The Guardia Civil arrested five people in a drug operation in Jimena and in El Secadero, a hamlet of Casares in Málaga province.[1] The operation was directed against the retail supply of hashish and cocaine.[1] Officers deployed from first thing in the morning on Wednesday 4 November 2026.[1]

About 70 agents of the Guardia Civil, the instituto armado, took part.[1] The deployment included three searches of separate properties.[1] Two of the searches were in El Secadero and the remaining one in Jimena.[1] The action formed part of an investigation into drug trafficking in the area.[1]

More details on what the searches produced and on the situation of the detainees had not yet been released.[1]