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Off-duty policeman spots boxes full of marijuana being loaded up for long journey out of Spain

A DUTCHMAN has been jailed by an Alicante court after an off-duty policeman spotted him loading cardboard boxes full of marijuana into a rental van.

11 Mar, 2025 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Illegal laboratory capable of making three million doses of anabolic steroids is raided in Spain

AN ILLEGAL laboratory with enough material to produce three million doses of anabolic steroids has been busted by the Policia Nacional. The clandestine facility was

10 Mar, 2025 @ 11:09

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Drugs gang copied 'Breaking Bad' TV series by laundering money via a car wash business in Spain

Drugs gang copied ‘Breaking Bad’ narco TV drama by laundering money via a car wash business in Spain

A BULGARIAN drugs gang took a leaf out of the hit US TV drama Breaking Bad by laundering the profits of a marijuana operation via

28 Feb, 2025 @ 16:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Luxury Villa Turned Into Marijuana Farm In Spain's Valencia With Drugs Sent To Uk

More than a third of stolen electricity in Malaga is used by drug cartels, figures reveal

CASES of electricity theft to power indoor marijuana plantations are surging in Malaga, with drug cartels consuming more than 36% of the stolen energy, according

21 Feb, 2025 @ 14:14

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Irish passenger flying from Spain to Liverpool is caught with 18kg of drugs in his suitcase

AN IRISH passenger planning to fly to Liverpool from Alicante-Elche airport was caught with 18 kilos of hashish in his suitcase. The 36-year-old was charged

18 Feb, 2025 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Watch: Spanish cop kneels on British ‘thug’ in Marbella as plot to kidnap crypto broker is foiled

SPANISH police have arrested three British men in a dramatic operation following an alleged kidnapping plot involving a UK-based cryptocurrency broker on the Costa del

11 Feb, 2025 @ 12:33

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella·Video

Marijuana growers used 31 homes for illegal farms that stole electricity- causing blackouts in Valencia coastal city

Drug traffickers used dozens of homes for illegal marijuana farms that caused regular power blackouts in Valencia

FREQUENT power cuts in Cullera were caused by illegal electricity hook-ups by a gang running a marijuana farm network. Suspecting that the outages were down

4 Feb, 2025 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Narco gang smuggled 334 kilos of cocaine into Spain hidden in industrial machinery on a container ship

WATCH: Narcos try to smuggle nearly half a tonne of cocaine into Spain in industrial machinery on a container ship

POLICE and customs authorities have busted a Benidorm and Valencia area gang that imported large quantities of cocaine from South America. Nine people have been

29 Jan, 2025 @ 12:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

WATCH: Spain's biggest-ever narco-boat drugs seizure with seven tonnes of cocaine hidden in underground farm cellars

WATCH: Spain’s biggest-ever narco-boat shipment seizure with seven tonnes of cocaine stored in underground farm cellars

SEVEN tonnes of cocaine has been seized from a Sevilla province farm- the largest intercepted shipment of cocaine brought in by narco-boats into Spain. The

30 Dec, 2024 @ 13:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

Watch: Nine Brits arrested for trying to smuggle cocaine from Spain by hiding it in frozen broccoli

THIS is the moment a cocaine shipment was found hidden among blocks of frozen brocolli. Footage shared by Policia Nacional in Spain shows the bricks

29 Dec, 2024 @ 18:17

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Spain launches crackdown on Chinese mafia: Police make 22 arrests in Catalunya

A MASSIVE police sting against a Chinese drug trafficking and money laundering gang based in Catalunya has so far resulted in 22 arrests. The swoops

26 Nov, 2024 @ 19:00

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Police corruption in Spain latest: Guardia Civil officer and his brother are accused of leading drug trafficking ring in Campo de Gibraltar

A GUARDIA Civil officer based in southern Spain supplied his brother with vital information which helped him run a big drug trafficking network. The officer

