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Italian ‘guru’ who ‘sold psychadelic drugs including ayahuasca and mushrooms’ at his ‘retreat’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca is arrested

AN ITALIAN ‘guru’ has been arrested for selling psychotropic drugs from his spiritual retreat in El Campello on the Costa Blanca. The Guardia Civil were

24 Apr, 2024 @ 07:15

Costa Blanca·Drugs·Lead

Revealed: How a narco gang in Murcia sent marijuana from Spain to the UK by hiding the drug inside fridges

A MURCIA gang exported large quantities of marijuana to the UK hidden in refrigerated lorries full of vegetables. Six Spaniards have been arrested in a

22 Apr, 2024 @ 15:45

Drugs·Lead·Murcia

Grandmother, 72, is arrested for ‘running a drug trafficking ring with her grandson’ in eastern Spain

A GRANDMOTHER has been arrested by the Guardia Civil for running a drug trafficking operation in Valencia province. The woman, 72, operated the illegal business

29 Mar, 2024 @ 14:45

Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Narco boat smashes against a Guardia Civil vessel off Spain’s Costa del Sol

A Guardia Civil boat was rammed by a narco boat off the Estepona coast on Thursday during a chase. The Guardia vessel- Rio Belelle- was

29 Mar, 2024 @ 10:15

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Drugs·Estepona·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Family clan who ‘sold drugs delivered by narco boats’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca is arrested

THREE brothers have been arrested in Teulada for drug trafficking and getting supplies from narco-boats landing supplies on the coast. Drugs totalling a retail value

27 Mar, 2024 @ 11:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Peaky Blinders gang based on Spain’s Costa del Sol tortured driver after he was robbed of €3 million of cocaine

SIX men have been arrested by the Policia Nacional for kidnapping and torturing a young Dutch man in Fuengirola. The Policia Nacional has released images

25 Mar, 2024 @ 12:30

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Notorious British drug trafficker Brian Charrington is arrested AGAIN in new police probe on Spain’s Costa Blanca

INFAMOUS British drugs baron Brian Charrington has been arrested again in a Policia Nacional operation that swept up 30 people. Charrington, 67, was detained at

22 Mar, 2024 @ 17:45

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Criminals operated helicopter ‘narco flights’ importing hashish into Spain

A CRIMINAL gang importing drugs from Morocco to Spain on two helicopters has been busted by the Guardia Civil and the Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie. Nine

22 Mar, 2024 @ 16:15

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Other News·Sevilla

Reality TV star among dozens of arrests as international cocaine trafficking gang is busted in Spain

THE Guardia Civil has dismantled a major international group of cocaine traffickers who created a network to send consignments to Mallorca. Operation Checkmate has seen

18 Mar, 2024 @ 13:40

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Mallorca·Other News·Valencia

Laboratory cooking up powerful marijuana-based drug is shut down by police in Spain’s Murcia

A clandestine laboratory concocting a cannabis extract drug called rosin has been busted by the Policia Nacional in the Murcia region. 17 people of various

13 Mar, 2024 @ 16:15

Alicante·Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia·Other News

Man jailed after body of Norwegian expat who died from adverse reaction to drugs was dumped on Torremolinos street in Spain

A 33-year-old man has been arrested and jailed over the death of a Norwegian woman whose body was found on a Torremolinos street last September.

8 Mar, 2024 @ 12:30

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Madrid·Malaga·Other News

Luxury rental villas costing €4k a month are converted into marijuana farms on Spain’s Costa Blanca

POLICE have arrested two members of a gang that set up indoor marijuana farms in luxury rental villas across Alicante province. One villa was located

29 Feb, 2024 @ 16:45

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Frenchman kills neighbour and then turns gun on himself at luxury Costa Blanca urbanisation in Spain

How a British gang based in Estepona trafficked cocaine and hashish to Europe by hiding the drugs in furniture deliveries- all while living in a hotel complex

A BRITISH man has been arrested for being part of a gang distributing drugs from the Costa del Sol across Europe via parcel delivery companies.

