31 people arrested smuggling cannabis from Thailand into Barcelona’s El Prat airport
New blow to drug trafficking in Barcelona with operation ‘Thaigreen’. The Spanish police force “Guardia Civil” has arrested a total of 31 people and seized more than 860 kilograms of marijuana over the course of a year at El Prat Airport from a new international route from Thailand.
The investigation began last year, following the arrest of three people of Malaysian origin between August and November. Those arrested arrived at Barcelona airport on flights from Bangkok with stopovers in Dubai, Doha or Abu Dhabi, and were carrying 73 kilos of marijuana distributed in vacuum-packed plastic packages, as reported by the Guardia Civil in a statement on Monday.
The ring of traffickers used passengers with no previous record and no apparent relationship between them who carried the drugs hidden in checked baggage on flights from Thailand.
La @guardiacivil detecta nueva ruta internacional de tráfico de
marihuana por aeropuerto de Barcelona desde Tailandia. Sospechosos, sin antecedentes ni relación entre ellos, la llevaban camuflada en equipaje facturado. Hay 31 detenidos y más de 860 kg de marihuana requisados pic.twitter.com/7vjuqW21vV— Germán González (@germangbernet) July 21, 2025
After finding a pattern between the profiles and the routes used, the corps deduced that this could be a possible new international route. In one case, a man was intercepted with 52.5 kilos of marijuana from Thailand. A total of 31 people have been arrested, 24 of whom have been imprisoned.
Two Indians Arrested at Don Mueang Airport for Attempting to Smuggle 22.4 kg of Cannabis
In recent months the Thai police have detected numerous cases of foreigners trying to smuggle large quantities of cannabis out of Thailand, especially British and Indian nationals.
-Thailand News (TN)
