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 The illegal drugs industry is an €18-million ($24.5 million) a day business in Spain and worth a staggering €300 billion a year, the country's interior minister said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20140627/spains-drug-industry-worth Fri, 27 Jun 2014 17:57:00 +0200 spains-drug-industry-worth The number of so-called 'cannabis clubs' in Barcelona has exploded in recent years but some are worried a lack of clear rules about how they operate could have a negative impact on the city. https://www.thelocal.es/20140304/does-barcelona-have-a-cannabis-problem Tue, 04 Mar 2014 15:20:00 +0100 does-barcelona-have-a-cannabis-problem Spanish and British police have nabbed a hashish-smuggling ring that hid hundreds of kilos of drugs in electrical transformers before shipping them off to the UK. https://www.thelocal.es/20130513/cops-smash-uk-hash-gang-in-spain Mon, 13 May 2013 15:08:00 +0200 cops-smash-uk-hash-gang-in-spain A family that dealt huge quantities of hashish from their home in the Asturian town of Avilés have fallen foul of local police. https://www.thelocal.es/20130424/cops-smoke-out-hash-family-business Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:54:00 +0200 cops-smoke-out-hash-family-business In the garden of the cannabis smoking club in the town of Mogan on Spain's Canary Islands, lush green marijuana leaves with serrated edges bask in the sun before being harvested, dried and processed to be consumed on site. https://www.thelocal.es/20130419/canary-marijuana-smoking-club-hits-high-notes Fri, 19 Apr 2013 12:59:00 +0200 canary-marijuana-smoking-club-hits-high-notes A Seville lawyer has been sentenced to a year in prison after she kicked, verbally abused and spat at police officers who caught her smoking a joint. https://www.thelocal.es/20130405/spliff-smoking-lawyer-kicks-cops Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:56:00 +0200 spliff-smoking-lawyer-kicks-cops