In a joint operation, Spanish and Danish authorities arrested five individuals, members and aspiring members of a criminal organisation linked to the Hells Angels motorcycle gang for drug trafficking; two were apprehended in Malaga, Spain, and three were arrested in Denmark.[1] The accused had allegedly smuggled over 3.5 tonnes of hashish into Denmark, hidden within shipments of live animals transported by the criminal organisation, and the hashish was subsequently distributed to small and medium-scale drug traffickers.[1] During the operation, Danish and Spanish authorities seized 59,000 euros in a house in Spain and hashish in Denmark.[1] In December 2022, as a result of an investigation started years ago, law enforcement agents identified two individuals in the southern Spanish city of Marbella, believed to be members of the criminal organisation.[1] One was a Danish former member of the Hells Angels biker gang and the other was an aspiring member; their role was to contact hashish suppliers in Morocco, arrange the drug’s import into Spain, and then ship it to Denmark.[1] Both individuals were considered high value targets for the Danish authorities and had previous records in Spain, including a 2022 arrest linked to a dispute with a Polish criminal organisation and other drug trafficking charges.[1] On 31 May 2023, Europol specialists and investigators from Denmark and Spain conducted a coordinated operation, during which agents from both countries participated in multiple raids; the searches resulted in the seizure of several computer and telephone devices used by the criminal organisation to secure its communications.[1]