31 Jul, 2020 @ 13:24
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British ‘gangster’ rumbled after cleaners find gun he left under his pillow in hotel room in Spain

Policia Nacional

A BRITISH man has been cuffed in Spain after a gun was found in his hotel room.

The 31-year-old Englishman was staying in a hotel in Arona, Tenerife, when cleaners discovered the weapon underneath his pillow.

They immediately informed the owner of the hotel, who informed police.

Policia Nacional quickly set up a surveillance unit around the hotel in a bid to arrest the Brit and secure the lethal weapon.

He was quickly identified and tried, in vain, to flee on foot.

Officers also found ammunition, €3,600 and £700 in cash in the hotel room.

The investigation is now focusing on tracing the origin of the gun and the motivations of the tourist, but the working hypothesis is a link to organised crime.

On July 1 another Brit was arrested in Tenerife for allegedly stabbing his father to death.

The victim is alleged to have been knifed between 30 and 40 times.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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