Overview

• National Police reported 4.5 tonnes of cocaine seized, 81 arrests and 59 searches across Valencia province and Ibiza.
• Officers also confiscated 365,000 euros, 53 luxury vehicles, a 400,000-euro boat, gold bars and eight firearms, including two pen guns.
• Eight covert officers penetrated the ring, which even hired them three times to retrieve consignments, after an earlier infiltration enabled a 1,140‑kg interception in Beneixida in December 2024 and the arrest of Guardia Civil captain Jesús Fernández Bolaño.
• The case points to corruption across port logistics, with detainees including 18 stevedores, nine truck drivers, a doctor and 17 managers tied to five companies.
• A Valencia court ordered the release of eleven of the first 43 detainees presented on Thursday after a 24‑hour extension of custody, with additional defendants scheduled to appear later that day.