7 arrested as 3,000 cannabis plants seized in Barcelona raids
National Police and Mataró local police detained seven people on 20 October 2026 in Castellar del Vallès and Mataró, seizing 3,000 marijuana plants and one kilo of buds. The detainees were handed to the courts over alleged drug, weapons, electricity-fraud and criminal-organisation offences.
🇪🇸 Castellar del Vallès and Can Canyamars, Mataró, Barcelona · Spain
Spain’s National Police together with Mataró’s local police detained seven
people in an anti-drug operation in Barcelona province.[1]The seven detainees
had been handed over to the courts and are accused of crimes against public
health, illegal possession of weapons, electricity fraud and belonging to a
criminal organisation.[1]The National Police reported the results in a
statement on Monday.[1]
Police sources cited by Europa Press said the operation took place on 20 October
in the municipality of Castellar del Vallès and the Can Canyamars housing area
in Mataró.[2]Officers seized 3,000 marijuana plants.[1][3]They also seized
one kilo of marijuana buds, two 9mm pistols with semi-jacketed ammunition, a
simulated pistol and an AK-47 rifle, five frequency jammers, two
knuckle-dusters, several extendable batons and a baseball bat, as well as 5,000
euros in cash, three vehicles, a motorbike and tools used in indoor plantations.[1][3]
Investigators believe the group grew marijuana in indoor facilities for later
distribution on the black market in eastern Europe.[1][3]
The investigation was codenamed operation Bóveda and police said the network was active in several localities in Barcelona province.[3]Most of those arrested are Spanish nationals, with one Uruguayan citizen and one Armenian citizen among the seven detainees.[3]
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Photo of the AK-47 found during the search in the investigation. Credit: CedidaPhoto details
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No names, ages, genders or nationalities of the seven detainees were published.
No court outcome beyond handing the detainees over to the courts was reported.
Both opened accounts relay the same police statement through Europa Press; no separate agency statement with additional detail was opened.
The only published image is labelled as a file/resource photo of a National Police vehicle, not this operation, so no event photo is listed as media.
The page's lead image captioned 'marihuana sesrovires' is not established as showing this Dosrius seizure, so it is not listed as media.
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