Overview
- Spanish National Police detained 13 suspects linked to the Venezuelan gang in Barcelona (8), Madrid (2), and one each in Girona, A Coruña and Valencia.
- Officers seized synthetic drugs and cocaine and dismantled two home-based laboratories producing tusi, known as pink cocaine.
- The action formed part of Operación Interciti with support from Colombia’s National Police and the EU-backed Ameripol–EL PAcCto 2.0 project.
- Four detainees were ordered into pretrial detention by Spain’s central investigating court as the case proceeds under National Court oversight.
- Investigators describe a hierarchical cell with a leader, a lieutenant and two substructures, and they are analyzing seized phones and documents to track additional members and international links.