Overview

• Operation Saona Outes in Galicia detained at least 11 additional suspects tied to the 3.5‑ton A Pobra cache suspected to have arrived by narcosubmarine, with two fast boats seized and searches under a Muros court secrecy order with DEA support.
• In Valencia’s Operation Spider, 44 of 46 detainees were presented to the Instruction Court No. 15 after the summary was declassified, with detentions extended 24 hours as lawyers review extensive case files; investigators attribute at least 3,589 kilos of cocaine to the network since April 2024.
• Operation Silbo in the Canary Islands totals 34 arrests and 2,185 kilos of cocaine, plus over €600,000 in cash, 16 vehicles and five boats; alleged leader Clender Chinea used hospitality, real estate and even a pharmacy and a school as laundering fronts, with 18 suspects in provisional prison and several still wanted.
• Parallel actions include the dismantling of a fortified drug‑sales ‘bunker’ in Avilés with five arrests and seizures of drugs and luxury cars, and in Madrid the arrest of 13 members of the Suburbios Firm ultra group on trafficking, weapons and laundering charges, with three jailed.
• Authorities describe a coordinated campaign involving Policía Nacional, Guardia Civil’s UCO and Vigilancia Aduanera with international partners including the DEA and Europol, focusing on sea‑to‑shore transshipment routes and domestic distribution networks.