Spanish police said on Tuesday they have captured a Colombian vet who tried to smuggle liquid heroin by surgically implanting plastic bags of the drug into live Rottweiler and Labrador puppies.
Spanish police seized over 550 kilos (1,200 pounds) of cocaine from a sailboat in the Atlantic and arrested three people, including two French crew members, the interior ministry said on Thursday.
How did Spaniards come to be among the biggest consumers of cocaine in Europe? Is there something about the drug that makes it a perfect fit for Spain? The Local talked to movers and shakers in the field to get the inside story.
Spanish police said on Tuesday they had seized €10 million ($14 million) - one of their biggest cash finds ever - and 452 kilograms (100 pounds) of cocaine in raids on a drug gang.
Spanish police arrested the fugitive leader of one of Colombia's most violent gangs, accused of killings and drug-smuggling, authorities said Saturday.
Spanish authorities have seized over 800 kilos (1,700 pounds) of cocaine from a yacht in the Atlantic, smashing a ring that smuggled drugs from Latin America to Europe, the interior ministry said on Thursday.
Three pistols, 8 kilograms of cocaine and €150,000 in cash have been seized by police investigating the drug gang shooting which led to the death of a seven-year-old girl in Seville, Spain.
Two young British women accused of trying to smuggle cocaine into the holiday island of Ibiza have told Peruvian police they were kidnapped and forced into crime at gunpoint.
Spanish police said on Thursday that they had smashed an international cocaine ring in a two-year operation with other forces that led to the arrests of 74 people in Spain, Brazil and Colombia.
Police on Saturday broke into a hidden anti-assault 'panic room' in a Malaga villa and arrested a 41-year-old British man who had been on the run for over a decade after receiving a 24-year prison sentence for drug dealing.
When it comes to smuggling drugs into and around Spain, some people get very creative indeed. In this week's The Local List, we smoke out some of the strangest methods seen by the nation's narcotics police.
Spanish and British police have nabbed a hashish-smuggling ring that hid hundreds of kilos of drugs in electrical transformers before shipping them off to the UK.
Spanish police announced on Friday they have seized a massive 32 tonnes of hashish hidden in a truck transporting melons from Morocco, one of the largest hauls on record in Spain.
Spain, the main gateway into Europe for cocaine and hashish, has intensified its fight against drug trafficking by groups which continually shift their tactics to keep their access to the lucrative European market.
