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# Barcelona drug gang dismantled after three-year cross-border investigation
- URL: https://barna.news/barcelona-drug-gang-dismantled-cross-border/
- Published: 2026-03-18T22:36:45.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-18T22:36:45.000Z
- Description: Mossos d'Esquadra and French police seized €2.3M in cash and 120kg of cocaine in coordinated dawn raids across 12 locations.
- Author: Barna News Staff
- Tags: crime

A three-year joint investigation between the Mossos d'Esquadra and French national police has resulted in the dismantling of a major drug trafficking network operating between Barcelona and southern France.

In coordinated dawn raids across 12 locations in Barcelona, Tarragona, and Perpignan, officers seized €2.3 million in cash, 120 kilograms of cocaine, and arrested 14 suspects. The operation, codenamed 'Tramuntana', involved over 200 officers.

## The network

According to the Mossos, the organisation had been importing cocaine through Barcelona's port, processing it in warehouses in the Zona Franca industrial district, and distributing it through a network of couriers who transported the drugs across the French border.

## Significance

The operation is one of the largest drug seizures in Catalonia this year and demonstrates the growing importance of cross-border police cooperation in combating organised crime in the western Mediterranean corridor.