Overview
- Police arrested 20 suspects across Madrid, Ávila, Bilbao, Valencia and Toledo, with 15 placed in provisional prison and two identified as longtime DEA priority targets.
- Seizures included 1,870 kilograms of cocaine, 375 kilograms of amphetamine, €275,000 in cash, about 15,000 USDT in crypto, three handguns, 15 vehicles and 14 kilograms of silver.
- Investigators say consignments arrived from Latin America concealed inside heavy industrial machinery, with a container from Costa Rica intercepted in coordination with Dutch authorities.
- Drugs were stored in rural estates in the Sierra de Madrid and Ávila, distributed domestically from a site near La Adrada to Valencia and Bilbao, and routed internationally from Talavera de la Reina toward Italy via links to the Camorra’s Amato-Pagano clan.
- The operation, run by Spain’s Audiencia Nacional (Juzgado Central de Instrucción No. 2) with the Fiscalía Especial Antidroga and the DEA, continues with analysis of documents, devices and financial trails.