Overview

• Carlos Loriente García, 45, appeared before Torremolinos’ Juzgado de Instrucción No. 5, exercised his right not to testify, and was released under investigation for an alleged public health offense.
• Police intervened on September 22 and reported finding up to ten small packets of suspected designer drugs on him, identified by officers as possibly MDMA and mephedrone, pending laboratory analysis.
• With his consent, officers searched the rented holiday apartment and found signs of consumption, a single‑dose bag, and a precision scale that he voluntarily handed over, according to case accounts.
• He had been staying with at least four men who, according to police reports cited by local media, indicated he possessed a significant quantity of drugs after officers responded to a disturbance involving one man threatening to jump.
• The Archdiocese of Toledo confirmed his detention, pledged cooperation with authorities, and provisionally removed him from ministry, noting he had recently stepped back from some roles citing health reasons.