Two held in Castro Urdiales with 90 g of hashish and 34 g of marijuana
Guardia Civil officers arrested two men aged 61 and 47 in Castro Urdiales after finding more than 400 grams of speed in a yoghurt pot, alongside about 90 grams of hashish and 34 grams of marijuana. The two were held as alleged perpetrators of a drug-trafficking public-health offence, with the drugs, cash and cutting tools seized.
The Guardia Civilarrested two men, aged 61 and 47, in Castro Urdiales,
Cantabria.[1][2]The arrest took place in the early hours of 8 November 2026,
when a patrol carrying out citizen-security duties at an exit of the A-8
motorway stopped the occupants of a suspicious vehicle.[1][3]During the
inspection officers found a one-kilo yoghurt pot in the boot hiding a bag with
more than 400 grams of speed, an amount police estimated could have supplied
more than 800 doses.[1][2]
In the vehicle and in a waist bag officers also seized about 90 grams of
hashish, 34 grams of marijuana, amphetamines, ready-made joints and cash in
notes of different denominations.[1][3]The hashish was part of a tablet and several pieces.[2]Officers seized a kitchen cleaver with
drug residues and tools alleged to have been used to cut and dose drugs.[1][2]Both men were arrested as alleged perpetrators of a public-health offence for
drug trafficking, and the drugs and other items were seized.[4][2]
Police said the quantity of speed seized was enough to put 800 doses of the drug
on the market.[5]
Photos and video
Seized items laid out after the Castro Urdiales vehicle inspection, in the published photo captioned 'Efectos intervenidos.'Photo details
Europa Press puts the hashish at more than 90 grams, while the Guardia Civil wording carried by other accounts puts it at around 90 grams; the report keeps about 90 grams.
The same note describes a separate late-October stop in Santillana del Mar, where a 25-year-old man was arrested with 5 grams of hashish in small pieces, a 50-gram tablet and a precision scale; that is a different event and is not included here.
No names were published, and no court outcome was reported after the arrests.
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.
National Police detained two people in Linares, Jaen, dismantling two marijuana plantations and seizing 575 plants. The action was Operation Jaroco, with two home searches led by the local drugs group.
