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EXCLUSIVE: Spanish police seize 56kg of MDMA in Europe-first probe into criminals exporting drugs TO South America

By Anthony Piovesan and Walter Finch WHEN officers from the Policia Nacional stopped a small yacht bound for South America and found enough MDMA powder

16 Dec, 2022 @ 19:15

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Must Read·National News

Women beaten up and exploited by prostitution gang in Spain's Valencia

Seven women rescued from clutches of sex exploitation gang in Spain

SEVEN victims of a sex exploitation gang that operated in different parts of Spain have been freed by the Policia Nacional. Three men who pimped

16 Dec, 2022 @ 16:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Mar Menor·Murcia·Valencian Community

Spanish police intercept mega 56kg MDMA haul on yacht bound for Argentina

Rather than busting drugs brought to the shores of Spain’s crooked Costa del Sol, from South America, Spanish police have this time uncovered a massive

12 Dec, 2022 @ 18:27

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Drug traffickers arrested for shipping in cocaine to Valencia in Spain

A two-year Guardia Civil investigation has brought down a gang of cocaine importers bringing in supplies on shipping containers docking in Valencia from South America.

12 Oct, 2022 @ 11:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

British drug mules travelled from Spain to UK with suitcases full of marijuana as part of massive Costa Blanca narcotics export operation

MUST READ: British drug mules flew from Spain to UK with suitcases full of marijuana grown on Costa Blanca and other parts of country

A drugs gang including British citizens who took suitcases of narcotics to the UK and across Europe, has been arrested by the Policia Nacional. Police

24 May, 2022 @ 16:15

Alicante·Almeria·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia·Must Read

Italian mafia crime boss and two henchmen arrested in Valencia area of Spain

AN Italian mafia drugs lord and his two lieutenants have been arrested in Valencia Province. The leader has been detained by the Policia Nacional in

29 Mar, 2022 @ 12:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

MUST READ: British ‘narco’ baron Brian Charrington jailed after Costa Blanca cocaine smuggling retrial in Spain

BRITISH drug trafficker, Brian Charrington, has been found guilty and jailed for almost 11 years for smuggling cocaine into a Costa Blanca marina in 2013.

23 Feb, 2022 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Must Read

No post-Brexit ‘rush’ for British expats to become Spanish citizens

BREXIT fears and consequences did not prompt a rush of British expats to become Spanish citizens in 2020. The latest figures from the National Statistics

19 Jan, 2022 @ 16:35

Brexit·Lead

Big Cocaine Stash Discovered In Rice Shipped Into Port Of Valencia In Spain

Big cocaine stash discovered hidden in rice shipment to port of Valencia in Spain

A container of rice shipped in to Valencia from South America had 626 kilos of cocaine hidden within it. The Guardia Civil and the Tax

4 Jan, 2022 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Major Cocaine Gang That Lived A 'life Of Luxury' Is Brought Down In The Costa Blanca Area Of Spain

Police bust cocaine gang on Spain’s Costa Blanca where members led ‘life of luxury’

A Columbian-led cocaine gang has been busted by the Policia Nacional on the Costa Blanca. They’ve been accused of large-scale drug trafficking as they distributed

5 Nov, 2021 @ 17:27

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Spain converts water cannons into coronavirus disinfectant machines

TO many they are symbols of state power over the common people, used to control protesting crowds

7 Apr, 2020 @ 10:58

Lead·National News

WATCH: How Spain is central to EU’s €30 BILLION cocaine and narcotics market as new report warns of increasing violence from ruthless European gangs

Despite record seizures this year, trafficking inside containers destined for European ports is still the most common transport method

28 Nov, 2019 @ 13:05

Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·National News

Spain has the lowest asylum application approval figure in European Union, according to refugee group study

REVEALED: These countries made the most asylum applications to Spain so far this year

Andalucia had the third most asylum applications so far this year after Madrid with 20,395 and Catalunya with 6,059

17 Jun, 2019 @ 11:20

Lead·Politics

Scientists in Spain develop new pioneering VACCINE against deathly Zika virus

The virus can cause serious neurological conditions like microcephaly, where a baby’s head develops abnormally

2 Dec, 2018 @ 17:10

Health·Lead

Europe’s first fire ants that make cats and dogs go blind found in Marbella and could take TWO YEARS to wipe out

The finding of the invasive creature, published in the journal Iberomyrmex, is thought to have been in part due to increased temperatures on the Costa del

26 Nov, 2018 @ 15:03

Environment·Health·Lead·Malaga·Nature