Smuggler birds are go!
Microlights loaded with drugs increasingly used by smugglers
Boyzone star ‘died in prayer position’
Post mortem confirms Stephen Gately died of natural causes
Sex fiends and criminals loose on the Costa del Sol
Just a week and Crimestoppers Most Wanted campaign snares dangerous drug dealer Michael Eddleston
Last port of call for Ambassador…but Hi de Hi for our new Consul
Denise Holt says goodbye from the bridge of the navy's biggest ship, while Steve Jones says hello
Amy mum’s agony
Amy's mother Audrey has confirmed that her daughter was not enrolled for any school in the term leading up to her disappearance
THE SAD TRUTH
This week the Olive Press can exclusively reveal new and troubling information about the lifestyle of missing teenager Amy Fitzpatrick
Cocaine in Spain sniffed in vain
Air in parts of Barcelona and Madrid is laced with at least five drugs, a report has found
Cocaine haul foiled
A British man based on the Costa del Sol has admitted attempting to import 675 million euros of cocaine into the UK
More E Vicar?
A catholic priest has gone on trial for smuggling drugs into Barcelona’s Modelo jail
Cosa Nostra del Sol
Leading Mafia experts and Italian newspaper claim Spain - particularly the Costa del Sol and Barcelona - is now the centre for global organised crime
The judge who roared
He has gone after South American dictators and Middle Eastern terrorists, but now it seems Baltasar Garzon has finally met his match in tackling Spain's
Britons in Costa gang war
Third shooting in a month due to an unpaid drugs debt as British criminals muscle back into Spanish drugs trade POLICE believe that a British
Bus driver overcome by heroin fumes
A BUS driver was forced to make an unscheduled stop at his local hospital emergency unit after being overcome by heroin fumes from drugs smoked
Russia link to murdered Irishman
IRISH gangsters shot in an Estepona ambush earlier this month were killed by Russian mafia hitmen. Detectives from Dublin believe Paddy Doyle crossed a Russian
Sun, Sea & Sadness
The Olive Press launches a Christmas appeal for the forgotten street children of Andalucia
Predatory behaviour and the destruction of Iberia’s coast
Charles Schoengrund draws interesting parallels between the twin disappearances of Madelaine McCann and the coastline of Iberia
Plastic greenhouses used as pot factories
ALMOST two thousand cannabis plants have been seized following drug raids on plastic greenhouses (invernaderos). Police found 664 plants during a raid on an invernadero,
We need a better-informed drug user
Alarming reports into cocaine abuse in Spain do not surprise Carlos Pranger. He believes too many of his countrymen confuse the freedom of democracy with
Colombian drug barons use Spain to launder money
CIA report claims Spain is safe haven for cocaine money NOT only is Spain the gateway for cocaine into Europe but Colombia’s drug barons use
Across the line: Cocaine takes hold of Granada’s youth
As figures reveal that the number of children using cocaine has quadrupled in a decade, local government begins to fortify the classroom battle against drugs
Ex Government minister arrested for mafia links
Planells accused of bribery after giving immigration documents to Russian gangs THE Government’s former number two in Catalunya has been arrested on suspicion of involvement
Webster’s Spanish Histories
The Olive Press sent Daniel Mac Auley to the mountains of Castellon to talk to author Jason Webster, who claims many countries can learn from
Child shot in hostage drama
Seven people, including 11 year old child, rushed to hospital with bullet wounds during running gun battle that led to family being held hostage by
It’s a stick up!
Viagra gang feels the long arm of the law
Police warn of Granada cashpoint gang
Police warn of cash card “skimming” at local banks USERS of cash machines in Granada are being urged to exercise caution after police discovered several
Dying with dignity
FEW subjects arouse as much controversy orheated debate as does euthanasia. Almost everyone, when probed, has a stance on the issue. Perhaps we can all