7 Dec, 2017 @ 15:50
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Busted cocaine cartel was building private airfield in Andalucia to fly in drugs from Morocco

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A DRUG smuggling cartel has been busted building a private airfield in Andalucia in a bid to fly in cocaine from Morocco. 

Some 14 suspected members were arrested while 5.1 tonnes of hashish, six inflatable boats, two light planes and a helicopter were seized in various locations across Andalucia.

 

Police say the group is used the boats and aircraft to smuggle hashish from Morocco into Spain.

They described the network as ‘one of the main hashish trafficking organisations that operated in the south of Spain’.

“The detainees were in the process of buying land to build an aero club which would allow them to start bringing in cocaine by seaplanes,” a statement said.

Spain is a key entry point for drugs coming from Africa and south America.

Pablo Escobar used the route to expand his billion-dollar empire into Europe.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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