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Reality TV star among dozens of arrests as international cocaine trafficking gang is busted in Spain

THE Guardia Civil has dismantled a major international group of cocaine traffickers who created a network to send consignments to Mallorca. Operation Checkmate has seen the arrest of 74 people- Spanish and

18 Mar, 2024 @ 13:40

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Mallorca·Other News·Valencia

Vast quantities of cocaine intercepted in banana shipments to Spain’s Andalucia

THE GUARDIA CIVIL has dismantled a criminal gang who imported large quantities of cocaine hidden in banana containers that docked in Algeciras. 13 people have been arrested and over 6.5 tons of

30 Jun, 2023 @ 11:10

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Sex Exploitation Gang Busted With 15 Female And Male Victims Freed In Spain's Murcia

Sex trafficking gang busted with 15 female and male victims freed in Spain’s Murcia

TWO BROTHELS that sexually exploited people brought in mainly from Columbia have been closed down by the Policia Nacional in the Murcia region. The businesses operated in Cabezo de Torres and Molina

19 Apr, 2023 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Europe's Biggest Cocaine Lab Is Closed Down By Police In Spain's Pontevedra Region

Europe’s biggest cocaine lab closed down by police in Spain’s Pontevedra region

THE POLICIA NACIONAL has dismantled what it has described as the biggest cocaine laboratory in Europe, with 18 people arrested. The lab in Pontevedra had the capacity to operate around the clock

14 Apr, 2023 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead·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 out the women were arrested after raids

16 Dec, 2022 @ 16:15

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

Lone female on Spain’s ‘Most Wanted’ list detained in Ecuador for running Costa Blanca prostitution ring

POLICE have caught one of Spain’s top ten ‘Most Wanted’ fugitives hiding out in a town on the Columbia-Ecuador border. Viviana Andrea Vallejo Gutierrez, 36, was the only woman on the list

1 Nov, 2022 @ 15:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Human trafficking and sex exploitation gang brought down in Spain’s Murcia region

ONE of the biggest-ever police operations against human trafficking in the Murcia region has produced 22 arrests. 19 women were freed by the Policia Nacional. They acted on a victim’s complaint that

1 Jun, 2022 @ 17:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Traffickers lured women to Spain with bogus job offers but forced them into prostitution at Valencia area flats

A gang that brought over women from Columbia with promises of legal jobs in Spain, but used them instead as prostitutes, has been brought down by the Policia Nacional. Eight women were

6 May, 2022 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Dangerous 'slimming pills' containing deadly amphetamines are sold across Spain

Dangerous ‘slimming pills’ containing deadly amphetamines sold illegally across Spain

A criminal gang sold slimming pills across Spain that contained potentially deadly amphetamines. Over 7,000 pills were seized and five people have been arrested at distribution points in Alicante, Toledo and Torrejon

23 Feb, 2022 @ 14:33

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

€3.3 million rip-off as Mallorca's biggest-ever real estate fraud case is going to trial in Spain

Mallorca’s biggest-ever real estate fraud case involving over €3 million goes to trial in Spain

A Palma judge has ruled there’s plenty of evidence to prosecute nine people over a €3.3 million fraud in the biggest recorded case of real estate fraud in Mallorca. 235 victims were

9 Feb, 2022 @ 13:10

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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 cocaine in the Alicante and Villajoyosa areas.

5 Nov, 2021 @ 17:27

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Police seize lethal black cocaine hidden among coffee packs at Costa Blanca airport in Spain

THE Guardia Civil intercepted a parcel containing potentially lethal black cocaine that was shipped to Alicante-Elche airport. The package containing five kilos of the dangerous narcotic was hidden among packs of coffee

27 Oct, 2021 @ 14:22

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Drug smuggling family busted in joint operation between Columbia and Spain’s Mallorca

The investigation was initiated when police at Bogota's El Dorado airport discovered a package destined for Son Severa was concealing almost 5 kilos of cocaine.

2 Apr, 2021 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Columbian Terrorist And Mass Killer Is Arrested In Spain S Alicante Province

Columbian terrorist and mass murderer is arrested in Spain’s Alicante Province

A terrorist wanted by Columbia for the killing of at least 24 people has been arrested in Alicante Province. The Policia Nacional detained Luis Jhon Castro Ramirez, nicknamed El Zarco, in an

15 Feb, 2021 @ 20:00

Costa Blanca·Lead

Drug smuggler held in Spain after hiding half a kilo of cocaine under toupee

Arriving at Barcelona airport from Bogota, the Colombian man attracted suspicion with a disproportionately large hairpiece under his hat

16 Jul, 2019 @ 13:50

Crime & Law·Lead

SPAIN POLICE: Campo de Gibraltar is becoming like Colombia under Pablo Escobar

THE Campo de Gibraltar is becoming the ‘Colombia of Spain’, Spanish police have warned. According to Spain’s United Police Union (SUP), young people in areas like La Linea are idolising Pablo Escobar

16 Feb, 2018 @ 14:34

Crime & Law·Lead

THE MOTHERLOAD: Spain seizes second biggest cocaine haul in Algeciras

Three people have been arrested, including a Spaniard, alleged to be the ringleader, and two collaborators, one Honduran and the other Portuguese.

5 Dec, 2017 @ 14:54

Crime & Law·Lead·Travel News

Pregnant woman tests positive for Zika virus in Spain

Europe's first case confirmed in Catalunya as six more people infected in Spain

5 Feb, 2016 @ 09:59

Featured·Health·National News

Political row erupts between Spain and Venezuela

Venezuela terrorist link accusations spark diplomatic argument

2 Mar, 2010 @ 11:59

National News

Spain seizes record cocaine haul

Two tonnes of cocaine seized in air shipment of carnations and roses

28 Dec, 2009 @ 18:21

Crime & Law·National News