BUSTED: Guardia Civil officers in a drug crackdown in La Linea

THE Public Prosecutor’s Office has expressed ‘serious concern’ over the rise in murders on the Costa del Sol.

In 2018 the Malaga institution opened 95 preliminary murder hearings, a 44% rise on the previous year, and 61% more than four years ago.

Meanwhile assassinations or ‘intentional homicides’ in the province rose from 52 in 2017 to 65 last year, a 25% increase.

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EERIE: Destruction left behind after drug gang bombed car wash in Marbella

The Public Ministry added that criminals, including those involved in the hashish trade with Morocco, act ‘without fear’.

Explosives used by ‘narco terrorists’ in ‘score-settling’ between rival gangs was also highlighted by the Ministry, as a concerning trend.

It comes after a carwash in Marbella and a house in Benahavis were simultaneously bombed back in October in a settling of accounts.

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SCENE: Next to Estepona promenade following the shooting in October

Those attacks followed the death of Brian Martos Carmona a week earlier, who was gunned down in Estepona and bundled into the back of a car.

October was a particularly bloody month, as narco and bombmaker Hamza Ziani was also slaughtered in sushi restaurant in Torremolinos.

While in May, David Avila Ramos was killed in a drive-by shooting in San Pedro a month after his chiringuito was burned to the ground.

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