A gang of Nigerian drugs traffickers has been busted for recruiting mules from Spanish unemployment queues, as well as for trafficking drugs into Japan disguised as sweets.
More than half of all Spaniards are in favour of the legalization of the sale and use of marijuana for adults despite a general toughening on people's stance towards drugs, a new study shows.
12 people were arrested on Friday in the quiet Spanish town of Nijar as police seized 229 kilograms of cocaine as well as chemical equipment and firearms.
Police seizures of cocaine in Spain, the main country of entry for drug-smuggling into Europe, surged by more than a quarter in 2013 to 27 tonnes, the government said on Monday.
Spanish police said on Wednesday they had arrested nine people, including one of the country's biggest drug smugglers, after finding cocaine hidden among a shipment of bananas from Colombia.
A Spanish citizen has died while flying from Peru to Brazil after several of the 38 bags of cocaine he had swallowed before boarding burst open in his stomach.
Nine British citizens have been arrested in eight raids in Majorca's controversial Magaluf resort, with a total of €24,000 ($31,000) in cash and cash being seized.
Three men who were arrested after allegedly using a megaphone to announce they had ecstasy, speed and marijuana for sale at last year's Ortiguera festival of Celtic music are due to appear in court in Galicia.
Ecuador authorities seized 7.8 tons of liquid drugs, likely a form of cocaine, disguised as "disinfectant" due to be shipped to Spain, authorities said on Saturday.
A Venezuelan woman with 1.7 kilos of cocaine hidden in her breast implants was arrested at Madrid airport after arriving on a flight from Colombia, police said on Friday.
Spain's Civil Guard on Monday said it had arrested four suspected drug traffickers who were using Catalonia as a base to try and sell Russian-made surface-to-air missiles to paramilitary and criminal organisations.
A federal jury in Miami on Wednesday found a Spanish drug lord guilty of laundering over $20 million (€14.7 million) of profits from his Spanish cocaine empire by buying luxury properties and sports cars in the United States.
Spain is soon to start including estimated revenues from drug trafficking and the sex trade when calculating its gross domestic product (GDP), a move expected to boost economic results, officials said on Thursday.
Spanish scientists have reported the first ever case of catatonic psychosis caused by using a type of synthetic cannabis called Spice, a drug which is becoming increasingly popular.
Spain is still top of the European Union table for both cocaine and cannabis consumption among young people, official EU figures released on Tuesday show. The Local spoke to the director of Spain's Foundation against Drug Addiction to find out more.
Spanish police have arrested a master 'turrón' (nougat) maker accused of concocting chocolates, formed in the shape of FC Barcelona's club crest, which contained the secret ingredients of magic mushrooms and marijuana.
Forget the myth that illicit substances heighten sexual experiences, says a leading Spanish psychologist in the field of sexology. Here are the real effects that different drugs have on our libido.
A Civil Guard policewoman in northern Spain has been freed on charges after it was revealed she had given a local drug dealer her gun in return for 150 grams of speed.
Spanish police have arrested 42 people for selling and trafficking a highly addictive and dangerous form of methamphetamine known on the street as shabu.
Civil Guard officers in Valencia have arrested two crooked cooks suspected of making and selling chocolate cakes with an unusual secret ingredient – hallucinogenic mushrooms.
Spanish police seized 900 kilograms (nearly 2,000 pounds) of cocaine in rucksacks found floating in the sea and fitted with tracking devices, officials said Monday.
A Moroccan drug trafficker who disguised himself as an imam, or Islamic leader, while on the run from prison in Spain has been arrested in Palma de Mallorca.
