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Drugs crackdown in Marbella: Five houses dedicated to selling different narcotics including cocaine and hashish are raided by police – as family clan is jailed

POLICE have broken up a network of drug houses in the centre of Marbella that each catered to a different drug and user. While one

6 Aug, 2024 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Major cocaine and speed gang with €4m of retail-value drugs arrested by police in Spain

A MAJOR drugs gang has been taken down by the Policia Nacional with a dozen simultaneous raids and arrests in the Alicante, Murcia, Valencia, and

24 Jul, 2024 @ 11:18

Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead

Ukrainian man has acid thrown in face as ‘drugs mafia’ seeks revenge on Benidorm tourist walkway

A UKRAINIAN man was the victim of an acid attack on a Benidorm walkway, motivated by revenge from a drugs gang. The assault happened on

6 Jun, 2024 @ 11:19

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Lead

Revealed: How the Chinese mafia in Spain ‘trafficked HUNDREDS of people and drugs into Britain via Gibraltar’

A CHINESE mafia is suspected to have made profits of a million euros by trafficking hundreds of their fellow countrymen into Spain, only to then

28 May, 2024 @ 12:05

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

British and Irish expats who ran a cannabis club on Spain’s Costa Blanca are arrested for ‘selling drugs disguised as food’

SEVEN people including British and Irish expats have been arrested for running a Denia cannabis club that sold drugs packaged up as food. The Policia

20 May, 2024 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Argentina’s Javier Milei takes a dig at Pedro Sanchez after Spain’s transport minister suggested the far-right firebrand was on drugs

A DIPLOMATIC row has erupted after Spain’s transport minister accused far-right Argentine president Javier Milei of consuming drugs during last year’s election campaign. At a

7 May, 2024 @ 12:27

Lead·Politics

Who are the MC Comanches? The violent and feared ‘narco’ bike gang accused of running drugs from Spain’s Costa del Sol to the whole of Europe

IN a joint operation between Spanish, German, and Romanian authorities last week, police arrested the alleged leader of an elusive criminal biker gang known as

5 May, 2024 @ 08:44

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

WATCH: Narco crackdown in Marbella: Restaurant and yacht are raided in Puerto Banus and 14 people are arrested for ‘trafficking drugs from Spain to Europe’

A MAJOR international drug trafficking organisation which allegedly employed Colombian sicarios and dealt with German Hell’s Angels gangs was run out of a restaurant in

2 May, 2024 @ 16:09

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Italian ‘guru’ who ‘sold psychadelic drugs including ayahuasca and mushrooms’ at his ‘retreat’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca is arrested

Italian ‘guru’ who ‘sold psychedelic drugs including ayahuasca and mushrooms’ at his ‘retreat’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca is arrested

AN ITALIAN ‘guru’ has been arrested for selling psychotropic drugs from his spiritual retreat in El Campello on the Costa Blanca. The Guardia Civil were

24 Apr, 2024 @ 07:15

Costa Blanca·Drugs·Lead

Revealed: How Ukrainian fighter pilots were paid €150,000 per flight to carry millions of euros worth of drugs into Spain in low-flying helicopters in the dead of night

UKRAINIAN pilots who imported drugs from Morocco to Spain on helicopters have been busted by the Guardia Civil and the Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie. READ MORE:

2 Apr, 2024 @ 12:46

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Other News·Sevilla

Family clan who ‘sold drugs delivered by narco boats’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca is arrested

THREE brothers have been arrested in Teulada for drug trafficking and getting supplies from narco-boats landing supplies on the coast. Drugs totalling a retail value

27 Mar, 2024 @ 11:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Man To Go On Trial For Lacing Smoothies With Drugs To Sexually Abuse Little Girl On Spain S Costa Blanca

British man, 32, died during a ‘chemsex’ party on Spain’s Costa del Sol after ingesting eight different drugs: Health experts issue warning

HEALTH authorities in Spain have issued a warning following the death of a British man in Marbella who consumed a lethal cocktail of drugs during

26 Mar, 2024 @ 10:14

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Marbella

British expat, 23, ‘kills baby and seriously injures others’ after ‘driving onto the pavement while high on drugs and booze’ at popular resort in Spain

A BRITISH expat is under investigation after allegedly mowing down a baby and five other people while driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol.

12 Mar, 2024 @ 11:13

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Man jailed after body of Norwegian expat who died from adverse reaction to drugs was dumped on Torremolinos street in Spain

A 33-year-old man has been arrested and jailed over the death of a Norwegian woman whose body was found on a Torremolinos street last September.

