Five arrested and 350g hashish seized in El Puerto drug raids
National Police arrested five members of a suspected family drug-trafficking group in El Puerto de Santa María after three searches on 29 October 2026. Officers seized about 350 grams of hashish alongside cocaine and ecstasy pills, plus cash, vehicles and packing equipment.
National Police detained five people in El Puerto de Santa María in an
investigation into drug trafficking and money laundering.[1][2]The investigation
focused on a family group allegedly dedicated to distributing cocaine in the
town.[1][2]
On the morning of 29 October officers carried out three entries and searches in
different properties in the town.[1][2]Police dismantled a marijuana plantation
in El Puerto during the operation.[3]According to the police account,
officers seized about 105,25 grams of rock cocaine and four wraps holding
another 3,82 grams.[4][2]Officers also seized about 350 grams of hashish, the
cannabis component recorded here.[1][2]Officers also seized ecstasy tablets
weighing 39 grams of pink tablets and 19 grams of beige tablets.[1][2]Investigators found two precision scales, a vacuum-packing machine, packing
bags, plastic cuttings, notebooks with notes and other documents for analysis.[1]The operation also recovered 3,840 euros in cash and three vehicles
allegedly linked to the activity.[1][2]
A court froze five bank accounts linked to the detainees as part of a
money-laundering inquiry.[1][2]The operation was run jointly by the Local
Narcotics Group and the Economic and Fiscal Crime Unit of the El Puerto de Santa
María station with UDYCO I officers from the Cádiz provincial station.[1]
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No number of marijuana plants in the dismantled plantation was published, so no plant figure is recorded.
29 October 2026 is the morning the three searches were carried out; 3 November 2026 is only the publication date.
Cocaine, ecstasy, cash, vehicle and bank-account figures are excluded from cannabis figures because they are not cannabis, and no separate cannabis-only value was published.
The names of the five detainees and any charges or court outcome were not reported.
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