The Guardia Civil said on 26 September 2026 that its operation Garnata Silo had dismantled a cannabis farm hidden in five sunken, interconnected sea containers at Iznalloz, Granada, and arrested four men aged 31 to 51 on suspicion of drug trafficking and belonging to a criminal group.[1][2]
Agents carried out five court-authorised searches, at a property where the buried containers proved almost invisible from the surface even on visual inspection; inside they found lighting, air-conditioning, ventilation and air-filtering running a grow and drying space that held 997 plants, some drying and some in pots, and with other plants found at a home and a second estate the operation seized 1,357 cannabis plants in different growth phases and 600 grams of shredded cannabis.[1][2] The registrations also yielded a semi-automatic pistol, a revolver, an imitation shotgun and an air-soft replica, 167 cartridges of various calibres, three large blades, a precision bow with arrows, more than 26,600 euros in cash, a bulletproof vest, three tracking devices and three vehicles, one suspect also facing a charge of illegal possession of weapons.[1][2]
Endesa technicians cut illegal grid connections at three of the five properties and the Seprona nature-protection service checked the estates for planning offences and the welfare of animals found there; the four arrests were made over to Granada’s investigating court of duty and the operation stayed open.[1][2]
