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SNOWFALL: Boat with British flag carrying 2,000 kg of cocaine worth €70 million intercepted in northern Spain

A BOAT waving a British flag that was transporting 2,000 kg of cocaine worth €70 million has been intercepted in northern Spain. The white sailing boat was spotted 30 nautical miles from

3 Aug, 2023 @ 19:00

Cantabria·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Must Read

In joint operation between Spain and UK, authorities bust cocaine smugglers using recreational boats

SPAIN’S Civil Guard has carried out a joint operation with UK authorities to bust a drug-trafficking gang that was using recreational boats to smuggle their illicit hauls. The operation, dubbed “Eulalia”, targetted

7 Jul, 2023 @ 15:45

Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead

Criminal organisation that smuggled over one tonne of cocaine through Valencia and Barcelona ports dismantled

A SOUTH American drug gang that smuggled over 1,200 kg of cocaine through Valencia and Barcelona ports have been dismantled. All the seven members of the criminal group have been arrested by

26 May, 2023 @ 19:00

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Valencia

Drug mules posed as tourists to smuggle cocaine to Spain’s Castellon area from Peru

A cocaine trafficking gang that employed mules posing as tourists flying to Madrid from Peru has been brought down by the Policia Nacional. The drugs were smuggled into the country for onward

8 Mar, 2023 @ 15:45

Castellon·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Valencian Community

British drugs baron Brian Charrington gets his retrial date on the Costa Blanca in Spain

Infamous British drugs boss Brian Charrington gets his retrial date on the Costa Blanca in Spain

BRITISH drug trafficker, Brian Charrington, has got a new trial date after Supreme Court judges quashed his original 2018 trial in March due to ‘impartiality’ issues. 65-year-old Charrington and his son Ray

25 Jun, 2021 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Head of €35m drug empire caught in Spain faces 18-year jail sentence

A DRUG lord who imported cocaine to the UK for two decades has been jailed for 18 years. Paul Monk, 56, was sentenced at the Old Bailey on Wednesday after admitting his

28 Mar, 2017 @ 13:07

Crime & Law·Lead