{"id":2156156,"date":"2026-09-21T20:50:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T17:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2156156"},"modified":"2026-09-21T20:50:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T17:50:59","slug":"spain-seizes-two-tonnes-of-cocaine-from-yacht-linked-to-balkans-drug-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2156156","title":{"rendered":"Spain seizes two tonnes of cocaine from yacht linked to Balkans drug network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/92\/20\/59\/1200x675_cmsv2_7c803ff4-7c33-5ba5-8b0e-cd1d7c926967-9922059.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"abe-2927499-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-1 m-modeDesktop-1 m-modeXL-1\" data-nid=\"2927499\" data-cid=\"9922228\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2927499-label-pos1-c-latest-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img 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o-article-newsy__container\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__main\">\n<header class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__header\">\n<nav aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs\">\n<div id=\"adb-article-breadcrumb\" class=\"c-article-breadcrumbs__list\">\n<p>                          Europe<\/p>\n<p>                          Europe News<\/p><\/div>\n<\/nav>\n<h1 class=\"c-article-redesign-title\">\n                            Spain seizes two tonnes of cocaine from yacht linked to Balkans drug network<\/h1>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-video u-position-relative \">\n<div class=\"js-superdiv u-aspect-ratio-16x9 u-position-relative \" data-controller=\"video-player\" data-sponsored=\"Partner content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"js-poster-img c-article-media__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/92\/20\/59\/1536x864_cmsv2_7c803ff4-7c33-5ba5-8b0e-cd1d7c926967-9922059.jpg\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Operation &quot;Doncella&quot; carried out by the customs surveillance service in cooperation with the French customs authorities\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-caption u-position-absolute\"><i id=\"article-caption-content\" class=\"c-article-caption__content\"><span class=\"c-article-caption__text\"><br \/>\n              Operation &#8220;Doncella&#8221; carried out by the customs surveillance service, in cooperation with French customs<br \/>\n                    <span class=\"u-color-white\">&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__copyright\">Copyright\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"c-article-caption__credit\">Agencia Tributaria de Espa\u00f1a<\/span><\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-image-copyright c-article-image-copyright--novideo\">\n      Copyright\u00a0Agencia Tributaria de Espa\u00f1a\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"h-grid o-article-newsy__main__body u-article-content\">\n<div class=\"o-article-newsy__contributors-publication-date\">\n<div class=\"c-article-contributors\">\n  By&amp;nbspEscarlata S\u00e1nchez\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-publication-date\" data-timestamp=\"1790023859\">\n                    Published on                 <time datetime=\"2026-09-21 22:50:59 +02:00\">21\/09\/2026 &#8211; 22:50 GMT+2<\/time><span class=\"c-article-publication-date__bullet\">\u2022<\/span>Updated<br \/>\n                                     <time datetime=\"22:52\">22:52<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-share-comment-share\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Share<\/span><\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Comments<\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label c-article-share-comment__label--always\">Add Euronews on 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Spain&#8217;s Tax Agency and French customs seized the drugs in the Atlantic and arrested four crew members of the yacht and the ringleader based in Girona.<br \/>\n    <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-content js-article-content\">\n<p>The interception of a sailing boat carrying more than two tonnes of cocaine in the Atlantic has led to the dismantling of a logistics network for drug trafficking. The joint military and customs operation off the Galician coast ended with the arrest of the crew on the high seas and of the network&#8217;s leader in Girona, marking one of the biggest seizures from the drug cartels&#8217; maritime routes.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt loading=\"lazy\"><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Operation Doncella, conducted by Spain&#8217;s Customs Surveillance Service together with the French customs authorities, resulted in five arrests and the seizure of more than 2,000 kilos of cocaine some 400 miles off Galicia. <\/p>\n<p>The investigation was launched in February in Girona to look into a suspicious yacht.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Boats for Eastern European and Balkan mafias<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>It focused on a 14-metre yacht flying the Polish flag but some of the paperwork raised questions and it emerged that its owner had been convicted of theft.<\/p>\n<p>The evidence confirmed that the network was supplying foreign-flagged leisure boats to organised crime groups from Eastern Europe and the Balkans. A<\/p>\n<p>fter gathering information in Poland via the Intelligence Centre for Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime, officers located the yacht in Roses, Girona and kept it under surveillance until 11 July, when it put to sea with its tracking system switched off in order to avoid being monitored.<\/p>\n<h2>Five suspects arrested<\/h2>\n<p>With help from the US Drug Enforcement Administration, the UK&#8217;s National Crime Agency and Portugal&#8217;s Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre for Narcotics, a Spanish patrol vessel tracked and located the smugglers 400 miles off Galicia.<\/p>\n<p>After the boarding operation in the early hours of 14 September, officers found 70 bales containing 2,100 kilos of cocaine stowed across the deck. The operation led to the arrest of four crew members \u2014 of Argentinian, Uruguayan, Colombian and Albanian nationality \u2014 with the Albanian suspect allegedly responsible for overseeing delivery to buyers in the Balkans.<\/p>\n<p>While the Petrel I was towing the yacht to Vigo, police in Girona arrested the ringleader of the network, a Chilean national in charge of sourcing the vessels. The investigation remains open as officers seek to arrest a man in Barcelona believed to be responsible for the group&#8217;s surveillance and logistics.