Shocking TV special lifts the lid on drug crime in La Linea with gangsters smuggling coke & weed on boats

CROSSING the Line: The drug made in Spain will horrify viewers with scenes when it starts this week. The dramatic TV special delves deep into

25 Jan, 2021 @ 19:15

Entertainment·Lead·Other News

Belgium’s most wanted drug lord nabbed after Christmas get-together on Spain’s Costa del Sol

POLICE in Spain have arrested Belgium’s most wanted drug trafficker after a year hiding out on Spain’s Costa del Sol. Yannick M.W. was caught after

15 Jan, 2021 @ 12:45

Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Human trafficking gang arrested after smuggling 700 Moroccan refugees into mainland Spain via Canary Islands

A HUMAN-trafficking operation has been smashed by Policia Nacional and Europol in Spain. Hundreds of desperate refugees were allegedly transported by the gang from Morocco

18 Dec, 2020 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

British fugitives who fled to Spain arrested in connection with gangland murder

TWO British fugtives who fled to Spain have been arrested in connection with a gangland murder. A 27-year-old man was captured in Marbella, the Malaga

8 Dec, 2020 @ 18:30

Thousands of euros confiscated at the frontier will not be returned

NEARLY €86,000 taken from a person entering Gibraltar nearly a year ago will now be added to government coffers.

2 Dec, 2020 @ 17:41

Gibraltar·Lead

Russian teen with no driving licence injures pregnant woman during police chase in Spain’s Marbella

The pregnant woman was taken by ambulance to a local health centre for treatment.

16 Nov, 2020 @ 11:09

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Arms smugglers who shipped Russian TANKS to Middle East and Africa busted in Spain

A GANG that smuggled arms including tanks to war-torn countries in the Middle East and Africa has been busted in Spain. Properties worth about €10

14 Nov, 2020 @ 13:42

Barcelona·Lead·Valencia

Spanish police busts two criminal gangs trafficking protected species and rescues over 300 species of reptiles

SPANISH authorities have dismantled two criminal gangs trafficking animals with the highest level of international protection and breeding them in Europe. In a joint operation

12 Nov, 2020 @ 15:45

Lead

At least 140 dead after boat headed for Canary Islands from Senegal catches fire in worst shipwreck of 2020

AT least 140 migrants have died after a boat travelling to the Canary Islands from Senegal caught fire, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) have

30 Oct, 2020 @ 11:00

Lead

Spanish police detain 19 members of a migrant smuggling network

NATIONAL police have busted a gang that forged documents for African citizens desperate to reach the EU. They launched the investigation at the end of

27 Oct, 2020 @ 09:15

Crime & Law·Lead

Gun found buried on Spain’s Costa Blanca could link Irish Drug Kingpin John Gilligan to murder of journalist in Dublin in 1996

POLICIA Nacional have revealed more details of the arrest of Irish drug smuggler John Gilligan that could possibly link him with a 24 year old

26 Oct, 2020 @ 11:15

Costa Blanca·Lead

Latest haul means almost 100 tonnes of marijuana now seized by police on Spain’s Costa Blanca

ALICANTE Guardia Civil recently arrested drug traffickers with 100Kg of marijuana, bringing the total seized to 98,700 kilos. At nearly 100 tonnes, that’s the equivalent

22 Oct, 2020 @ 10:30

Alicante·Barcelona·Costa Blanca·Lead

CANARY ISLANDS: Migrant arrivals surge to more than 1,000 in 48 hours

MORE than 1,000 migrants have arrived in hundreds of small boats on the coats of Spain’s Canary Islands in just 48 hours. It is thought

11 Oct, 2020 @ 15:00

Lead·National News

Mayor of La Linea reacts to controversial Netflix series depicting Spanish town as ‘the drug gateway to Europe’

FIRING gunshots into the air, police officers swarm towards a boat full of drug traffickers as they raced towards the beach for a drop off

30 Sep, 2020 @ 16:15

Cadiz·National News·Other News

IN PICS: Inside the ‘tacky’ homes of southern Spain’s drug kingpins, featuring tiger heads, Easter Island statues, water slides and Versace candles

Police have raided dozens of properties since launching the Campo de Gibraltar Special Security Plan just over two years ago

28 Sep, 2020 @ 08:00

Lead·National News

40 gang members who traded in falsifying immigration documents arrested in Spain’s Mallorca

The detainees were involved in the falsification of documentation to allow members of their families to reside in Spain

24 Sep, 2020 @ 17:00

Mallorca

Gibraltar Campo narcos are surrounded, says Spain Interior Minister

DRUG traffickers in the Gibraltar Campo do not have anywhere to go, said the Spanish Interior Minister in La Moncloa.