27 Feb, 2024 @ 17:00

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Drugs·Estepona·Lead·Other News

Is marijuana legal in Spain and can I REALLY grow plants at home?

THE legality of cannabis consumption and cultivation in Spain is murky, with consumption and cultivation being decriminalised, but only if done in private. To put

17 Feb, 2024 @ 06:45

Drugs·Lead·spain

Welcome to ‘Narco Village’: The drug traffickers’ paradise in southern Spain with rows of illegal villas featuring swimming pools, top notch security and secret tunnels

LAST Friday’s killing of two Guardia Civil officers off the coast of Barbate has served as a reminder of the power wielded by drug traffickers

16 Feb, 2024 @ 11:07

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Must Read·Other News

Woman straps 15 bales of hashish to her body before attempting to fly from Melilla to Spain’s Costa del Sol

A WOMAN with 15 packs of hashish strapped around her body has been arrested in the North African enclave of Melilla. The Policia Nacional detained

5 Feb, 2024 @ 10:37

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Anti-drugs police chief faces 15 years in prison for being part of massive cocaine gang on Spain’s Costa Blanca

PROSECUTORS want the former head of the Policia Nacional’s anti-drug unit in Alicante jailed for 15 years for his role in the biggest-ever cocaine distribution

2 Feb, 2024 @ 11:02

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Drugs·Galicia·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

British expats are arrested for running a marijuana farm inside a house on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO British men who ran an indoor marijuana farm in Benissa were arrested after an electricity company found them using an excessive amount of power.

29 Jan, 2024 @ 13:34

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Spain’s largest ever ecstacy factory is raided after making more than €100m worth of the drug

THE Policia Nacional has dismantled Spain’s biggest-ever ecstasy laboratory and seized 1,900 litres of MDMA with a street value of €105 million. 12 men of

24 Jan, 2024 @ 16:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Three Brits are arrested for ‘trafficking 300kg of Balkan mafia cocaine’: Hair-raising police chase ends in a supermarket car park of popular expat town on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THREE British men and two Albanians have been arrested after a motorway chase ended in a Costa Blanca supermarket car park with 300 kilos of

11 Jan, 2024 @ 12:45

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Drug cartel members who used cocaine profits to buy hundreds of El Gordo lottery tickets are arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A FAMILY gang selling cocaine laundered their proceeds by buying Christmas Lottery tickets with the hopes of scooping a bigger return from their criminal activities.

6 Dec, 2023 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Valencian Community

Illegal taxi boat service shipping migrants and drugs worth €3 million is busted on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE GUARDIA CIVIL has busted a ‘taxi-boat’ gang that shipped over a total 68 kilos of drugs worth over €3 million to Algeria and returned

4 Dec, 2023 @ 11:32

Alicante·Almeria·Andalucia·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Drugs·Valencian Community

British expat’s home is taken over by squatters who turn it into mammoth marijuana farm on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO people have been arrested for running an indoor marijuana farm out of an Aspe property belonging to a British national who died in 2022.

28 Nov, 2023 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Valencian Community

British man arrested in drug den selling marijuana to tourists on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AT LEAST one British man was part of a ten-strong group arrested for their role in a bogus l’Alfas del Pi ‘social club’ that acted

28 Nov, 2023 @ 12:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Valencian Community

Human and drug trafficking gang which brought illegal immigrants to Spain by boats is brought down in Alicante

Human and drug trafficking gang which brought illegal immigrants to Spain by boats is busted in Alicante

FIVE members of a human and drug trafficking gang that operated between Spain and Algeria have been arrested in Alicante. Several homes and a warehouse

22 Nov, 2023 @ 14:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Valencian Community

Border guards find 90 kilos of cocaine with ‘Scarface’ pictures smugglers tried to take INTO Morocco from Spain’s Andalucia

POLICE have found 90 kilos of cocaine hidden inside a car smugglers tried to take into Morocco at a ferry port in Spain’s Andalucia. The

7 Nov, 2023 @ 09:10

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Drugs

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