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Fentanyl is discovered in Spain: Madrid officials call for calm over possible vial of the ‘zombie drug’ that has decimated neighbourhoods in the US

AFTER Madrid police discovered a possible vial of fentanyl — the deadly opioid wreaking havoc on the streets of US cities — during a drug

15 Mar, 2024 @ 15:41

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

Revealed: How a narco gang in Murcia sent marijuana from Spain to the UK by hiding the drug inside fridges

Lorry packed with rotting vegetables was hiding marijuana worth €1.3 million in Spain’s Murcia

POLICE in Murcia pulled over a lorry full of rotting vegetables and discovered over 220 kilos of marijuana with a retail value of €1.3 million.

12 Aug, 2023 @ 08:45

Almeria·Andalucia·Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·Murcia

Cargo ship searched by drug police in Cadiz

Cocaine cowboys: Three day search of animal cargo ship fails to find drugs

A THREE-DAY search by the Spanish authorities of a ship carrying 16,000 cows was called off after officers failed to find the five tonnes of

25 Jun, 2023 @ 15:45

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Motorists brake to avoid drunk mum with two children illegally crossing roads in Spain's Valencia

French fugitive on the run for 13 years arrested in Spain’s Alicante for drug trafficking

OFFICERS from Spain’s Policia Nacional in Alicante have arrested a 38-year-old Frenchman wanted for drug trafficking since 2009. The fugitive was allegedly part of a

20 Apr, 2022 @ 12:30

Alicante·Crime & Law

Parents are arrested for ‘abandonment’ after their young son almost drowned in a communal swimming pool on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Laughing gas linked to death of tourist in Marbella swimming pool during bachelor party

A LADS stag-do became a horror story when one member of the party had a fatal accident in the villa swimming pool. The 26-year-old was

22 Jul, 2021 @ 17:45

Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Drug kingpin known as ‘Messi of hash’ arrested while eating lunch with family in Spain’s Andalucia

THE boss of one of Andalucia’s biggest drug gangs, known as the ‘Messi of hashish’, has been arrested. Named only as ‘Jesus H’, police arrested

25 Jun, 2020 @ 09:34

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

PICTURED: British man shot dead in Audi outside home in ‘drug trade hit’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol

One neighbour also told the Olive Press that Williamson may have been ‘involved in the drug trade’

23 Nov, 2019 @ 18:54

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Drug lord known as ‘Messi of Hashish’ brought down in Seville, with 6,000 kgs of drugs seized

Some 6,060 kilograms of hashish, five high-speed vessels - which have been valued at €1.5m - 17 stolen vehicles, a whopping €480,000 euros in cash,

16 Sep, 2019 @ 13:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

ALL pregnant women in Malaga must be assessed, says Government after first abortion due to listeriosis on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Pregnant women will be asked if they have eaten the infected La Mecha brand of the popular Spanish food, ‘carne mechada’

4 Sep, 2019 @ 22:07

Health·Lead·Malaga

OPINION: Answers needed over Spain’s ‘werewolf’ drug contamination scandal

It is also incredibly worrying how such a contamination could have gone unnoticed for so long

31 Aug, 2019 @ 20:19

Opinion

Two legal cannabis clubs SHUT DOWN for drug trafficking on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Staff sold ‘indiscriminately’ including to foreigners and minors

22 Aug, 2019 @ 10:19

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Policeman dives off Madrid fountain to tackle man wielding machete

In a video, shared by the Jupol police union, seven officers can be seen surrounding the man, who stood in a fountain waving the large

5 Aug, 2019 @ 14:37

Crime & Law·Lead

‘SERIOUS CONCERN’: Huge rise in murders and assassinations on Costa del Sol, public prosecutor says

Explosives used by ‘narco terrorists’ in ‘score-settling’ between rival gangs was also highlighted by the Ministry, as a concerning trend

15 May, 2019 @ 11:37

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Eight arrested in HUGE drug bust in Spain as 200 Guardia Civil officers swoop on Tarifa and Algeciras

It comes as a separate incident saw one of the most notorious hash dealers in Algeciras also detained by police

10 Apr, 2019 @ 15:30

Crime & Law·Lead

British men among seven arrested in Marbella for smuggling three tonnes of hash to Costa del Sol marinas

Drugs were discovered in the hulls of pleasure yachts, which the gang would sail from Gibraltar and Morocco to Costa del Sol marinas

26 Mar, 2019 @ 14:26

Crime & Law·Lead

29 arrested in Spain as 500 police continue HUGE drug bust in Cadiz and Costa del Sol with roadblocks, boats and helicopters

“All those who work or collaborate with drug traffickers will end up in jail"

12 Feb, 2019 @ 18:00

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Malaga·Sevilla

500 police begin HUGE drug bust on Spain’s Costa del Sol and Cadiz with boats and helicopters

A police boat and at least two helicopters are also patrolling the skies and seas in the area

12 Feb, 2019 @ 12:34

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Malaga

HASH AND GRAB: Cannabis bales that washed up on Gibraltar beach in storm valued at £14 million

All available units of the RGP and Gibraltar Defence Police were scrambled to cordon off the area and recover the bales

6 Feb, 2019 @ 13:37

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Murdered Irish drug dealer who had €200k debts found buried next to Costa Blanca motorway

Marie, Carl’s mother, claimed her son’s death was the result of a love triangle and has ‘nothing to do with drugs’

4 Feb, 2019 @ 12:50

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Dog walker finds dead ‘narco’ washed up on Costa del Sol beach after high speed police chase

Neither chase resulted in a collision or anyone falling from the boat, according to police

30 Jan, 2019 @ 12:11

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Police SMASH one of Europe’s largest cocaine labs run from luxury Costa del Sol villa

POLICE in Spain have smashed one of the largest cocaine labs in Europe, which was run from a luxury villa on the Costa del Sol.

21 Jan, 2019 @ 12:41

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

16 arrested in southern Spain for building ILLEGAL luxury drug compound with high walls and swimming pools

POLICE have arrested 16 people who illegally built 14 luxury villas with swimming pools in La Linea. Investigators believe the 11,000 square metre estate in

4 Jan, 2019 @ 11:48

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

63 YEARS: Paedophile in pope’s inner circle who lived in Spain protected by ‘mafia’ Vatican for seven decades

SINCE 1943 the Vatican hid documents on the paedophilia of a top Catholic priest, it has been revealed. Marcial Maciel, who founded the Legionaries of

3 Jan, 2019 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

XMAS BUST: Police in two sleepy Andalucia towns arrest 4 as 1000 cannabis plants and six cars seized this week

POLICE in two Andalucia towns have made huge drug busts over Christmas, arresting four people this week. In Manilva and Alhaurín El Grande, Guardia Civil officers

27 Dec, 2018 @ 14:46

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: ‘Narco terrorists’ BOMB Marbella carwash and are then arrested in Sweden

POLICE have arrested three Swedish men who set off two bombs in Marbella and Benahavis. Spain’s Guardia Civil and Policia Nacional worked with the Swedish

14 Dec, 2018 @ 14:17

Crime & Law·Lead

REVEALED: What’s really behind the surge in ‘narco terrorism’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol as record €100 million cash and 40 tonnes of drugs seized

Udyco has cost the illegal drug trafficking economy €100 million in 2018

12 Dec, 2018 @ 15:36

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga