Vanilla Meth: How Spain and France Crushed a CJNG Super Lab Hidden in Catalonia

Spanish and French police have dismantled one of Europe’s largest methamphetamine recovery labs linked to Mexico’s Jalisco New Generation Cartel, seizing roughly 2.5 tons of the drug dissolved in liquid vanilla flavoring. The operation targeted the full logistics chain from Mexican export to European crystallization and resulted in 13 arrests. This bust reveals how sophisticated Mexican cartels are adapting concealment methods to flood European markets with synthetic drugs.