Spain’s Guardia Civil said it had dismantled a criminal organisation that grew, bought and sold, transported and shipped marijuana to Slovenia, detaining 19 people in operation Graveyard 02.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Three of the 19 are of Slovenian origin.[12][2][3][13][5][8][14][9][11][15] The searches took place on 23 and 24 October 2026 at 12 properties in Granada city, Almuñécar and Peligros.[1][2][3][16][4][5][6][7][8][14][9] Investigators believe the organisation shipped the drugs to Slovenia and have not ruled out links with other countries.[1][3][14]

The plantations

Agents found marijuana plantations indoors, in rooms fitted out for cultivation and, in one case, in a pit dug underground, a zulo.[1][2][6][7] The properties had illegal connections to the electricity grid.[12][3] The searches yielded 181 kilograms of marijuana, 1,388 cannabis plants and 805 grams of hashish.[12][2][3][16][4][5][6][7][8][14][9][10] Officers also seized almost 35,000 euros in cash, gold pieces valued at about 40,000 euros, six high-end vehicles, motorcycles and accounting records.[1][3][13][7][8]

The weapons seized were four short firearms, a repeating shotgun, ammunition and magazines, among them a Glock pistol modified to fire automatically, which the Guardia Civil treats as a weapon of war.[1][3][5][7][14]

Court

The detainees were accused of drug trafficking, belonging to a criminal organisation, illegal possession of firearms and of weapons of war, and money laundering.[1][14] After appearing before the duty investigating court in Granada, four were remanded in custody.[1][17][2][3][16][5][6][18][7][9][11]

The investigation was run by the Guardia Civil’s Organised Crime Judicial Police Unit in Granada, supported by the USECIC riot-control unit, the rapid-action and reserve and security groups, patrols of the Armilla company, investigation teams from Almuñécar, Las Gabias and Armilla, and dog-handling teams from Granada, Almería, Huelva and Málaga.[1][3][18][7]