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Your Google Pixel might get you in trouble with Spanish police

Your Google Pixel might get you in trouble with Spanish police

Ellsworth Toohey
Jul 23, 2025
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Tossa de Mar town on Costa Brava Mediterranean coast in Catalonia, Spain. (Mazur Travel/shutterstock.com)

Owning a Google Pixel phone might get you stopped by police in Spain.

Law enforcement in Catalonia has begun eyeing Pixel users with suspicion, claiming these phones are becoming the device of choice for drug traffickers. But it's not the phone itself…

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