Six people were arrested in the operation, named Packman 26, and accused of drug trafficking, threats and membership of a criminal organisation.[1][2] The Guardia Civil, working with the Local Police of San Pedro del Pinatar, dismantled a group suspected of drug trafficking and shut a retail drug sales point in Lo Pagán.[1] The investigation began in summer after neighbours complained about a suspected drug sales point in a house next to Villananitos beach.[3][2] The group was allegedly led by the married couple living in the house, who used collaborators, described by the Guardia Civil as suspected drug addicts, to distribute the drugs and keep watch.[3] Officers said some sales took place in front of the couple’s minor children, and that group members threatened customers over debts, sometimes at their family homes.[3][2]

A judge authorised a search of the house, where officers found quantities of hashish, the cannabis product in this case, along with cocaine, heroin and MDA.[3][2] Officers also seized 250 euros in small-denomination notes, two precision scales, plastic bag cuttings and equipment for preparing cocaine and consuming drugs.[3][2] The search also found numerous bladed weapons, including machetes and folding knives, in different rooms of the house.[3][2] Police initially arrested the woman living in the house and two collaborators, then three more men, bringing the total to six.[3][2]

The operation closed the sales point and dismantled the organisation based in San Pedro del Pinatar.[1]