19 Mar, 2018 @ 15:53
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Malaga drug mule allowed to leave UK for operation in Spain

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A DRUG mule has been allowed to return to Spain for a vital operation. 

Alfredo Farina, who lived in Malaga, was caught with more than €60,000 worth of cannabis in a suitcase at Edinburgh Airport in January.

He pleaded guilty at Edinburgh Sheriff Court to being in possession of the drug on January 29.

His lawyer Iain Smith said he was a musician and had lived in Malaga for ten years.

But he added that he had been diagnosed with a brain tumour and possible prostate cancer.

Malaga

An operation was arranged in Malaga on May 5 and his lawyer requested he be allowed to return to temporarily return to Spain.

Sheriff Crowe deferred sentence until August 20 and detained him for deportation.

Farina has been warned that if he does not return, an arrest warrant will be issued.

 

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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