Catalonia is the major marijuana production center in Europe. It's grown in abandoned farmhouses in Les Garrigues, in the forests of Pallars, in abandoned industrial buildings in the Barcelona metropolitan area, and in houses built on the outskirts of many towns in La Selva. "In Vidreres and Maçanet, there are housing developments where every other house has a cannabis plantation inside," explain the police. However, despite Catalonia becoming the continent's main supplier, marijuana is now also arriving from abroad. The Spanish Tax Agency has seized 1,214 kilos of marijuana from Thailand and Canada at El Prat Airport and the Port of Barcelona. However, this figure doesn't include the 467 kilos that entered through the Port of Huelva and another 642 kilos that Canadian police seized at the Port of Montreal, which were also headed for Barcelona. This amounts to more than two tons of drugs seized in seven operations over the last six months.

Thailand and Cambodia They have accused each other of attacking each other this weekend on the border they share. The clashes, in which at least three Thai soldiers and nine Cambodian civilians died, appear to be derailing the peace agreement signed by both countries in October, at the initiative of US President Donald Trump. Some 400,000 people living in the border area have been evacuated due to the danger of the fighting, which has occurred in six of the seven provinces that border this 800-kilometer border, and which shows no signs of stopping.

The prime ministers of Thailand and Cambodia, Phumtham Wechayachai and Hun Manet, agreed this Monday in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, to an "immediate and unconditional" ceasefire starting tonight at midnight to end the conflict. five days of clashes on the borderThe conflict has been the most violent between the two countries in more than a decade and has already left 35 dead, 22 on the Thai side and 13 on the Cambodian side, most of them civilians.

The Thai and Cambodian armies clashed on Thursday along their shared border. The fighting, which left at least 12 dead and 30 wounded, marks a significant escalation of the long-standing border dispute between the two countries.

The Civil Guard has arrested 31 people, with no criminal record or apparent relationship between them, accused of checking in 866 kilos of marijuana on flights from Thailand to El Prat airport (Baix Llobregat), in what amounts to a new international route of this substance.

Nearly four days after the devastating earthquake that struck Myanmar, efforts to rescue survivors from under the rubble continue, although the window of opportunity is shrinking. Friday's 7.7 magnitude earthquake, with its epicenter just 10 kilometers deep, continues to produce aftershocks—around 170 as of Sunday, according to the Thai Meteorological Service—and the difficult access to the worst-hit areas and power, internet, and telephone outages are complicating rescue efforts and impeding rescue efforts.

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday, according to US emergency services. Authorities in the country, a military junta that has been waging a civil war since its coup d'état four years ago, has not reported any damage or injuries. But the earthquake was even heard in Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, where hundreds of people fled buildings amid panic, according to Reuters. A building under construction collapsed in the Thai capital, leaving 43 workers trapped in the rubble.

He youtuber and Spanish naturalist Frank Cuesta was arrested in Thailand for illegal possession of protected wild animals. This Friday the adventurer made a three-hour statement at the Lao Khwan police station in central Thailand, after being accused yesterday of having specimens of protected species in his home without authorization. The presenter of the program Frank from the Jungle He spent Thursday night in jail and had not been able to meet with a relative or his lawyer until Friday, according to the Efe news agency. In the next few hours, the Thai prosecutor's office will decide whether to release him on bail or detain him until he appears before a court.