Young man held in Santanyí with 1 kg of cannabis in car
Guardia Civil officers stopped a car in Santanyí, Mallorca, and found a large bag with a kilo of cannabis in the back. The young Spanish driver was arrested for drug trafficking and placed at the disposal of the judicial authority.
🇪🇸 Santanyí, Mallorca · Spain
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Arrested
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Cannabis
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The Guardia Civil detained a young Spanish national in Santanyí, on the island
of Mallorca, for alleged drug trafficking after intercepting him with a kilo of
marijuana inside his car.[1][2] The driver was detained for drug trafficking and
placed at the disposal of the competent judicial authority following the
seizure.[1][2]
According to the Guardia Civil statement issued as the Instituto Armado, the
events occurred at 19.00 on Monday when officers were conducting a control as
part of their citizen-security functions.[1][2] When officers signalled a vehicle
to stop during that control, they noticed a strong smell of marijuana coming
from inside the car.[1][2] Officers then inspected the interior of the car and
found a large-sized bag in the rear that contained a kilo of cannabis.[1][2]
Following the discovery in the rear of the car, officers seized the substance
containing the kilo of cannabis.[1] The stop and arrest took place in
Santanyí, a town on the island of Mallorca.[1]
Photos and video
Seized bag holding a kilo of marijuana. Photo: Europa Press/Guardia Civil Source: El Confidencial
The article says the stop occurred at 19.00 on Monday and was published on 3 November 2026, so 2 November 2026 is used as the incident date.
No name, exact age or residence beyond young Spanish national was published.
No court outcome beyond placement at the disposal of the competent judicial authority was reported.
Only one accessible report of this event was opened, an El Confidencial page carrying Europa Press/Guardia Civil material, after a second-source search found no additional accessible account.
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