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‘NEVER SEEN BEFORE’: Gibraltar police amazed at attempt by three men to smuggle 1.5 tonnes of hash worth £6 million

The trio now face charges of importation, possession and possession with intent to supply and are in Magistrates Court this morning

13 Jun, 2019 @ 11:20

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Largest ever cocaine haul made in Spain’s Sevilla as 1000 kilos of the drug smuggled in banana truck

Udyco anti-drug officers from Sevilla and Malaga forces were behind the record raid

23 May, 2019 @ 16:03

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

BUSTED: €600 million empire which trafficked drugs into the UK and laundered money into Spain’s property market

At least 22 other suspects have been arrested across the continent

22 May, 2019 @ 18:38

Crime & Law·Huelva·Lead

British soldier and football coach guilty of intent to supply £3,000 of cocaine outside Gibraltar ‘military establishment’

After his initial arrest in February outside a ‘military establishment’ police also used ‘specialised sniffer dogs’ to search two locations

10 May, 2019 @ 15:11

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Two Britons arrested in Marbella’s San Pedro and Mijas accused of using fruit export company to traffick drugs to the UK

The investigation began at the end of October last year when Guardia Civil became aware of British gangs sending large amounts of the drug back

30 Apr, 2019 @ 11:25

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Police in Spain catch drug ‘home delivery’ biker gang

The well organised gang used Honda and Yamaha motorcycles to make deliveries 24 hours a day

22 Mar, 2019 @ 13:05

Crime & Law·Lead

Police arrest five ‘drug traffickers’ after young man kidnapped and murdered on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Brian Martos Carmona's body was found an hour and a half later in Algeciras, a single shot had hit his arm before piercing both lungs

19 Mar, 2019 @ 13:05

Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Guardia Civil in Mallorca swoop on drug gang and seize TWO KILOS of Marijuana

Guardia Civil arrested 10 people and seized two kilos of marijuana, as well as a cache of stolen goods

6 Mar, 2019 @ 16:50

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Heavily pregnant woman in Spain arrested for hiding 43 wraps of hash inside her

The woman told police she was 7 months pregnant and was carrying the hash inside her body

21 Feb, 2019 @ 15:12

Crime & Law·Lead

Five Guardia Civil officers jailed in Spain for tobacco smuggling through Gibraltar

The arrest of these Guardia Civil agents marks the second from the Spanish institution in less than a month

19 Feb, 2019 @ 13:44

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

WANTED BRIT: Liverpudlian gangster who ‘dealt AK-47s and cocaine’ spotted roaming southern Spain in luxury Audi

The UK based Cullen gang was heavily armed, with access to a fully working AK47 assault rifle, a pump action shotgun and handguns

19 Feb, 2019 @ 12:22

Crime & Law·Lead

NARCO WARS: Thousands arrested and hundreds of tonnes of drugs seized in Andalucia last year as battle between mafias and police rages on

The results came in what was one of the bloodiest years on the Costa del Sol in terms of mafia activity

11 Feb, 2019 @ 13:00

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·Malaga

Driver in Spain’s Ibiza tests positive for ALL DRUGS in NYE breathalyser revelation

IBIZA police have arrested a driver who tested positive for all drugs when breathalysed on New Year’s Day. Roadside tests revealed the 31-year-old man had

2 Jan, 2019 @ 20:01

Crime & Law·Lead

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

One tonne of cocaine found hidden in avocados on Spain’s Costa del Sol

The haul, with a street value of around €160 million, was found in a warehouse in Velez-Malaga earlier this month

20 Dec, 2018 @ 15:50

Crime & Law·Lead

Leading Irish Kinahan mafia member falls to death from Marbella hotel in ‘accident’

AN Irish mafia member has been found dead in Marbella after falling from a hotel balcony. Michael Cumberton, a prominent member of the Kinahan cartel,

9 Dec, 2018 @ 16:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

WANTED: Police issue urgent appeal to find absconded British drug dealer believed to be hiding on Costa del Sol

The Brit and his gang were arrested after finding €44,000 worth of cannabis

29 Nov, 2018 @ 15:58

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

OUTRAGE as uncle and nephew cleared of rape after drugging woman in back alley sex attack in Spain

An uncle and nephew were only cleared of the more serious offence of sexual assault - Spain's equivalent to rape

23 Nov, 2018 @ 16:36

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News

Man slaughtered while he sipped beer and ate sushi on Spain’s Cost del Sol identified as Dutch narco and expert bombmaker

The dead Dutchman was in a conflict with the Netherlands most wanted criminal Ridouan Taghi, who has ordered around 20 deaths to protect his €100

30 Oct, 2018 @ 13:47

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Police in Malaga dismantle ‘Breaking Bad’ style meth lab and prevent 1,000kg of MDMA and amphetamine flooding the streets

The revealing police footage shows officers intercepting chemical products and the various paraphernalia used to synthesise drugs, including tanks, cooking units and even recipes with

29 Oct, 2018 @ 13:59

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga