A total of 15 people were arrested by Spanish police for their involvement in smuggling hard drugs into Spain and other European countries.
Most of the people arrested are Nigerian citizens, and are part of a drug cartel run by Nigerians based in the Madrid surbub of Alcala de Henares have been under police investigation for about a year.
“These people had been sent by the organisation to Madrid to collect cocaine from other members of the ring which based in Alcala de Henares. From there they would also send mules to South America and Africa to collect the drug,” a police statement said.
Spain has become a major gateway into Europe for drug traffickers.