<\/p>\n<p>Those charged will appear before the National Court on counts of belonging to an organised criminal group, smuggling and drug trafficking as authorities look to crack dwon on the Atlantic cocaine route.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>                                  Go to accessibility shortcuts<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-article-share-comment u-align-items-center u-display-flex\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__links u-align-items-center u-display-flex u-justify-content-center js-c-article-share-comment-share\"><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Share<\/span><\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label\">Comments<\/span><span class=\"c-article-share-comment__label c-article-share-comment__label--always\">Add Euronews on Google<\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"adb-article-you-might-also-like\" class=\"perf-cv-auto c-article-you-might-also-like\">\n<h2 class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__title\">\n        Read more<br \/>\n      <\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__item\">\n<h3>\n<p>                   Six Colombian rebels killed in &#8216;message&#8217; by President Abelardo de la Espriella&#8217;s new government<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__item\">\n<h3>\n<p>                  Pope Leo XIV set for first official visit to France, with huge crowds expected in Paris<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-article-you-might-also-like__item\">\n<h3>\n<p>                  Spain seizes two tonnes of cocaine from yacht linked to Balkans drug network<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"perf-cv-auto\">\n<ul id=\"adb-article-tags\" class=\"c-tags-list\">\n<li class=\"c-tags-list__item\">\n<section class=\"tc-cta\" data-twig-component=\"Cta-default\">\n  girona<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-tags-list__item\">\n<section class=\"tc-cta\" data-twig-component=\"Cta-default\">\n  cocaine<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-tags-list__item\">\n<section class=\"tc-cta\" data-twig-component=\"Cta-default\">\n  Spain<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-tags-list__item\">\n<section class=\"tc-cta\" data-twig-component=\"Cta-default\">\n  Balkans<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-tags-list__item\">\n<section class=\"tc-cta\" data-twig-component=\"Cta-default\">\n  Narcotr\u00e1fico<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"c-tags-list__item\">\n<section class=\"tc-cta\" data-twig-component=\"Cta-default\">\n  Galicia<br \/>\n<\/section>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tp-vuukle\">\n<div class=\"c-vuukle-skeleton\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-vuukle-skeleton__header\"><span class=\"c-vuukle-skeleton__title\">Comments<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"o-article-newsy__aside\">\n<div class=\"c-ad-wrapper o-article-newsy__aside__content-1\" data-ad-name=\"adzone-halfpage\">\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad-halfpage u-show-for-desktop\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-ad u-show-for-mobile-only\">\n<div class=\"c-ad__placeholder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-ad__placeholder__logo\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/website\/images\/logos\/logo-euronews-stacked-outlined-72x72-grey-9.svg\" width=\"72\" height=\"72\" alt><span>ADVERTISEMENT<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"adb-article-top-stories\" class=\"perf-cv-auto c-top-stories\">\n<h2 class=\"c-top-stories__title\">Top stories<\/h2>\n<div class=\"c-top-stories__item\">\n<article id=\"abe-2927466-pos2-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object m-modeMobile-2 m-modeDesktop-2 m-modeXL-2 the-media-object--has-video the-media-object--no-label\" data-nid=\"2927466\" data-cid=\"9921706\" data-part-label=\"Partner content\">\n<figure id=\"abe-2927466-label-pos2-top-stories\" class=\"the-media-object__figure\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"the-media-object__image\" src=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/92\/17\/06\/320x180_cmsv2_89f8de15-102c-52d2-85f4-24005d8f6668-9921706.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"AI is under construction in Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Sept. 14, 2026. 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The joint military and customs operation off the Galician coast ended with the arrest of the crew on the high seas and of the network&#8217;s leader in Girona, marking one of the biggest seizures from the drug cartels&#8217; maritime routes.Operation Doncella, conducted by Spain&#8217;s Customs Surveillance Service together with the French customs authorities, resulted in five arrests and the seizure of more than 2,000 kilos of cocaine some 400 miles off Galicia.The investigation was launched in February in Girona to look into a suspicious yacht.Boats for Eastern European and Balkan mafiasIt focused on a 14-metre yacht flying the Polish flag but some of the paperwork raised questions and it emerged that its owner had been convicted of theft.The evidence confirmed that the network was supplying foreign-flagged leisure boats to organised crime groups from Eastern Europe and the Balkans. After gathering information in Poland via the Intelligence Centre for Counter-Terrorism and Organised Crime, officers located the yacht in Roses, Girona and kept it under surveillance until 11 July, when it put to sea with its tracking system switched off in order to avoid being monitored.Five suspects arrestedWith help from the US Drug Enforcement Administration, the UK&#8217;s National Crime Agency and Portugal&#8217;s Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre for Narcotics, a Spanish patrol vessel tracked and located the smugglers 400 miles off Galicia.After the boarding operation in the early hours of 14 September, officers found 70 bales containing 2,100 kilos of cocaine stowed across the deck. The operation led to the arrest of four crew members \u2014 of Argentinian, Uruguayan, Colombian and Albanian nationality \u2014 with the Albanian suspect allegedly responsible for overseeing delivery to buyers in the Balkans.While the Petrel I was towing the yacht to Vigo, police in Girona arrested the ringleader of the network, a Chilean national in charge of sourcing the vessels. 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