Category: Spanish Cannabis News
Stay informed with the latest Spanish cannabis news, regulation updates, and market analysis. This category is your definitive source for curated, real-time coverage on the evolving cannabis landscape across Spain, including Barcelona, Madrid, and the Canary Islands. We track critical developments across three key areas:
Legislation & Policy: Updates on national and regional laws, medical cannabis decrees, and the status of Cannabis Social Clubs (CSCs).
Business & Market: Analysis of investment, CBD market trends, and growth opportunities within the Spanish cannabis sector.
Enforcement: Real-time reports on local police actions, drug seizures, and how enforcement is shaping the grey market.
Whether you are an industry professional, patient, or activist, find reliable, organized information to navigate Spain’s complex cannabis laws and the future of the legal cannabis market in Europe.
As the European cannabis conference season gets started, industry experts, lawmakers, regulators and business owners are facing greater mainstream scrutiny than ever before. From police raids in Portugal and North Macedonia, to a media backlash in the UK, operators are facing increasing questions about the industry’s resilience in the face of coordinated pushback. Europe’s largest […]
An ORGANIZED crime ring turned taxis into a mobile drug delivery service to move narcotics across two towns in Malaga. The Policia Nacional uncovered 152 cannabis plants, 887 grams of cocaine, 180 grams of ecstasy and over €30,000 in cash in a recent drug bust off the Costa del Sol. The operation, dubbed ‘Carroza’ (Carriage), […]
ONE of France’s most wanted fugitives has been arrested in Madrid after hiding from the outside world for almost two years. Policia Nacional officers captured Walid Bara (‘Fondu’) in the Spanish capital on Tuesday night following a complex international manhunt. Bara carried false French documents, but had no weapons with him. A French court sentenced […]
More than 70 international speakers and over 1000 delegates set to convene on London next month for policy debates, high-level networking and the 2026 Business of Cannabis Awards Cannabis Europa, the leading B2B conference for the European cannabis industry, today announced the full programme for its 2026 London edition. Taking place at The Barbican on […]
A CRIMINAL organisation has been dismantled after trafficking Botox and running clandestine cosmetic clinics in Alicante, Valencia and Tarragona. Guardia Civil officers seized over 1,200 vials of botulinum toxin (Botox) and 382 syringes of hyaluronic acid. Operation Zlata took place on April 8 and 9 in Reus, Burjassot and Pilar de la Horadada. They arrested […]
THE story of how the Albanian mafia murdered one of their own on the Costa del Sol and tried to dump his body in a reservoir has now been revealed by the Policia Nacional. The incident occurred last year on May 12 and began with the victim, 31, receiving a call from supposed ‘friends’ while […]
POLICE are cracking down on social media posts branding officers ‘assassins’ after a man was tasered to death on the Costa del Sol. The Policia Nacional’s Cybercrime Group has launched an investigation into several social media accounts and forums, authorities have said, following reports from officers that their personal information and photos were being leaked […]
As the European medical cannabis market has developed, expanded and matured over the last half-decade, Portugal has played a critical role in the global supply chain, earning a reputation as the ‘doorway to Europe’. Dried flower from Canada, Colombia, Thailand and a swathe of other global exporters has been diverted through the Portuguese processing hub […]
THE operation to dismantle the Lyons clan on the Costa del Sol followed from the arrest of Kinahan cartel banker Johnny Morrissey in Marbella four years ago, Spanish police sources have revealed. Morrissey, 66, a British-born Irish passport holder and former Rochdale doorman who spent two decades building a life — and allegedly a criminal […]
A FUGITIVE accused of kidnapping, torturing and executing a police informant in Marbella has been dramatically captured in Colombia after four years on the run. The Albanian suspect was tracked down in Pereira following an international manhunt involving the Policia Nacional, Interpol and Europol. Florind Rama, also known as Terziu Florin, was one of Europe’s […]
