Spanish police arrest multiple people in a drug-related family gang

In Valencia and Madrid, a SEVEN-month investigation into a drug trafficking family led gang resulted in 40 arrests.

Policia Nacional characterized the operation as being one of the biggest drug busts in recent memory in the Valencia metropolitan region.

Officers also seize 57 fighting cockerels from a house used to breed these birds.

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The property also included a combat ring, where animals could be trained to fight.

Last September, the authorities started an investigation on a family living in Nazaret, a neighborhood of Valencia City.

They had been in contact for some time with traffickers from the Madrid area who were using their network to supply drugs to the family to be sold in Valencia.

Narcotics are transported in vehicles with compartments specially designed to hide the illegal goods.

18 addresses were searched resulting in the seizure of more than 13 kilograms of cocaine, 105 grams of hashish, 560 grams of marijuana, approximately €118,000 in cash, five firearms, three knives, and 16 vehicles.

Nine of the women detainees are between the ages of 19 and 73. Seven were remanded to custody.

They were charged with drug trafficking as well as membership in a criminal group, illegal weapon possession and animal welfare violations.