Seven arrested as 3,000 cannabis plants seized in Mataró-Barcelona raid
National Police with Mataró Local Police detained seven people and seized 3,000 marijuana plants, one kilogram of buds, weapons and cash in Barcelona province. The detainees were referred to court over alleged drug, weapons, electricity-fraud and criminal-group offences.
🇪🇸 Mataró and Barcelona, Barcelona province · Spain
- Arrested
- 7
- Plants destroyed
- 3,000
- Cannabis
- 1 kg
Agents of the National Police together with the Mataró Local Police carried out
an anti-drug operation in the province of Barcelona in which seven people were
detained and 3,000 marijuana plants were seized.[1] The operation dismantled
an alleged criminal organisation dedicated to distributing marijuana for the
European black market.[1] The seven detainees were placed at judicial
disposition accused of alleged crimes against public health, illegal possession
of weapons, electricity fraud and membership of a criminal group.[1]
In total police seized 3,000 marijuana plants and one kilogram of buds.[1]
Police listed the seized weapons as two 9 mm pistols with semi-jacketed
ammunition, a simulated pistol and an AK-47 rifle, plus five frequency
inhibitors, two knuckle-dusters, several extendable batons and a baseball bat.[1] Officers also seized 5,000 euros in cash, three vehicles, a motorcycle and
abundant tools used for the plantations.[1]
Investigators say the group grew cannabis in covered facilities for later
distribution on the eastern European black market.[1]
Sources
- Siete detenidos, 3.000 plantas de marihuana y un arsenal de armas: cae una banda de narcotráfico en Barcelona y Mataró. El Periódico, 2 November 2026. In Spanish.
Open questions the AI reported
- The article gives only its publication date of 2 November 2026 and no separate date for the operation.
- Only one opened source was found; no agency statement or second outlet was available to corroborate.
- No names, ages, nationalities or roles of the seven detainees were published.
- The number and addresses of the indoor growing sites and where the plants and buds were held were not published.
- A related-links box mentions a separate event with seven detainees, 70 kg of synthetic drug and 1,200 marijuana plants in Barcelona, Badalona and Rubí; that separate event is left out here.
