25-year-old jailed after AP-7 chase with 204 kg of hashish in car
A driver who fled a Mossos d'Esquadra traffic stop on the AP-7 for about 23 kilometres was arrested in Castelló d'Empúries with 204 kilograms of hashish in his car. The 25-year-old, charged with drug trafficking and reckless driving, was ordered held in prison by the on-duty investigating court in Figueres on 7 November 2026.
🇪🇸 Castelló d'Empúries, Alt Empordà, Girona · Spain
Mossos d’Esquadra traffic officers running a check at kilometre point 28 of the
AP-7 flagged a driver travelling towards France without a seatbelt.[1]He
ignored the patrol’s acoustic and light signals and fled at high speed, driving
recklessly for about 23 kilometres.[1]Officers finally stopped him on the
C-260 road at kilometre point 39, in the municipality of Castelló d’Empúries in
Alt Empordà.[2]The driver was arrested as the suspected author of an offence
against public health through drug trafficking and a road-safety offence of
reckless driving.[1]
The driver was the vehicle’s only occupant.[3]A search of the vehicle found
four cardboard boxes, three in the boot and one on the rear seat, packed with
slabs of hashish.[1]Investigators determined the total weight of the drug in
the vehicle was 204 kilograms, with a value of 413,570 euros once introduced
into the illegal market.[1]The Mossos d’Esquadra described the man stopped
with more than 200 kilos of hashish as a 25-year-old arrested for an alleged
offence against public health.[4]
The detainee, a 25-year-old Spanish national of Moroccan origin with a criminal
record, appeared before the on-duty investigating court in Figueres on 7
November 2026.[1]The court ordered him remanded in prison.[1]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
offence against public health through drug trafficking; road-safety offence of reckless driving
Case stage
Charged
Sentence
Prison
Region
Alt Empordà
Route
Spain → France
Sources
El Paíselpais.comESEl juez decreta prisión para un hombre por llevar en el coche 200 kilos de hachís
El Gerió Digitalgerio.catCADetingut a Castelló d'Empúries amb 204 quilos d'haixix valorats en 413.570 euros
Diari ViladeRosesviladeroses.catCAEls Mossos detenen a Castelló d’Empúries un home amb més de 200 quilos d’haixix valorats en 413.570 euros
Europa Presseuropapress.esESDetenido en Castelló d'Empúries (Girona) con más de 200 kilos de hachís valorados en 413.570 euros
Open questions the AI reported
Europa Press dates the traffic stop to 4 November 2026, while El País and both Catalan accounts date it to 5 November; this report uses 5 November.
No trial date, plea or further court outcome was reported.
The 413,570 euro figure is the police estimate of the hashish's value once introduced into the illegal market, not money recovered or a court valuation.
No laboratory confirmation of the seized material as hashish was reported.
The reports do not say where the hashish came from or who was to receive it.
The same reports describe a separate 10 November seizure of 66 kilograms of marijuana buds and 17 grams of cocaine at Vilablareix, a different event that is not covered here.
National Police arrested five men for drug trafficking in Palma in less than 24 hours, across four interventions in the Els Hostalets, Santa Catalina, and Son Gotleu neighbourhoods. Officers seized about 50 g of hashish, one marijuana joint, tusi, cocaine and ecstasy; no weight was given for the marijuana.
Local police in Melilla arrested a man after finding 501 grams of suspected hashish in the panniers of the electric bicycle he was riding on the pavement in Calle Santander. He was held in police cells to await a court appearance and the bicycle was seized; police gave no details about him.
The Guardia Civil, working with San Pedro del Pinatar's local police, arrested six people and shut a retail drug sales point in Lo Pagán, a coastal district of San Pedro del Pinatar in Murcia. A search of the house near Villananitos beach found quantities of hashish alongside cocaine, heroin and MDA, and officers also seized cash, scales and bladed weapons.
Guardia Civil officers arrested 12 people at the Port of Ceuta on 10 November 2026 after sniffer dogs detected they had ingested hashish pellets before attempting to board a ferry to Algeciras. All 12 suspects were taken to the Hospital Universitario de Ceuta, where X-ray scans confirmed the presence of ingested drugs in their bodies.
