14 Feb, 2020 @ 16:10
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British drug gang with its own laboratory brought down on Spain’s Costa del Sol

British Drug Gang

British Drug Gang

A BRITISH-Spanish drug gang has been brought down on the Costa del Sol. 

Made up of four Brits and one Spaniard, the group was operating between Velez-Malaga and inland Coin.

According to police, the gang was cultivating marijuana and had its own laboratory ready to make synthetic drugs.

The operation cut out the middle man, with the five covering every aspect of the trade, from cultivation to sales.

In a raid of a property, police seized €24,000 in cash, a dozen vehicles and 250 marijuana plants hidden in the basement.

All five were arrested but only three have been denied bail.

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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