12 Nov, 2019 @ 13:09
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WANTED international drug trafficker arrested outside bar while with pals in Marbella’s Puerto Banus

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A WANTED international drug trafficker has been cuffed outside a bar in Marbella.

Known only as R.M, the 42-year-old was arrested while with two friends in the upmarket Puerto Banus last Thursday.

The Moroccan had been wanted by French authorities, accused of drug trafficking and of belonging to a criminal organisation.

The suspect was a key player in a large-scale trafficking operation which moved drugs from Morocco to Marseille, in France.

The man would store the drugs in Catalunya, near the French border, and was the only point of contact between the Moroccan producers and French buyers.

He was allegedly responsible for collecting the money and organising the transport of the illegal goods.

Prosecutors in France are seeking the maximum 30-year sentence.

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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