Two Women Detained at Spain-Andorra Border with Cocaine and Ketamine
Authorities caught two women separately at the Runer river crossing with trace amounts of toxic drugs. They faced a judge the next morning, received convictions under expedited procedures, and were immediately released. Details on nationalities withheld.
Key Points
- Incidents occurred Wednesday at Runer river frontier during routine checks.
- Each woman carried less than one gram total of cocaine and ketamine.
- No known links between women; planned brief tourist stays in Andorra.
- Convicted Thursday via fast-track process and released same day.
Two women were detained at the Spain-Andorra border crossing with small amounts of cocaine and ketamine—less than one gram in total—and convicted and released the same day under the fast-track judicial process.
The separate incidents took place on Wednesday during routine checks at the Runer river frontier point, as reported by local media including Altaveu and Diari d'Andorra. The women, who had no known links and planned brief tourist stays in Andorra, were found carrying the minimal quantities of the substances, classified as toxic drugs posing a risk to public health.
Both appeared before a judge on Thursday morning, where they received convictions through the expedited procedure before being freed.
Authorities have not released further information on the women's nationalities or other details of the detections.
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