Tag: drug smuggling
Big cocaine stash discovered hidden in rice shipment to port of Valencia in Spain
A container of rice shipped in to Valencia from South America had 626 kilos of cocaine hidden within it. The Guardia Civil and the Tax...
British drugs smuggler Brian Charrington starts ‘narco’ yacht retrial in Costa Blanca area of Spain
THE retrial of British drug trafficker, Brian Charrington, started in Alicante on Monday(October 18). His original 2018 trial and conviction was quashed by the Supreme...
Drug smugglers caught loading four tonnes of hashish from Mar Menor fishing boat onto a lorry in Spain
CUSTOMS officers pounced in San Pedro del Pinatar as a fishing boat cargo of 4.3 tonnes of hashish was being unloaded. A refrigerated lorry pulled...
Tiny inflatable boat crammed with tons of drugs nearly sinks in Murcia waters of Spain
AN inflatable boat could barely stay afloat off the Murcia coast as it struggled to carry its clandestine cargo of over two tons of...
Crack down: 450kg of cocaine intercepted in Spain en route from Canaries to Valencia
THREE people have been arrested for attempting to smuggle 450kg of cocaine into Spain from Brazil. A container, which is believed to have been en...
British drug dealers on the Costa Blanca in Spain are jailed for sending cocaine parcel to Australia
THREE British men have been jailed after a parcel of drugs destined for Australia was intercepted at Alicante-Elche airport. X-ray scanners detected 855 grams of...
Combined police operation sees gang of 65 Chinese drug smugglers arrested across Spain
ONE OF the largest Chinese drug trafficking gangs has been taken down by a combined police operation over three countries. A total of 65 people...
Autopsy reveals Marbella shooting victim had more than 20 bullet wounds from AK-47
The killer, believed to be hired by a criminal gang, dumped the weapon in a bin, before speeding away from police on a motorbike
Authorities break up one of Spain’s ‘biggest’ hashish drug smuggling rings
It is estimated the La Linea criminal organisation brought more than 10,000 kilograms of hashish from Morocco to Spain
Boat which killed nine-year-old boy in Andalucia was linked to drug-trafficking operations
Allegedly sources close to the investigation revealed both the victims and the arrested had drug-trafficking links
AWOL Stephen Lawrence ‘killer’ wanted for drug smuggling may be hiding in Spain
Acourt is suspected of having a hand in a £4million cannabis smuggling ring
Gibraltar government slam ‘defamatory’ ABC front cover
The government is taking legal action against the Spanish national
Spanish Dakar rally lorry stopped with 1.4 ton drug haul
Epsilon team director, David Oliveras, detained with four team members over drug-smuggling
Spanish police track down vet wanted for heroin smuggling
Colombian vet has been on the run for eight years
Thieves steal helicopter to use for drug trafficking
Police swoop on helicopter thieves in Sevilla
Pay back for drug smuggler
Robert Dalrymple helped to run a drugs smuggling ring between Spain and UK and has been ordered to pay back nearly €60,000
Cocaine hidden in woman’s breast implants
Cocaine discovered in woman's breast implants on her arrival in Spain
Spanish brothers to spend four years in jail after smuggling cocaine
Police caught the Spanish brothers at Heathrow Airport with €372, 249 worth of cocaine
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