23 Sep, 2020 @ 16:51

Crime & Law·Gibraltar

Drug gangs turning more ruthless and violent along Spain’s southern coast as pressure from police and bitter rivals mount – but business continues despite €3 billion in losses since 2018 (EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE)

Since the end of August, a week has not gone by without an attack on a police car or an accident caused by a drug

21 Sep, 2020 @ 14:07

Cadiz·Lead

Cuban kingpin couple who supplied cocaine to ‘majority of dealers’ across Spain’s Mallorca brought down

As part of 'Operation Gunpowder,' 16 'members' of the gang were arrested in multiple dawn raids

16 Sep, 2020 @ 15:50

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Expats fear mystery gang smuggling dozens of petrol containers onto boats is ramping up Costa del Sol crime

IT comes during broad daylight and on an almost-daily basis: Over a dozen men carrying massive containers onto speed boats in Duquesa Port. Up to

16 Sep, 2020 @ 11:31

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·Other News

Gang in Spain capable of smuggling six tonnes of cannabis a month broken up

A GANG of drugs wholesalers who smuggled up to six tonnes of cannabis a month into Spain has been broken up. Spain’s Guardia Civil, supported

13 Sep, 2020 @ 11:15

Lead

Luxury golf villas on Spain’s Costa Blanca are converted into high tech marijuana farms

THE Guardia Civil has arrested a gang that rented three luxury golf villas on the Costa Blanca which they converted into marijuana farms. Four men

4 Aug, 2020 @ 18:30

Alicante·Costa Blanca

Secret tunnels, mafia bosses and tacky decor: Inside the illegal luxury urbanisations dubbed ‘Narcoville’ near Spain’s Costa del Sol

There are now several urbanisations containing up to 10 homes each, all of them built with cash earned from the smuggling of tobacco or drugs,

2 Aug, 2020 @ 11:40

Gibraltar·Lead·National News

Parrot smugglers arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca after netting €1 million trafficking exotic birds to Africa

SPANISH police and the Moroccan Royal Guard have arrested a gang of 28 bird traffickers who were earning over €1 million a year. Some 280

20 Jul, 2020 @ 11:38

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Lead

WATCH: Seven high-speed boats seized as drug trafficking gang smashed on Spain’s Costa Blanca

MORE than three tonnes of hashish and seven specially-adapted speedboats have been seized in a combined police operation on the Costa Blanca. A total of

17 Jul, 2020 @ 12:18

Costa Blanca·Lead

Brit tourists watch as brazen smugglers land drugs on beach in Spain

By Andy McInnes SIX brazen drug runners unloaded sacks of Marihuana in front of stunned British sunbathers on a Costa Del Sol beach. The boat

15 Jul, 2020 @ 15:08

Lead

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Shocking TV special lifts the lid on drug crime in La Linea with gangsters smuggling coke & weed on boats

Belgium’s most wanted drug lord nabbed after Christmas get-together on Spain’s Costa del Sol

WATCH: Human trafficking gang arrested after smuggling 700 Moroccan refugees into mainland Spain via Canary Islands

British fugitives who fled to Spain arrested in connection with gangland murder

Thousands of euros confiscated at the frontier will not be returned

Russian teen with no driving licence injures pregnant woman during police chase in Spain’s Marbella

Arms smugglers who shipped Russian TANKS to Middle East and Africa busted in Spain

Spanish police busts two criminal gangs trafficking protected species and rescues over 300 species of reptiles

At least 140 dead after boat headed for Canary Islands from Senegal catches fire in worst shipwreck of 2020

Spanish police detain 19 members of a migrant smuggling network

Gun found buried on Spain’s Costa Blanca could link Irish Drug Kingpin John Gilligan to murder of journalist in Dublin in 1996

Latest haul means almost 100 tonnes of marijuana now seized by police on Spain’s Costa Blanca

CANARY ISLANDS: Migrant arrivals surge to more than 1,000 in 48 hours

Mayor of La Linea reacts to controversial Netflix series depicting Spanish town as ‘the drug gateway to Europe’

IN PICS: Inside the ‘tacky’ homes of southern Spain’s drug kingpins, featuring tiger heads, Easter Island statues, water slides and Versace candles

40 gang members who traded in falsifying immigration documents arrested in Spain’s Mallorca

Gibraltar Campo narcos are surrounded, says Spain Interior Minister

Drug gangs turning more ruthless and violent along Spain’s southern coast as pressure from police and bitter rivals mount – but business continues despite €3 billion in losses since 2018 (EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE)

Cuban kingpin couple who supplied cocaine to ‘majority of dealers’ across Spain’s Mallorca brought down

Expats fear mystery gang smuggling dozens of petrol containers onto boats is ramping up Costa del Sol crime

Gang in Spain capable of smuggling six tonnes of cannabis a month broken up

Luxury golf villas on Spain’s Costa Blanca are converted into high tech marijuana farms

Secret tunnels, mafia bosses and tacky decor: Inside the illegal luxury urbanisations dubbed ‘Narcoville’ near Spain’s Costa del Sol

Parrot smugglers arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca after netting €1 million trafficking exotic birds to Africa

WATCH: Seven high-speed boats seized as drug trafficking gang smashed on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Brit tourists watch as brazen smugglers land drugs on beach in Spain

Tragedy in Lanzarote after three-year-old girl drowns in holiday home swimming pool

LONG-READ: Inside Tommy Robinson’s empire of dodgy fundraising and questionable crypto schemes that fund his luxury lifestyle in Spain

Spain’s shocking housing shortage is set to break the one million homes barrier by 2028

Transplant patients offered new hope as Spanish doctors develop technique to end organ rejection

Flu and Covid jab campaign kicks off in Andalucia on October 1, with pregnant women and toddlers first in line

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