Overview

• In San Luis, Argentina, a 37-year-old was formally charged with distributing child sexual abuse material after a nationwide operation found an “impressive” cache on his phone, and a judge ordered 60 days of preventive detention.
• The Guardia Civil’s ‘Bankasalt’ operation in Badajoz seized around fifteen firearms, drugs and stolen goods and led to two arrests linked to home and vehicle burglaries, with one suspect remanded to prison and others identified and sought.
• Spanish National Police dismantled a sophisticated home-burglary ring after seven searches in Sevilla, Utrera, Dos Hermanas and Badajoz, describing tactics such as lubricating locks and using door “seed” markers to test occupancy.
• A 47-year-old resident of Galicia was jailed after the Guardia Civil intercepted 55 kilograms of cocaine in two suitcases in his car on the A-52 in Zamora, one of the province’s largest cocaine seizures.
• Police in Murcia shut down a high-activity narcopiso in Espinardo, arresting two suspects and seizing nearly 400 grams of cocaine, over 400 grams of marijuana, 200 grams of hashish, cash and scales, with the primary suspect sent to pretrial detention.