Drug smuggling

Spanish police seize synthetic drug ‘80 times stronger’ than marijuana, detain two Brits

Spanish authorities have arrested two Britons suspected of smuggling a new type of synthetic drug – said to be “80 times stronger” than regular cannabis – into the country.

The two British men, aged 36 and 37, have been arrested in connection with the new synthetic drug that was smuggled inside coffee sacks into Alicante and nearby resort towns, the Spanish publication La Informacion reported. 

The drug came to Spain through the airport in Alicante camouflaged as coffee packets from Hong Kong. The special operation was launched in mid-March when a suspicious substance was detected by agents of the Civil Guard under the Analysis and Tax Investigation unit at the Alicante-Elche Airport.

The coffee sacks were hidden among other bags containing sweets and were addressed to a bar popular among Britons in the town of El Campello, not far from Alicante.