Overview

• Operation Saona led to 14 arrests across Barbanza and O Salnés, with 12 suspects ordered to provisional prison by a Muros judge.
• Investigators traced the group from August in Outes and struck on 13 September at Niñeiriños beach, recovering roughly 3.6 tonnes after a pursuit exposed part of the load.
• The three semisubmersible crew members — a Colombian and two Ecuadorians — were detained on arrival after posing as pilgrims and trying to flee by taxi with a neoprene suit.
• Searches yielded €54,680 in cash, two boats, five vehicles, a trailer and dozens of phones and communications devices during 18 raids.
• Parallel late‑September actions in Moraleja, Palma, Burgos and Encinas Reales dismantled local drug points, including a 2,775‑dose cocaine seizure in Moraleja and arrests tied to heroin, cocaine and hashish.