Stephen Kane, 30, was arrested in St Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, in September last year on suspicion of being part of an international drug-smuggling gang.
He and two other people are accused of attempting to transport £8.6m of cannabis on a catamaran bound for the south-west coast of England.
The vessel, named the Cariro 2, was boarded by police in the sea between Spain and Morocco.
Mr Kane, who is currently on remand at Wandsworth Prison, was refused bail after a High Court judge in London heard there was a 'significant risk' he might go on the run.
The offences he is charged with in Spain carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
Mr Justice Burnett said: 'My conclusion is that there is a significant risk of absconding here, given the circumstances, and that the combination of conditions offered go nowhere to ameliorate the risk.'"
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