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Police in northern Spain detain 11 and break up major drug dealing ring
Published January 01, 2017
BARCELONA, SPAIN - MARCH 11: Catalan Autonomous riot police officers stand guard at the first Pegida rally on March 11, 2015 in Barcelona, Spain. Pegida Catalonia has called for the first Pegida Spain march in on the 11th anniversary of the 2004 Madrid train bombings. (Photo by David Ramos/Getty Images) (2015 Getty Images)
Spanish officials say police have busted a drug-dealing gang and arrested 11 people on suspicion of trafficking in narcotics in northern region of Rioja.
Alberto Breton, a regional Interior Ministry spokesman, said the suspects were part of an organization based in the city of Logrono made up of four ringleaders who acquired and packaged drugs including cocaine, amphetamines, marijuana and hashish and seven others who distributed the substances throughout the renowned winemaking region.
Police said Saturday that two of the ringleaders were Spanish men and the others were a man and a woman from Colombia. The arrests began in April and the final suspect was nabbed last week.
Police seized a drug laboratory, drugs worth 830,000 euros ($950,000), weapons, ammunition, two luxury vehicles and a motorcycle.
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