Ibiza drug lab: eight arrested, nearly 165 kilos seized

Ibiza, in the Balearic Islands: police seize nearly 165 kilos of drugs and arrest eight suspected members of an international trafficking group after finding a drug lab in an isolated house in Sant Miquel. The Spanish National Police said on 9 November that the operation ended in October and also recovered more than €150,000 in cash. Six of those arrested are in pre-trial custody.

A trail from street-level sales

The investigation began in summer 2024 with police action against people selling drugs at the bottom of the distribution chain. Officers then traced a larger group that, police say, had operated for at least three consecutive summers. They reached its senior members this past summer.

The suspects regularly changed cars, used many phones and had properties across Ibiza, according to police. Officers searched homes in the municipalities of Sant Joan, Santa Eulalia, Sant Josep and Sant Antoni de Portmany.

A lab stocked for large-scale sales

At the Sant Miquel house, officers found more than 100 kilos of substances in solid, liquid and crystal forms. They also seized thousands of containers and labels, 32,280 individual dispensers and materials to pack around 500,000 doses. Police say the group used the house chiefly to make, process and prepare MDMA, 2C-B and GHB for sale.

Investigators say the drugs then went to other properties on Ibiza, where members of the group sold them individually. The overall haul included cocaine and ketamine. Some of the seized vehicles had hidden compartments used to carry drugs past police checks.

Topics: Police

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com