Guardia Civil in custody after having 8 kg of hash allegedly seized from her storage room in Albacete A GUARDIA Civil officer has been remanded in custody after she was allegedly found in possession of 8 kg of hash in Albacete last week. 3 Jun, 2023 @ 15:00 Crime & Law·Lead·Other News
One of Spain’s ‘kings of hashish’ who had escaped from jail caught on the Costa del Sol after dramatic car chase A NOTORIOUS drug baron on the run from jail has been captured after a high speed car chase in which officers had to shoot out 19 Apr, 2023 @ 12:45 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
Largest ever drug trafficking trial of Castanas gang starts in Spain’s Andalucia THE largest drug traffic trial ever in Spain started Monday in Andalucia as members of the Castanas clan were brought to justice. Prosecutors will now 10 Apr, 2023 @ 16:45 Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Malaga·Other News
Father of next Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was jailed for 9 years in Spain for trafficking 1,500 kilos of hashish FRANCESCO Meloni, father of far right Italian politician and winner of the recent general election Giorgia Meloni, was once jailed for what was at the 30 Sep, 2022 @ 11:40 Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca
Massive bust sees arrest of corrupt police officers who helped gangs smuggle drugs into Spain A HUGE investigation into drug trafficking has led to sixty arrests including a network of police officers who helped gangs smuggle their illicit wares into 6 Jun, 2022 @ 16:31 Crime & Law·National News
British man and Spaniards carrying hash and cocaine arrested at Marbella police roadblocks as drug crime returns to Spain’s Costa del Sol A BRITISH national and two Spaniards have been arrested in Marbella after being caught with hash and cocaine. The trio, who are understood to have 25 Jun, 2020 @ 15:37 Crime & Law·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
Price of weed doubles or in some cases triples in Spain due to coronavirus lockdown THE price of weed in Spain has skyrocketed due to the coronavirus lockdown. 24 Mar, 2020 @ 13:35 Business & Finance·Crime & Law·Lead
British sailor discovers £250,000 worth of Marijuana in the sea off Spain’s south coast Sailing through the Strait of Gibraltar there are ‘always refugee boats, things like that' 4 Feb, 2020 @ 14:21 Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead
Three men arrested after police caught them red-handed loading 2,000 kilos of hash into van on THIS beach on Spain’s Costa del Sol In total 56 bundles of hash were also seized 2 Jan, 2020 @ 16:17 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
Police in Spain arrest 33 over Mallorca-wide cocaine, MDMA and hash empire that carried fake shotguns and buried €38,000 at farm A Dutch group in mainland Spain supplied the drugs, which a driver smuggled through the Port of Alcudia using secret cavities underneath his car 1 Dec, 2019 @ 11:36 Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca
14 suspected smugglers arrested in a string of drug busts across Spain’s Andalucia as 11 tonnes of hash seized Guardia Civil seized 10 drug smuggling boats and seven vehicles as part of operations along the coast of Huelva, Cadiz and Malaga 11 Sep, 2019 @ 11:44 Cadiz·Huelva·Lead·Malaga
‘I KILL YOU’: Shouts suspected drug smuggler as he unloads hash on popular tourist beach on Spain’s Costa del Sol The ordeal took place in broad daylight in a public spot, with several beach-goers visible in frame only a matter of metres away 4 Sep, 2019 @ 11:04 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
British gang among 85 arrests for ‘explosives and murder’ in HUGE drugs bust that seized AK-47, five tonnes of hash and 49 vehicles in Spain’s Andalucia The gang of four Brits operated from a house in Istan and are believed to have trafficked hash to the UK 28 Aug, 2019 @ 13:59 Crime & Law·Lead
Five British men and women held over ‘cannabis courier service’ as 100kgs of drugs seized on Spain’s Costa del Sol According to police the Brit suspects would frequently change their rented cars and apartments to keep officers off the scent 25 Aug, 2019 @ 20:40 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
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
Costa del Sol fish business suing Spain after police chucked out 24 tonnes of its sardines in failed drugs bust A police report of the probe stated: “There is no element of interest in the boxes” 9 Aug, 2019 @ 11:27 Cadiz·Crime & Law·Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga
SHOEDUNIT: Man cuffed in Spain’s Andalucia after hiding kilo of hash in trainers The shoes - black Nike Air Force 1s - had been altered to conceal the hash in the tongues and in cavities under the insoles 19 Jul, 2019 @ 14:58 Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead
‘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
Guardia Civil cop among 57 arrested in HUGE Costa del Sol drug bust involving 200 officers Also seized were a number of weapons, including a submachine gun, as well as cash, and previously stolen boats and cars 16 May, 2019 @ 12:25 Cadiz·Crime & Law·Granada·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
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
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