and other drugs. Around...
Police seize cocaine haul in banana cargo
Spanish police said Thursday they had seized over six tonnes of cocaine hidden in a shipment of bananas and arrested 16 suspects, some of them...
Spanish police seize cocaine-stuffed pineapples
Spanish police said on Monday they have seized 67 kg (148 pounds) of cocaine found inside dozens of hollowed-out pineapples at Madrid’s main wholesale fruit...
Spain arrests Manuel Charlin, elderly drug baron
Spanish police on Wednesday arrested Manuel Charlin, a once powerful drug baron who headed up a notoriously violent family clan in the northwestern region of...
