Overview
- The EU Drugs Report presented on June 9, 2026, shows Spain accounted for roughly 37% of the bloc’s cocaine seizures in 2024 with 124 tonnes and seized 206 tonnes of cannabis resin while accounting for 75% of cannabis plants taken across the EU.
- The report finds traffickers are fragmenting consignments and using technology and fast boats to evade controls, citing seizures of drones, narco-lanchas and a near-10 tonne haul in the Canary Islands as examples of evolving methods.
- Spanish police dismantled domestic processing facilities in 2024, including seven secondary cocaine-extraction sites and seven MDMA production labs, indicating inland transformation of imported drugs.
- EU ministers have approved a new strategic framework and Brussels plans leader-level discussion in a June summit to step up cooperation on detection, policing and cross-border investigations.
- The agency warns drug availability remains at record highs and estimates a provisional minimum of about 7,600 overdose deaths in 2024, a trend that raises public-health risks for communities and places added pressure on frontline officers.