2 Apr, 2024 @ 15:45
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British and Irish ‘gangsters’ are arrested over last month’s dramatic shooting at a restaurant in Puerto Banus: Police raid homes in Marbella and Estepona

A BRITON and an Irishman have been arrested over one of the dramatic shootings in Puerto Banus last month.

The duo are accused of pulling up on a motorbike to a restaurant in the Marbella resort and firing 15 shots at a unknown target.

Both men are said to be linked to organised crime, according to police sources quoted by local press.

Both men are pictured in handcuffs after being arrested by Policia Nacional

They are charged with illegal possession of weapons, falsifying documents, violation of immigration laws and more.

The arrests were made during raids of two homes in Marbella and Estepona.

Police also seized €31,190 in cash, a large machete and a revolver. Both men have been imprisoned ahead of 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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