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In joint operation between Spain and UK, authorities bust cocaine smugglers using recreational boats

SPAIN’S Civil Guard has carried out a joint operation with UK authorities to bust a drug-trafficking gang that was using recreational boats to smuggle their

7 Jul, 2023 @ 15:45

Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead

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

Wanted by Spain’s Interior Ministry: Companies to help incinerate the police’s record drug hauls

SPAIN is one of the main hubs in Europe for the import of cocaine and hashish, meaning that the country’s authorities are constantly making narcotics

25 Apr, 2023 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Police in Spain find masses of marijuana hidden inside bags of lettuce on lorry

Police have taken down a major criminal organisation in Spain, and one part of the operation left officers shocked. Police have seized 296 kilograms of

10 Oct, 2022 @ 18:00

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Murcia·National News·Valencia

Guardia Civil Agents Arrest A Man In Connection With Drug Raids

WATCH: Police smash huge smuggling ring that sent weed to Germany on trucks and camper vans

EUROPOL agents have arrested 44 and seized over €4 million in cash after the stakeout of a powerful weed and hash Costa del Sol smuggling

12 Sep, 2022 @ 13:56

Crime & Law

‘Proud’ Gibraltar police detective gets major global award for law enforcement excellence

A GLOBAL police association has awarded a Gibraltar inspector as one of 40 officers across the world that stood out for ‘excellence’ in the profession.

8 Sep, 2022 @ 13:40

Gibraltar·Lead

INVESTIGATION: How a ‘stoner tax’ is lining the coffers of local town halls in Spain and why a new court ruling could change all that

A COURT ruling in Spain’s Murcia region has highlighted how local authorities are using a ‘stoner tax’ to fill their coffers by fining dope smokers

8 May, 2021 @ 09:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Suspected cocaine smuggling ring smashed in Gibraltar Campo drug bust

A DOZEN suspected international cocaine traffickers are under arrest after a large police operation spanning various Andalusian cities.

11 Feb, 2021 @ 21:13

Gibraltar·Lead

WATCH: Colombian Cocaine Caravans caught in Canary Islands, cartel arrested

AN INTERNATIONAL gang of drug traffickers were busted in a large-scale dawn raid in the Canary Islands. Holiday caravans were used to transport cocaine around

24 Jan, 2020 @ 09:58

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Mallorca

British and Thai expat arrested for running drugs factory from their home in Spain’s Malaga

Officers seized cannabis plants, packaged marijuana and €2500

5 Dec, 2019 @ 12:58

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Two arrested and one man on the run after police in Spain discover world’s first transatlantic drugs submarine

The boat was stopped on Sunday night in Galicia following its 4,778 mile journey from Columbia

27 Nov, 2019 @ 15:45

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

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Shocked beach-goers watch as drug boat carrying migrants runs ashore on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Authorities have seized the boat.

8 Nov, 2019 @ 16:06

Crime & Law·Lead

British drug lord arrested on yacht off Spain’s coast as 3,100kg of hash seized

Three polish men were also arrested.

28 Oct, 2019 @ 16:20

Crime & Law·Lead

Cocaine is Spain and Britain’s drug of choice new study finds – but which Spanish city is the European capital of coke?

The drug habits of 60 million people were analysed between 2011 and 2017.

24 Oct, 2019 @ 20:32

Health·Lead·National News

Four arrested and over €2,000 seized during cannabis club crackdown in Spain’s Marbella

440 grams of marijuana, 63 joints, a dozen containers of THC and €2,212 were seized during the raid.

7 Oct, 2019 @ 09:56

Crime & Law·Lead

Penal Colada! Family busted after drug smuggling operation using pineapples

ELEVEN members of the same family have been arrested after police discovered they had been smuggling drugs to Europe inside pineapples. A number of vessels

27 Dec, 2017 @ 14:28

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Mallorca