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What is hepatitis A? All you need to know after the infectious disease was detected in strawberries arriving from Morocco

A SHIPMENT of 1.5 tonnes of strawberries arriving into Spain from Morocco on Monday was found to contain a dangerously high trace of hepatitis A.

7 Mar, 2024 @ 11:42

Health·Lead·Other News

Strawberries carrying hepatitis A are detected in southern Spain: 1.5 TONNE shipment came from Morocco – all you need to know

THE EU has issued a food safety alert after a 1.5 tonne shipment of strawberries entering Spain from Morocco was found to contain traces of

7 Mar, 2024 @ 11:20

Algeciras·Health·Lead·Other News

Police chief arrested for helping illegal cigarette manufacturing gang in Spain’s Valencia area

A Guardia Civil lieutenant in charge of the Oliva barracks is one of 21 people arrested in the Valencian coastal town for making and distributing

17 Mar, 2023 @ 13:43

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Authorities in Spain’s Galicia discover ‘narco-submarine’ off coast

AUTHORITIES in the northwestern Spanish region of Galicia have discovered a home-made semi-submersible vessel – a craft that is more commonly known as a ‘narco-submarine’.

13 Mar, 2023 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Fly art: Passenger caught smuggling original Picasso into Ibiza airport

SPANISH authorities have announced that they seized a stolen Picassso painting at Ibiza airport earlier this month. Airport workers discovered a sketch attributed to the

25 Jul, 2022 @ 13:45

Balearic Islands·La Cultura·National News

Man Tries To Fly Out Of Spain's Valencia Airport With €400,000 In His Suitcase

Police find €400,000 in checked-in suitcase for flight from Spain’s Valencia to Turkey

A man tried to smuggle €400,000 out of Spain on a flight from Valencia Airport to Istanbul, Turkey. Guardia Civil officers at the luggage scanner

6 Jun, 2022 @ 12:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Dog Sniffs Out British Woman Checking In Large Suitcase Of Marijuana On London Bound Flight From Spain's Valencia Airport

Dog sniffs out British woman with large suitcase of marijuana at Spain’s Valencia airport flying to London

A British woman, 46, has been arrested at Valencia’s Manises airport for trying to fly out with 15 kilos of marijuana in her suitcase. Two

3 May, 2022 @ 13:36

Crime & Law·Lead·Premium·Valencia

Tonne of drugs retrieved after 26 bundles found floating off Spain’s Costa Blanca

OVER a tonne of hashish was spotted floating in waters some 40 miles off the Costa Blanca on April 9. Packed into 26 bundles, they

14 Apr, 2022 @ 15:35

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Police Uncover Massive Stuffed Animal Collection Worth €29 Million Owned By Valencia Area Businessman In Spain

Massive stuffed animal collection with rare and extinct species worth €29 million discovered in Spain’s Valencia area

THE Guardia Civil is investigating the owner of a private taxidermy collection with more than 1,000 animals, including some that are protected or extinct species.

11 Apr, 2022 @ 10:53

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

Six years for man rescued after sinking rented boat laden with drugs bound for Torrevieja on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ALICANTE Courts have sentenced a man to six years to six years in prison after his failed attempt at importing nearly two tonnes of drugs

3 Feb, 2022 @ 11:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Police chase luxury yacht stuffed with drugs off Spain’s Costa Blanca

A luxury yacht crammed with 810 kilos of hashish has been intercepted off the Costa Blanca after a half-hour police pursuit. A Guardia Civil maritime

21 Jan, 2022 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Cocaine smuggler who bought Mallorca yacht for £60m smuggling operation forced to hand over £300,000 cash

A JAILED Liverpool man who thought a £60 million cocaine smuggling plot would make him rich has been ordered to hand over more than £300,000.

