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Galicia Narcosub Probe: 11 More Arrested as Police Raid 18 Sites

The judge-led investigation targets the network behind a 3.5‑tonne cocaine shipment suspected to have reached Arousa by narcosubmarine.

Overview

  • Policía Nacional carried out searches across Ribeira, Noia, Outes, A Pobra, Vigo and Cambados, seizing two high‑speed boats and inspecting a boat workshop in Tragove linked to a Sanxenxo rental firm.
  • The latest detentions lift the tally to at least 14 suspects, adding to the three foreign nationals already jailed on remand after their mid‑September arrests.
  • Operation Saona, conducted by UDYCO/GRECO with support from the U.S. DEA, remains under judicial secrecy as investigators map the organizers and maritime logistics.
  • Police outline a working theory that the load was transferred from a semisubmersible to fast boats and landed near Cabío beach, with about 80–84 bales later recovered from vegetation and a roadway after a pursuit.
  • Related crackdowns continue elsewhere, with Valencia’s ‘Spider’ case bringing 46 arrests and 44 appearances before a judge over at least 3,589 kilos moved via the port, and Asturias’ ‘Sancho’ operation dismantling a fortified drug bunker with five arrests and two leaders remanded.