Overview

• Agents from the Policía Nacional and Inspección de Trabajo y Seguridad Social shut down a covert auto repair facility operating behind closed doors in a locked warehouse in Aldaia.
• Officers arrested the owner—a Colombian national in Spain without legal status—and he was released pending a court summons while facing an open expulsion order.
• Investigators identified seven foreign employees, mostly Colombians and Ecuadorians, who worked without contracts or social security registration and five of whom lacked valid work permits.
• Workers were paid between €6 and €10 per hour and performed tasks on high-risk machinery without any personal protective equipment.
• The probe by the Brigada de Extranjería y Fronteras began in August 2024 following a regional police alert and culminated in the June 20, 2025 raid that dismantled the operation.