Overview

• National Police detailed 59 searches across Valencia province and Ibiza after a probe using eight undercover agents, phone intercepts and vehicle geolocation.
• Seized assets include €365,000 in cash, eight firearms including two pen guns, 53 luxury vehicles, a €400,000 boat, 60 high‑end watches, jewelry, diamonds and gold bars.
• Those arrested include 17 port workers, nine truckers, 17 company managers, union figures and a Guardia Civil officer who acted as an intermediary with Balkan and Colombian traffickers.
• Investigators say the network used the gancho perdido concealment method and relied on “hombres araña” climbers to extract cocaine from containers, with eight extraction attempts thwarted.
• The investigating court has released 11 of the 43 detainees presented so far, and inquiries continue into money laundering and wider connections.