Overview
- Police and customs officers seized about 200 kilos of cocaine concealed in a container at Vigo’s Guixar terminal, and five Albanian nationals were arrested and ordered to provisional prison by Court No. 8 of Vigo.
- Investigators report the vessel arrived from South America on the fruit route, with the operation led by GRECO and UDYCO units alongside Vigilancia Aduanera under the Pontevedra anti-drug prosecutor’s coordination.
- In the Lezna case, joint Guardia Civil–Vigilancia Aduanera raids around A Coruña and Ferrol detained five suspects, four now remanded, and seized 31 kilos of cocaine, 135 kilos of hashish, cash, vehicles, and an arsenal including a submachine gun and five pistols.
- A Betanzos examining court lifted secrecy over Lezna, detailing storage and logistics sites in Oza-Cesuras and Narón that supplied sales points in Ferrol, A Coruña, and Arteixo.
- Separately, the Pontevedra court sentenced Juan Carlos Santórum to 13 years over the 3.8‑ton MV Karar shipment, with further convictions for crew and associates, and the ruling can be appealed.