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Catalan Police Expand ‘Kanpai’ Crackdown Across Barcelona Metro After 87 Arrests

The strategy targets repeat offenders through coordinated checks at mobility hotspots with stronger investigative dossiers to bolster court outcomes.

Overview

  • Mossos d'Esquadra report 87 detentions across Barcelona and about ten nearby cities in an operation designed to curb multirecidivism.
  • In Barcelona city, 42 people were detained, including 30 for immigration-related offences, alongside arrests for warrants and sentence breaches.
  • Authorities say Kanpai replaces the prior Tremall model with synchronized deployments, intelligence-led patrols and venue inspections across the metro area.
  • Roughly 130 officers from regional and local forces worked in two shifts, concentrating on train and metro stations, plazas, bars and suspected resale points.
  • The rollout continued with a Vilanova–Cubelles sweep yielding 222 identifications, multiple administrative actions and three arrests, as investigators also pursue a case alleging the theft of 71 high-end phones traced to a Rubí address.