300 officers raid hashish networks across Andalusia; over 20 held
Over 300 Guardia Civil officers swept across Andalusia on 22 May 2019 against hashish smuggling from Morocco, arresting over 20 people and seizing boats around the Guadalquivir river. A separate Tuesday operation held 15 more around La Linea.
Over 300 police officers swooped across Andalusia on 22 May 2019 against hashish smuggling from Morocco, the main gateway for the drug into Europe.[1][2]Officers arrested over 20 people in raids in several provinces and seized several boats believed to have shipped hashish from Morocco, mainly around the Guadalquivir river, which is navigable from the Gulf of Cadiz to Seville.[1][2]A Guardia Civil spokesman called it the latest in a string of police stings in the region.[1][2]
In a separate operation the previous day, the National Police arrested 15 people around La Linea de la Concepcion accused of supplying fuel and food to the speedboat smugglers.[1][2]La Linea sits at the edge of the Strait of Gibraltar, and Cadiz province accounted for over half of the 335 tonnes of hashish seized in Spain in 2017.[1][2]
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No figure for hashish seized in the Wednesday raids was published.
The Tuesday operation around La Linea that held 15 people is a different event left out here.
A Guardia Civil video grab republished with later reprints of this report was not verified as showing the Wednesday raids rather than the separate Tuesday operation, so no photo is included.
Customs officers and National Police arrested three people after finding 126 kilograms of marijuana in a van in Elche and 145 flowering plants in an indoor grow in Cehegín. The inquiry began in March 2026; a suspected leader was later arrested in Guardamar del Segura and brought before a court in Torrevieja.
National Police seized nearly 1,000 cannabis plants in two indoor grows in Granada's Norte district. A 35-year-old man was detained over one of the flats and referred to the judicial authority.
The Guardia Civil dismantled an outdoor marijuana plantation in Mira, Cuenca, in Operation TABACU II, seizing nearly 73 kilos of cannabis and more than 1,000 cut plants. A 37-year-old man allegedly guarding the crop was arrested and remanded in provisional prison without bail.
Spain's National Police dismantled an indoor cannabis grow in a La Nucía house, seizing 200 plants and about 38kg of buds. A 47-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking and electricity theft and remanded in custody.