8 Mar, 2024 @ 12:30

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Madrid·Malaga·Other News

Guardia Civil arrests six, seizes more than two tonnes of hash, as part of ongoing drugs war on Spain’s southern coast

THE Spanish Civil Guard has made six arrests in recent days, as part of the country’s ongoing war with drug gangs on the southern coast.

3 Mar, 2024 @ 12:27

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

PSpanish police officer is arrested 'for groping a young woman's buttocks' at the Malaga feria

How a British gang based in Estepona trafficked cocaine and hashish to Europe by hiding the drugs in furniture deliveries- all while living in a hotel complex

A BRITISH man has been arrested for being part of a gang distributing drugs from the Costa del Sol across Europe via parcel delivery companies.

27 Feb, 2024 @ 17:00

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Drugs·Estepona·Lead·Other News

WATCH: How narco boats hide out in the open sea for DAYS before being ordered to drop off drugs in Spain

THE so-called ‘narco launches’ that deliver a steady stream of illegal drugs through the Strait of Gibraltar to Spain have been filmed camped out in

19 Feb, 2024 @ 15:30

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Other News

Revealed: How an Argentinian ‘cocaine kingpin’ used bars, restaurants and gyms in Marbella to ‘launder millions of euros of cartel profits’ – after importing the drugs from Ecuador

AN Argentinian impresario whose sprawling business empire in Marbella allegedly served as a giant ‘cocaine money laundromat’ has been arrested. Over three tonnes of cocaine

16 Feb, 2024 @ 13:03

Algeciras·Andalucia·Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Other News

Spain’s war on drugs in numbers: How almost 20,000 people have been arrested in the Campo de Gibraltar with TONNES of hashish, cocaine and other drugs seized since 2018

SPAIN’S position as a narco gateway into Europe has come under the spotlight again with the latest release of staggering arrest and seizure figures. Over

12 Feb, 2024 @ 12:58

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Anti-drugs police chief faces 15 years in prison for being part of massive cocaine gang on Spain’s Costa Blanca

PROSECUTORS want the former head of the Policia Nacional’s anti-drug unit in Alicante jailed for 15 years for his role in the biggest-ever cocaine distribution

2 Feb, 2024 @ 11:02

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Drugs·Galicia·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

WATCH: American expat demands a ‘manual’ for using recycling bins in Spain and says the country ‘must be on drugs’ because ‘who has time to do all that sorting?’

SOMEWHERE in Madrid, a young American TikToker named Danielle Grobman is hoarding trash in her bedroom because she’s afraid of throwing it in the wrong

25 Jan, 2024 @ 08:49

Lead·Madrid

Nurses in Malaga hospitals are now carrying PEPPER SPRAY after surge in attacks by patients high on cocaine and other drugs

NURSES in Malaga hospitals have taken to carrying pepper spray after a surge in assaults from patients and their families under the influence of cocaine

5 Jan, 2024 @ 13:30

Health·Lead·Malaga

Expat Brits in Benidorm sold drugs to bar and hotel customers with express deliveries via an electric scooter

Brits sold drugs to Benidorm bar and hotel clients with quick delivery by electric scooter

THREE British men have been arrested in Benidorm by the Policia Nacional for running a drugs delivery service to the city’s bars, hotels, and restaurants.

19 Dec, 2023 @ 17:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Seven tonnes of cocaine seized by Spain's National Police

What happens to the tonnes of cocaine and other drugs seized in Spain each year?

THIS WEEK saw the Spanish authorities announce that they had seized 11 tonnes of cocaine as part of two operations to combat the smuggling of

16 Dec, 2023 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Illegal taxi boat service shipping migrants and drugs worth €3 million is busted on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE GUARDIA CIVIL has busted a ‘taxi-boat’ gang that shipped over a total 68 kilos of drugs worth over €3 million to Algeria and returned

4 Dec, 2023 @ 11:32

Alicante·Almeria·Andalucia·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Drugs·Valencian Community

Notorious Bandidos biker gang members are arrested for ‘trafficking large amounts of drugs from Spain’s Costa del Sol to Denmark’

A MEMBER of the notorious ‘Bandidos’ biker gang has been arrested on suspicion of trafficking drugs from the Costa del Sol to Denmark. The ringleader’s

8 Nov, 2023 @ 12:58

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead