In Spain, police raid a drug lab that produces up to 30 kilograms of cocaine per day and make mass arrests

The Tax Agency and Policia Nacional have taken down a cocaine gang in VALENCIA that manufactured and sold the drug.

25 people were arrested, with a crew that had a laboratory capable to produce up 30 kilos of cocaine per day.

Detainees include 12 Columbians (including a Mexican), nine Spaniards (including two Albanians), a Mexican and an Italian.

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Ontinyent’s investigating court has issued arrest warrants internationally for members of the gang that were not in Spain at the time of police raids.

In eight towns in the Valencia Province, 12 searches were conducted. Machineries and cocaine as well as five luxury cars and 28 mobile phones along with various documents and documents were seized.

Other items taken included €32,735 in cash plus €38,850 in fake notes plus ‘abundant’ material for the preparation of cocaine.

This included over 500 kilograms of solid precursors, and more than 7,000 litres liquid precursors. It also included laboratory equipment and machinery as well as weapons and ammunition.

Two machetes were found in the weapons cache, along with four pistols and a revolver.

In July 2024 investigations began after a Spanish-based company was suspected of smuggling drugs into the country through the port in Valencia.

The company had commercial relations with a drug-trafficking exporter.

The company imported frozen fruit in Valencia, but the material was used to manufacture cocaine.