https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed There are lots of misconceptions about drug laws in Spain. Magic mushrooms are no different, and though many assume they are entirely legal, in reality things are a little more complicated than that. https://www.thelocal.es/20240213/whats-the-law-on-magic-mushrooms-in-spain Tue, 13 Feb 2024 17:23:04 +0100 whats-the-law-on-magic-mushrooms-in-spain Spain's Medicines Agency will soon set out the conditions for pharmacies to be able to dispense cannabis with THC - the psychoactive component that makes you feel ‘high’ - when prescribed for therapeutic purposes. https://www.thelocal.es/20220622/pharmacies-in-spain-will-able-to-sell-medical-marijuana-by-the-end-of-2022 Wed, 22 Jun 2022 12:53:57 +0200 pharmacies-in-spain-will-able-to-sell-medical-marijuana-by-the-end-of-2022 Spanish police said Monday they had broken up a hashish smuggling ring with the arrest of 10 people including its suspected leader, a former British marine. https://www.thelocal.es/20210524/spain-busts-drug-ring-led-by-british-ex-marine Mon, 24 May 2021 14:51:38 +0200 spain-busts-drug-ring-led-by-british-ex-marine A major Italian mafia fugitive who controlled cocaine routes within Europe has been returned by authorities to Rome from Spain, police said on Saturday. https://www.thelocal.es/20210515/spanish-police-return-italian-mafia-fugitive-to-italy-after-three-years-on-the-run Sat, 15 May 2021 12:56:02 +0200 spanish-police-return-italian-mafia-fugitive-to-italy-after-three-years-on-the-run Spanish police said Friday they had seized a record 827,000 ecstasy tablets as well as other narcotics in what they called "the biggest ever seizure of synthetic drugs" in Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20210109/spanish-police-make-biggest-ever-seizure-of-synthetic-drugs Sat, 09 Jan 2021 11:53:52 +0100 spanish-police-make-biggest-ever-seizure-of-synthetic-drugs Spanish police said Wednesday that a former Real Madrid player was among those arrested when they busted a suspected international smuggling ring which infused cocaine into cardboard boxes. https://www.thelocal.es/20200514/ex-real-madrid-player-arrested-over-cocaine-laced-cardbboard-smuggling-plot Thu, 14 May 2020 13:06:39 +0200 ex-real-madrid-player-arrested-over-cocaine-laced-cardbboard-smuggling-plot Police in Spain have seized a submarine carrying cocaine off the coast of the northwest Galicia region which had arrived from South America. https://www.thelocal.es/20191126/narco-sub-how-drug-smugglers-are-using-submarines-to-smuggle-cocaine-into-spain Tue, 26 Nov 2019 10:12:38 +0100 narco-sub-how-drug-smugglers-are-using-submarines-to-smuggle-cocaine-into-spain Former Spanish footballer Sergio Contreras, who played for Marseille, was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of heading a drugs ring, police said following a string of raids in southern Spain. https://www.thelocal.es/20191120/former-footballer-arrested-in-spain-for-running-drugs-ring Wed, 20 Nov 2019 10:17:59 +0100 former-footballer-arrested-in-spain-for-running-drugs-ring Spanish police have arrested six people and seized 16,000 marijuana plants hidden within pine forests in remote Aragon. https://www.thelocal.es/20191118/police-in-spain-discover-vast-cannabis-plantation-hidden-in-pine-forests-of-aragon Mon, 18 Nov 2019 14:35:10 +0100 police-in-spain-discover-vast-cannabis-plantation-hidden-in-pine-forests-of-aragon Three Spanish police officers who were thrown into the sea when their boat crashed early Friday during a high-speed chase were pulled to safety by the drug-smugglers they were chasing, police said. https://www.thelocal.es/20191005/spanish-police-saved-from-sea-by-smugglers-they-were-chasing Sat, 05 Oct 2019 