Guardia Civil seizes 5,500 plants in Atarfe-Alhendín home raids
The Civil Guard searched seven homes in Atarfe and Alhendín and seized more than 5,500 marijuana plants, plus hashish and cocaine. Several people were detained or identified, but the command gave no exact number of suspects.
Guardia Civil units entered several homes in Atarfe and Alhendín to pursue
illegal cannabis cultivation.[1]Officers carried out seven searches in homes
across the two municipalities.[1]Officers detained and identified several
people allegedly implicated in the grows, without giving an exact number.[1]
The searches yielded more than 5,500 marijuana plants.[1]Officers found the
plants inside the homes in different stages of flowering.[1]They also found
various quantities of hashish and cocaine.[1]
The searches took place during the previous Wednesday in Atarfe and Alhendín.[1][2]Operational groups from different points of the province took part,
including officers from Motril.[1]The Granada Guardia Civil command confirmed
the operation but did not state the exact number of people under investigation.[1]The report notes that such grows can involve related offences such as
electricity fraud.[1]
Officers also found various quantities of hashish and cocaine.[2]
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Granada Hoygranadahoy.comESLa Guardia Civil incauta más de 5.500 plantas de marihuana en una operación en Atarfe y Alhendín
Diario ABCabc.esESLa Guardia Civil detiene a 22 personas con más de 13.000 plantas de marihuana en Granada
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No exact plant count beyond “more than 5,500” was published, so 5,500 is recorded as the stated minimum.
No weights were published for the hashish and cocaine found, so no cannabis weight by product is recorded.
The article says several people were detained and identified but the command gave no exact number, so no arrested figure is recorded.
The incident date is inferred as Wednesday 4 November 2026 because the article published 7 November 2026 says the searches took place on “the past Wednesday”.
Only one source could be opened; no second account or Guardia Civil statement confirming the totals was found.
The page image is captioned as being from another operation against illegal cultivation, so it is not listed as media for this event.
The article recalls a separate October BHO cannabis-extract laboratory dismantled in Atarfe; that different event is left out here.
A province-wide Guardia Civil balance published by ABC on 8 November gives an exact figure of 5,701 plants for the seven Atarfe and Alhendín searches, plus 1,613 grams of hashish, 34 grams of cocaine and 75 grams of dried buds; the earlier count of more than 5,500 plants is retained as the Granada Hoy account.
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.
Guardia Civil officers raided a house and plot in Muro, Mallorca, on 9 November 2026, dismantling a cannabis plantation and seizing 727 plants, 117 kg of dried buds and 24 peyote cacti. A 28-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking and later released after testifying in court.
Arrested 1Released 1Plants destroyed 727Cannabis 117 kg
