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- Oct 27
Spanish police arrest hashish network leader in Tangier after 86 detentions
Spanish police say the alleged leader of a hashish trafficking network was arrested in Tangier on 8 October. He had been missing since March 2026, and investigators tied the group to 86 detentions and 10.8 tonnes of seized hashish.
- Oct 7
Ryanair bases 16 aircraft in Krakow and adds four routes for winter 2026
Ryanair will base 16 aircraft in Krakow and launch flights to Budapest, Dubrovnik, Rabat and Venice starting 25 October 2026, raising its local network to 67 routes under a $1.6 billion fleet commitment.
- Oct 6
Spain clears Ceuta beach camps as 11,000 migrants return to Morocco
Police operations at Benitez and El Trampolin beaches have prompted thousands of departures, while authorities report around 100 clandestine apartments and unverified remaining migrant tallies across the enclave.
- Aug 7
Barcelona cancels pre-season friendly in Tangier over Ceuta migration crisis
FC Barcelona cancelled a pre-season friendly scheduled for 15 August in Tangier, Morocco, citing the migration crisis in the nearby Spanish enclave of Ceuta where tens of thousands crossed the border in late July.
- Jul 30
Ceuta court expels 12 migrants as tunnel fire reveals subterranean camp and Morocco arrests 10
A Spanish court ordered five-year expulsions for 12 Moroccan nationals following assaults on soldiers, hours after a blaze in sealed military tunnels near the university campus uncovered dozens living underground.
- Jun 13
Spain and Morocco seize nearly 4.8 tonnes of hashish in high-speed Strait of Gibraltar chase
A joint operation by Spain’s Guardia Civil and Morocco’s Royal Gendarmerie recovered 121 bales of hashish, totalling 4,777 kg, after a pursuit of a suspicious speedboat in the Strait of Gibraltar on 13 June 2026.
