Man held after cocaine garage bust and weapons haul

Police in Cádiz have arrested a man after uncovering what they described as a cocaine sales point operating from a garage near Avenida Cayetano del Toro, with a cache of weapons also seized.

The Policía Nacional said the investigation had been running for several months before officers moved in and carried out searches linked to the suspect and the garage.

Drugs sold from the garage and nearby

According to police, the man is suspected of using both the garage and the immediate surroundings to sell drugs to different buyers. Officers said they observed repeated contacts between the suspect and other people during surveillance work, with small packages exchanged for cash.

Those checks led investigators to the garage, where they found pieces of hashish and plastic bags with cuttings they believe were used to prepare doses for sale.

Police later searched a home linked to the suspect. There, they said they found more cocaine and hashish, along with a precision scales and a notebook containing entries they believe were connected to the alleged drug activity.

Weapons and other items seized

The haul recovered during the operation went well beyond drugs. Police said they seized a katana, a ballista, a spear gun, an axe, a collapsible truncheon and other bladed weapons. They also listed an air pistol, a shotgun, a bow, a blowpipe, nunchaku-style items, smoke bombs and knives among the objects taken away for examination.

All of the seized material has been added to the police file for study and cataloguing.

The arrest was made on suspicion of a public health offence, the usual charge in Spain for drug dealing cases. The man was taken to police custody before being passed to judicial authorities.

The operation appears to be part of a wider push against street-level drug sales in the city. A separate police action in Jerez earlier this week also led to arrests over alleged cocaine and hashish sales, underlining how active local narcotics enquiries remain across the province.