10 Nov, 2021 @ 19:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Billionaire Who Smuggled Picasso Masterpiece Out Of Spain Avoids Prison Because Of 'serious Incurable Disease'

Billionaire who smuggled Picasso painting out of Spain avoids prison because of ‘serious incurable disease’

ONE of Spain’s richest men will not go to prison for smuggling a Picasso painting out of the country because he’s dying. Ex-Santander Bank vice-president,

10 Nov, 2021 @ 19:30

Crime & Law·La Cultura·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

27 Oct, 2021 @ 14:22

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Expat ‘gang leader’ arrested in Mijas on Spain’s Costa del Sol after €250mn cocaine bust in mid Atlantic

THREE people have been arrested on the Costa del Sol after a massive haul of cocaine was found on a yacht in the Atlantic. A

18 Oct, 2021 @ 15:00

Lead·National News

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Woman arrested for smuggling cocaine into Spain’s Barcelona hidden beneath her wig

A WOMAN has been arrested in Barcelona after police found 760 grams of cocaine, distributed among 58 packages, under her “bulky” wig. Police in Barcelona

13 Oct, 2021 @ 16:00

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

GIBRALTAR: Demo after death of Spanish ‘tobacco smuggler’ ruled accidental

A SPANISH man who was killed when his boat was in collision with the Gibraltar Custom’s vessel HMS Searcher died accidently, an inquest has ruled.

10 Oct, 2021 @ 16:38

Gibraltar·Lead

Little Old Lady,79, Turns Out To Be A Mass Importer Of Cocaine Into Portugal And Spain

Little old lady, aged 79, arrested for being a drugs kingpin smuggler of cocaine into Portugal and Spain

A 79-year-old female Spanish drugs lord has been arrested in Portugal over a cocaine smuggling operation. The Guardia Civil and Policia Nacional assisted Portuguese colleagues

3 Aug, 2021 @ 18:44

Crime & Law·Lead

Criminal gang caught red-handed smuggling 15 tonnes of drugs into Spain on boat named ‘SEEFUCHS’

EIGHT members of an organised criminal gang were arrested after their boat, SEEFUCHS, was boarded 100 miles off the Spanish coast. Five drug smugglers were

30 Jul, 2021 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Poisoned vodka and fake honey: 15,000 tonnes of illegal food & drink seized as 42 smuggling gangs busted in Spain and across Europe

EUROPOL and Interpol have just concluded an 18-month long operation which targeted the trafficking of fake and substandard food and drink. The tenth operation of

22 Jul, 2021 @ 10:00

Crime & Law·Food & Drink·Lead·National News

Enough tobacco to make 11 million cigarettes seized as smuggling gang arrested in raids throughout Spain and Portugal

A CRIMINAL gang exporting illegal tobacco and cigarettes from Spain to Portugal has been thwarted by Europol and a cross-border team of customs and Guardia

27 Jun, 2021 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Yacht was camouflaged as a fishing boat to smuggle tons of drugs into a Costa Blanca port in Spain

TWO-and-a-half tons of hashish was found on a yacht moored at Santa Pola, leading to the detention of a Murcia and Costa Blanca-based drugs gang.

4 Jun, 2021 @ 17:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Old salt nabbed: Royal Navy veteran ‘mastermind’ behind drugs gang in Spain’s Andalucia

A ROYAL NAVY veteran has been arrested as the alleged kingpin of an international drugs smuggling gang. More than one-and-a-half tonnes of hashish, three boats,

24 May, 2021 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead

Million euros of meth seized as human trafficking gang snared in raid on Spain’s Costa Calida

A GANG of 24 people traffickers operating in Costa Calida have been arrested for smuggling people from Algeria. As well as the 23 men and

26 Apr, 2021 @ 13:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

BUSTED: Police in Spain arrest 46 involved in huge trafficking gang importing drugs from Morocco

A NETWORK of warehouses from Gibraltar to Barcelona have been raided, revealing a large scale and ‘perfectly-structured’ drug trafficking operation led by a man known

12 Mar, 2021 @ 13:30

Almeria·Barcelona·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga