Overview
- Spanish National Police, working with the DEA and Dutch authorities, broke up a CJNG cell and made 20 arrests across Madrid, Ávila, Bilbao, Valencia and Toledo.
- Fifteen suspects have been remanded to pretrial detention by the Audiencia Nacional as judicial proceedings and asset analysis advance.
- Authorities seized 1,870 kg of cocaine, 375 kg of amphetamine, €275,000 in cash, about 15,000 USDT in crypto, three handguns, 15 vehicles and 14 kg of silver.
- Investigators say the network smuggled drugs from South America hidden in heavy industrial machinery, using fincas near the Sierra de Madrid, La Adrada and Talavera to route shipments toward Bilbao, Valencia and Italy.
- Those detained include two long‑standing DEA priority targets, a Spanish businessman alleged to provide logistics and laundering, and Camorra associates tied to a September shipment to Italy; a container from Costa Rica was intercepted with Dutch coordination.