12:07:41 +0200 spanish-police-saved-from-sea-by-smugglers-they-were-chasing The growers of a marijuana plantation on the rooftop of an apartment in Catalonia have been rumbled after viewers spotted the greenery in aerial footage of Spain’s Vuelta cycling race. https://www.thelocal.es/20190904/rooftop-weed-plantation-revealed-during-spains-vuelta-cycle-race-coverage Wed, 04 Sep 2019 13:17:33 +0200 rooftop-weed-plantation-revealed-during-spains-vuelta-cycle-race-coverage A Colombian man was arrested at Barcelona airport with half a kilo of cocaine hidden under his wig, Spanish police said Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20190716/operation-toupee-man-arrested-in-spain-with-cocaine-under-wig Tue, 16 Jul 2019 14:58:25 +0200 operation-toupee-man-arrested-in-spain-with-cocaine-under-wig A policeman was killed on Thursday as he chased a car with a French number plate carrying hashish in a drug trafficking hotspot in southern Spain, police said. https://www.thelocal.es/20190531/spanish-cop-killed-in-car-chase-during-drug-trafficking-bust-on-spains Fri, 31 May 2019 11:52:16 +0200 spanish-cop-killed-in-car-chase-during-drug-trafficking-bust-on-spains Over 300 police officers swooped on Wednesday against hashish smuggling in southern Spain, the main gateway into Europe for the drug, the latest in a string of police stings in the region. https://www.thelocal.es/20190523/hashish-raids-scores-of-police-officers-swoop-on-smugglers-in-southern-spain Thu, 23 May 2019 10:50:21 +0200 hashish-raids-scores-of-police-officers-swoop-on-smugglers-in-southern-spain The first scientific study of cannabis resin sold on the streets of Madrid reveals that the vast majority contains traces of bacteria from human faeces, and poses a serious health risk to those who smoke it. https://www.thelocal.es/20190402/hashish-health-warning-poo-traces-found-in-88-percent-of-cannabis-sold-on-madrid-streets Tue, 02 Apr 2019 14:52:00 +0200 hashish-health-warning-poo-traces-found-in-88-percent-of-cannabis-sold-on-madrid-streets Spanish police said Tuesday they had broken up a violent branch of Italy's Camorra crime group which they believe stole hashish from rival drug traffickers in Spain and then transported it to Rome in motorhomes. https://www.thelocal.es/20190205/spanish-police-strike-blow-to-camorra-crime-network Tue, 05 Feb 2019 14:41:10 +0100 spanish-police-strike-blow-to-camorra-crime-network Spain's maritime rescue plucked three men from a boat loaded with three tonnes cannabis resin which had run into trouble in choppy waters, officials said Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20190202/spain-rescues-three-men-from-boat-loaded-with-drugs Sat, 02 Feb 2019 12:56:59 +0100 spain-rescues-three-men-from-boat-loaded-with-drugs Two people from Sweden have been arrested in Barcelona on suspicion of serious drugs and weapons offences. https://www.thelocal.es/20190119/swedish-citizens-arrested-in-spain-on-drugs-charges Sat, 19 Jan 2019 18:19:30 +0100 swedish-citizens-arrested-in-spain-on-drugs-charges Hundreds of police backed by a helicopter on Monday raided dozens of apartments in central Barcelona used for selling and consuming heroin and other drugs, making dozens of arrests. https://www.thelocal.es/20181029/barcelona-police-launch-massive-crackdown-on-narco-pisos Mon, 29 Oct 2018 16:43:04 +0100 barcelona-police-launch-massive-crackdown-on-narco-pisos Spanish police said Thursday they had seized over six tonnes of cocaine hidden in a shipment of bananas and arrested 16 suspects, some of them wanted in the Netherlands. https://www.thelocal.es/20181025/spanish-police-seize-massive-cocaine-haul-in-banana-cargo Thu, 25 Oct 2018 18:20:58 +0200 spanish-police-seize-massive-cocaine-haul-in-banana-cargo