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.
ONE of Scotland’s most notorious gangland bosses is facing extradition to Spain after he was arrested arriving at Bali airport. Steven Lyons, 45, was detained at an Indonesian airport immigration checkpoint on Saturday just hours after heavily armed police swooped on his associates at properties in Mijas, Barcelona and Scotland. The mafia kingpin, who lived […]
AT LEAST 50 people have been arrested in a massive police operation against drug trafficking in pubs and clubs operating in Benidorm’s popular ‘English Zone’. A hundred Policia Nacional and Benidorm Policia Local officers took part in the sweep last Thursday. The Informacion newspaper reported that the raided establishments were owned by ‘two well-known’ business […]
TWENTY people have been arrested in a massive Guardia Civil operation that has dismantled a major international cocaine trafficking ring operating across the notorious ‘Costa del Sol triangle’. Officers stormed 22 properties across Marbella, Algeciras, San Roque, Los Barrios and La Linea in a coordinated strike against the cartel. The sweeping raids targeted the notorious […]
SPAIN has recorded its largest-ever seizure of marijuana originating from Canada after authorities intercepted a major drugs shipment at the Port of Valencia earlier this month. Officers confiscated a staggering 3,289 kilos of marijuana, along with a further six kilos of suspected Canadian hashish. The haul is estimated to be worth more than €6 million […]
THE OPERATION started off at 4am on Friday, with officers carrying out simultaneous raids in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, West Lothian, Barcelona and Malaga. The cross-border crackdown was led by Police Scotland working alongside Spain’s Guardia Civil, with support from Eurojust. Specialist detectives from the Organised Crime and Counter Terrorism unit moved in after more than two […]
A NARCO boat crash on Cadiz’s cocaine coast has left one person dead and another injured. The incident saw the two vessels collide approximately 40 miles from Chipiona, a Cadiz town with over 18,000 inhabitants. The petrol boats hitting one another triggered an explosion which occurred at 9.30 on Wednesday at a point 36.33 miles […]
A BRITISH suspect is behind bars over the execution of a Czech man linked to the Costa Blanca murder of John George. The 40-year-old expat from Torre Pacheco in Murcia was detained last week at the region’s Corvera Airport, as he was set to leave Spain. He has been remanded in custody as part of […]
ONE of Latin America’s most-wanted drug kingpins lives freely on Spain’s Costa Dorada after Spanish authorities released him from custody. William Joffre Alcivar Bautista, known under the aliases Black Willy, Commander Willy, or The Emperor, is the leader of Los Tiguerones, one of Ecuador’s most violent gangs. Bautista fled to Spain in 2022, with the help […]
SPANISH police have turned to AI to imagine the many faces of one of Europe’s most wanted drug traffickers as the hunt for the fugitive heats up. Unveiled on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday morning, the images depict drug lord Sergio Jesus Mora Carrasco in a series of striking disguises – sporting long and short […]
THE government has revealed that 106 Spanish police officers have been arrested for drug-related offences since 2021. Among them is Luis Fernandez Rafael, the former chief of the National Police’s Narcotics Unit in Valladolid. He was arrested in December 2025 after an internal police investigation discovered that he was saving cocaine from drug-busts he coordinated […]