26 Nov, 2024 @ 18:11

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Irish member of international drug trafficking gang is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN IRISH drug trafficker wanted by Czech authorities has been arrested on the Costa Blanca after some strange behaviour gave him away. The 57-year-old man

15 Nov, 2024 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Watch: Spanish cops intercept new ‘Rosin Hash’ drug being sent from the US to the Costa del Sol

CUSTOMS officers and the Guardia Civil have seized a shipment of a marijuana super-concentrate known as ‘Rosin Hash’ at the port of Sevilla which had

22 Oct, 2024 @ 16:00

Andalucia·Lead·Sevilla

Neighbours fume over noisy illegal rave on farm in Spain with multiple arrests and drivers failing drug tests

AN ILLEGAL rave on a Murcia region farm has resulted in five arrests during a busy weekend for the police. The event attracted around a

14 Oct, 2024 @ 13:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Italian mafia boss is arrested in Spain’s Benidorm: Kingpin faces 24 years behind bars

AN ITALIAN man accused of running a drug trafficking gang in his native country, has been arrested in Benidorm. The 38-year-old had a European Arrest

14 Oct, 2024 @ 11:52

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Young man, 25, dies in Malaga from suspected fentanyl overdose

A MALAGA man died from a suspected fentanyl overdose, after returning home from a trip to an undisclosed European country. The man- in his mid-20’s-

26 Aug, 2024 @ 14:00

Lead·Malaga

Police find €1million in CASH during raid of house belonging to a ‘narco boat operator’ in Spain’s Cadiz A HUGE police operation to smash the narco-trafficking gangs plaguing the Strait of Gibraltar swept up a €1.4 million in cold hard cash. Dubbed Grajuela, 20 Apr, 2024 @ 15:30 National News narco speed boats ‘Narco boat’ manufacturers who ‘helped drug traffickers ferry eight tonnes of cocaine and hashish’ along the Gibraltar Strait are arrested in Spain as crackdown continues A GANG that specialised in manufacturing the notorious ‘narco launches’ that have become ubiquitous in the Strait of Gibraltar has been raided. The Galicia-based criminal 19 Apr, 2024 @ 15:15 Crime & Law·Lead Narco boat smashes against a Guardia Civil vessel off Spain’s Costa del Sol A Guardia Civil boat was rammed by a narco boat off the Estepona coast on Thursday during a chase. The Guardia vessel- Rio Belelle- was 29 Mar, 2024 @ 10:15 Andalucia·Crime & Law·Drugs·Estepona·Lead·Malaga·Other News Family clan who ‘sold drugs delivered by narco boats’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca is arrested

Arrests made after €100,000 ‘narco boat’ owned by major international drug trafficking gang ran adrift onto beach on Spain’s Valencia coast

TWO people have been arrested in Gandia after a narco-boat worth over €100,000 was discovered stranded adrift last year at L’Ahuir beach between Xeraco and

19 Aug, 2024 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead

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·Lead

British tourist in ‘agitated state’ arrested in Spain for trying to sell €7k of cocaine stashed in his sock on the Magaluf strip

A BRITISH tourist has been arrested in Magaluf on suspicion of selling cocaine with a retail value of €7,000 that he kept in a sock.

9 Jul, 2024 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Revealed: How a cocaine lab on Spain’s Costa del Sol extracted the drug from laced cocoa powder, charcoal and coffee imported from Colombia

A FAMILY-LED gang that allegedly processed cocaine imported from Colombia at clandestine laboratories in Fuengirola and Ciudad Real has been busted by the police. Nine

2 Jul, 2024 @ 17:15

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Armed police at the scene of the shooting of Borja Villacis

After major manhunt, police in Madrid detain two more suspects in assassination of prominent politician’s brother, including far-right Holocaust denier Kevin Pastor

AFTER a major manhunt, police in Madrid have arrested two more suspects in the assassination of Borja Villacis, the brother of prominent former politician Begoña

7 Jun, 2024 @ 10:54

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid