25 arrested as 24 indoor cannabis plantations raided in El Palmar de Troya
Spanish police and customs officers searched 16 homes in El Palmar de Troya, the former district of Utrera in Seville province, dismantled 24 indoor marijuana plantations and arrested 25 people. The Tax Agency said officers seized 2,200 plants, about 70 kilograms of buds, more than 50,000 euros and a shotgun after a two-month investigation into abnormal electricity use.
The Guardia Civil, the National Police and the Tax Agency’s customs service
carried out a joint operation against marijuana cultivation in El Palmar de
Troya, the former district of Utrera in Seville province.[1]Officers
simultaneously entered and searched 16 homes in the town on 7 July 2026 and
dismantled 24 marijuana plantations.[1]The security forces reported the
definitive balance of the operation as 25 people arrested and four more under
investigation.[1]The operation was named Itálica 182 Ulises, and the Tax
Agency statement adds the names Sudario and Aquiles.[1]
The investigation began in May 2026 after unusually high and irregular
electricity consumption was detected at several places in El Palmar de Troya.[1]Police seized 2,200 marijuana plants at different stages of growth, about
70 kilograms of buds already processed and ready for sale, more than 50,000
euros in cash and a twelve-gauge shotgun.[1]The plants were growing indoors,
and officers found a sophisticated system intended to cultivate them.[1]During the searches investigators caught several people cutting the plants for
imminent transport.[1]With the electricity company, technicians safely
disconnected 21 illegal connections to the grid during the operation.[1]The
arrested people, the drugs, the cash, the weapon and the other items seized were
placed before the courts, and the authorities did not rule out further action.[1]
On the day of the raid the government’s deputy delegate in Seville, Francisco
Toscano, announced a provisional balance of 26 people arrested, 16 searches and
24 plantations dismantled.[2]The raids took place early in the morning in the
former district of Utrera.[3]In October 2019 a similar operation in the town
searched 36 homes, arrested 22 people and seized 2,313 cannabis plants and 84
kilograms of buds.[3]ABC de Sevilla gave the weight of processed buds as 70
kilograms and reported the seizure of 2,200 plants.[4]
Diario de Sevilla reported that the searchers found equipment for lighting,
ventilation, air conditioning and irrigation used to keep the plantations
running all year.[5]
Europa Presseuropapress.esESOperación contra el narcotráfico en El Palmar de Troya (Sevilla): 26 detenidos y 24 cultivos de marihuana desmantelados
UTRERAWebutreraweb.comESMacrorredada contra el narcotráfico en El Palmar de Troya con 26 detenidos y 24 plantaciones de marihuana desmanteladas: UTRERAWeb. Noticias de Utrera
ABC de Sevillaabc.esESUn consumo eléctrico anómalo destapa el emporio clandestino de marihuana de los narcos del Palmar de Troya
Diario de Sevilladiariodesevilla.esESUna macroperación antidroga en El Palmar de Troya se salda con 25 detenidos y más de 2.200 plantas intervenidas
Open questions the AI reported
The number arrested differs: the deputy delegate in Seville gave 26 on 7 July, while the Tax Agency's definitive balance is 25 arrests and four more people under investigation; the report uses the final figure.
ABC de Sevilla's subheading gives 2,000 plants while its text gives 2,200; the official statement's 2,200 is used.
No charge, court appearance outcome or detention decision was reported for the 25 arrested people.
The approximate 70 kilograms of buds is an official estimate, and the plants and buds are not apportioned between the 16 searched homes.
The Tax Agency said its photographs of the operation were available through an external file-sharing link, which no longer provides direct image addresses, so no photos are listed; the Diario de Sevilla video is linked instead.
The tax agency statement says the operation had a recent precedent in Marinaleda, a separate event not covered here.
The 2019 figure of 84 kilograms of buds belonged to a separate earlier operation in the same town and is not a figure for this event.
The text gives a number of plants ("2,200 plants") but the figures have no plants_destroyed; check whether it belongs there.
National Police seized nearly 1,000 cannabis plants in two indoor grows in Granada's Norte district. A 35-year-old man was detained over one of the flats and referred to the judicial authority.
The Guardia Civil dismantled an outdoor marijuana plantation in Mira, Cuenca, in Operation TABACU II, seizing nearly 73 kilos of cannabis and more than 1,000 cut plants. A 37-year-old man allegedly guarding the crop was arrested and remanded in provisional prison without bail.
Spain's National Police dismantled an indoor cannabis grow in a La Nucía house, seizing 200 plants and about 38kg of buds. A 47-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking and electricity theft and remanded in custody.
Guardia Civil officers raided a house and plot in Muro, Mallorca, on 9 November 2026, dismantling a cannabis plantation and seizing 727 plants, 117 kg of dried buds and 24 peyote cacti. A 28-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of drug trafficking and later released after testifying in court.
Arrested 1Released 1Plants destroyed 727Cannabis 117 kg
