26 Jul, 2019 @ 12:05
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British expats arrested for drug trafficking on Spain’s Costa del Sol

TWO Brits have been arrested for alleged drug trafficking. 

The two men, aged 27 and 20, were busted with 12.36 kilogrammes of marijuana in the boot.

According to Policia Nacional, the pair were stopped earlier this month during a routing police traffic stop on Avenida Selwo in Estepona.

The drugs were found in two white plastic bags.

The pair are awaiting trial.

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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