The Guardia Civil, in an operation called Geum, detained eleven people, eight men and three women, as alleged members of a group selling cocaine, marijuana and hashish in El Campello, Alicante.[1] El Campello Guardia Civil investigators with the town’s Local Police opened the investigation in October 2025 after work to clarify drug sale points detected in the town.[1] Investigators identified a group made up mostly of members of one family that allegedly stored and distributed drugs in different properties in the town, using other people to rent some of the storage units used.[1]
Officers searched seven homes, three storage units, a shop and a poultry farm in El Campello with Citizen Security Command units from Alicante, Torrevieja, Valencia and Castellón and canine teams from Alicante and Valencia.[1] The searches seized 683 grams of cocaine, 690 grams of marijuana and 23 grams of hashish, plus 46,520 euros in cash, four vehicles, precision scales and handwritten notes allegedly linked to drug sales.[2] Officers also found a hydraulic press in one storage unit allegedly used to compact drugs and a safe hidden inside the farm holding part of the seized money.[1]
The eleven detainees, aged 25 to 50, were accused of drug trafficking and membership of a criminal group, brought before the Alicante preliminary proceedings court, and released with precautionary measures.[1] The investigation remains open and further action has not been ruled out.[1]
