Woman arrested at A-6 checkpoint with drugs hidden on body
On 9 November 2026 a Guardia Civil checkpoint on the A-6 motorway at Medina del Campo led to the arrest of a woman carrying a bag fastened to her body containing about 200 g of ketamine, 110 units of suspected amphetamines, 16 g of cocaine, a possible MDMA bag, and a piece of about 1.8 g of hashish. A court ordered her imprisonment on a drug-trafficking charge.
On the early hours of Monday 9 November 2026, the Guardia Civil stopped a
vehicle on the A-6 motorway at the height of Medina del Campo and arrested the
female passenger, who was carrying a bag fastened to her body.[1][2]The
checkpoint, run under the Comandancia de Valladolid, identified the vehicle’s
occupants: two men and a woman.[1][2]
Among the seized material were approximately 200 grams of ketamine, 110 units of
a pink substance that could be amphetamines, 16 grams of cocaine, 0.8 grams of a
pink substance presumed to be tusi, another bag with possible MDMA, and one
piece of about 1.8 grams of hashish.[1][2]The Guardia Civil handed both the
seized substances and the arrested woman to the competent judicial authority,
which ordered her imprisonment.[1][2]
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Substances seized during the arrest at the A-6 checkpoint. Photo: Guardia Civil.Photo details
National Police arrested five men for drug trafficking in Palma in less than 24 hours, across four interventions in the Els Hostalets, Santa Catalina, and Son Gotleu neighbourhoods. Officers seized about 50 g of hashish, one marijuana joint, tusi, cocaine and ecstasy; no weight was given for the marijuana.
Local police in Melilla arrested a man after finding 501 grams of suspected hashish in the panniers of the electric bicycle he was riding on the pavement in Calle Santander. He was held in police cells to await a court appearance and the bicycle was seized; police gave no details about him.
The Guardia Civil, working with San Pedro del Pinatar's local police, arrested six people and shut a retail drug sales point in Lo Pagán, a coastal district of San Pedro del Pinatar in Murcia. A search of the house near Villananitos beach found quantities of hashish alongside cocaine, heroin and MDA, and officers also seized cash, scales and bladed weapons.
Guardia Civil officers arrested 12 people at the Port of Ceuta on 10 November 2026 after sniffer dogs detected they had ingested hashish pellets before attempting to board a ferry to Algeciras. All 12 suspects were taken to the Hospital Universitario de Ceuta, where X-ray scans confirmed the presence of ingested drugs in their bodies.
