Sagunto: Guardia Civil shuts down a fake clinic that gave drugs as therapy
The Guardia Civil (Spain's gendarmerie) has dismantled a fake clinic in a house in Sagunto that sold health retreats and, according to the investigation, gave drugs to participants.
The Guardia Civil (Spain's gendarmerie) has dismantled a fake clinic set up in a house in Sagunto. The offer was to join a retreat with supposed health benefits; according to the investigation, behind it was a venue that supplied drugs to those who attended. elperiodic.com published the story on 14 October 2026, and the original text is brief. The headline of elperiodic.com sums it up: they promised to cure illnesses and gave drugs.
The details come from actualidadvalencia.com, which reported the same day that the Guardia Civil named the case Operation Quimera and arrested the main person responsible. The investigation began with a complaint from the Official College of Psychologists of the Valencian Community, filed on 13 July over possible unlicensed practice of the profession. Professional intrusion (intrusismo profesional) means practising a profession without the required qualification or authorisation. A little over three months passed between that complaint and the publication of the story, although the sources do not say when the arrest took place.
According to that report, the property had no opening or activity licence, and no authorisation for the services it offered. Participants paid up to 500 euros for sessions advertised online as therapeutic experiences. The 500-euro figure is a ceiling given by the source, not a fixed price: it does not say how many sessions it covered. The case files have been placed at the disposal of the Sagunto court (court no. 6), and officers located another similar facility in Argentina linked to the same organisation.
The sources consulted do not say which part of Sagunto the house was in, who the detainee is or what substances were given, and the Guardia Civil has not yet published an accessible statement of its own. Any further detail will depend on what the court and investigators make public. It is also unknown how many people took part in the retreats or whether anyone besides the detainee is under investigation.
According to elperiodic.com, with data from actualidadvalencia.com.