13 held in Spain raids on Tren de Aragua cell with cannabis grow
Spanish National Police arrested thirteen suspected members of the first Tren de Aragua cell detected in Spain, in Barcelona, Madrid, Girona, A Coruña and Valencia. Five searches seized synthetic drugs, cocaine and an indoor marijuana plantation and dismantled two tusi laboratories; four suspects were remanded in custody.
🇪🇸 Barcelona, Madrid, Girona, A Coruña and Valencia, Spain
Spanish police detained thirteen suspected members of the first Tren de Aragua
cell established in Spain.[1]Eight were arrested in Barcelona, two in Madrid
and one each in Girona, A Coruña and Valencia.[1]Four of those arrested were
remanded in pre-trial prison by order of judge Antonio Piña of the Audiencia
Nacional.[2]The Interciti investigation began the previous year with the
arrest in Barcelona of the brother of the organisation’s global leader.[1]
An earlier phase in Barcelona in March 2024 took in the brother of Niño
Guerrero, the organisation’s international leader.[3]Officers carried out
five searches in Barcelona, Madrid, A Coruña and Girona.[2]Those searches
seized various quantities of synthetic drugs and cocaine together with an indoor
marijuana plantation, the cannabis component recorded here.[1]Officers also
dismantled two laboratories used to make pink cocaine known as tusi.[4]Officers also seized telephones, documents and a prohibited weapon in the
searches.[1]
The operation was carried out with support from Colombia’s National Police and
the European Union’s Ameripol-El Pacto 2.0 project.[4]Police said the group
also extorted Venezuelan migrants and informal workers and was working in Spain
through a leader and a delegate running two sub-structures.[3]
Investigators described the two sub-structures as cooking tusi in their own
homes and storing cocaine for trafficking.[2]
Police said inquiries continue to detect other members of the network and to
analyse the seized effects and international ramifications.[4]
Case data
Every number and detail the sources state, with the sources that state it.
Públicopublico.esESLa Policía desmantela la primera célula asentada en España de la banda venezolana 'Tren de Aragua'
Infobaeinfobae.comESTras la captura del hermano de Niño Guerrero, con la colaboración de la Policía de Colombia desmantelaron estructura del Tren de Aragua en España
RTVErtve.esESLa Policía desarticula la primera célula asentada en España de la banda 'Tren de Aragua' con 13 detenidos
Open questions the AI reported
No number of plants, weight or area for the indoor marijuana plantation was published, so no cannabis quantity can be recorded.
Quantities of synthetic drugs and cocaine were reported only as various quantities and are excluded from cannabis figures.
No separate cannabis-only valuation was published, so no value is recorded.
The sources give 7 November 2025 as the announcement date with no separate raid date, so that date is used as the incident date.
Público and RTVE place a non-Catalan arrest in Valencia while Deutsche Welle writes 'Valencia (levante)'; the city is recorded without a separate arrest in Girona's case.
Infobae says a firearm was seized where Deutsche Welle says a prohibited weapon, and the other accounts describe 'an arma' generally.
No charges or trial outcome were reported beyond four suspects remanded in pre-trial custody, and the investigation was described as continuing.
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.
National Police detained two people in Linares, Jaen, dismantling two marijuana plantations and seizing 575 plants. The action was Operation Jaroco, with two home searches led by the local drugs group.
Spain's National Police detained two men in Astorga after a road check and a court-authorised house search, and located a flat used as a drug storehouse. Officers seized about 350 grams of drugs in all, including hashish and marijuana alongside cocaine.
