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What are ‘narcolanchas’? The boats used by drug traffickers to carry up to 3 TONNES of narcotics into Spain – after the high-speed vessel killed two Guardia Civil officers in Cadiz

TWO Guardia Civil officers, David Perez, 43, and Miguel Angel Gomez, 39, were killed last week in the coastal town of Barbate after being deliberately rammed by a boat operated by drug

13 Feb, 2024 @ 16:17

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

Police Warn Of 'killer' Drug That's Cheaper Than Cocaine On Spain's Costa Blanca

Fentanyl, the horror drug causing US overdose crisis, yet to arrive in Spain, says police report

FENTANYL, the synthetic opiate that is causing a major health crisis in the United States, is yet to arrive on Spanish shores. That’s according to data from the Spanish authorities, who say

31 Oct, 2023 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead

Spain’s National Police and Colombian authorities deal major blow to Mexican Zetas drug gang

THE BOSS in Europe of the notorious Zetas Mexican drug gang has been arrested in Madrid, in an operation that netted the authorities 400 kilos of cocaine and €220,000 in cash. A

1 Aug, 2023 @ 10:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Cargo ship searched by drug police in Cadiz

Cocaine cowboys: Three day search of animal cargo ship fails to find drugs

A THREE-DAY search by the Spanish authorities of a ship carrying 16,000 cows was called off after officers failed to find the five tonnes of cocaine that they believed was on board.

25 Jun, 2023 @ 15:45

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Police Smash Drug Smuggling Gang Hiding Narcotics In Potato Lorries Travelling From Spain To Poland

Police smash drug traffickers hiding stashes in potato lorries travelling from Spain to Poland

POLICE in Spain and Poland have brought down an international drug trafficking gang that shipped in large amounts of drugs hidden in lorries transporting potatoes. On 23 April a series of simultaneous

1 Jun, 2023 @ 16:30

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News

Woman Arrested At Costa Blanca Airport In Spain For Smuggling Cocaine Inside Video Game Console

Woman arrested at Costa Blanca airport in Spain for smuggling cocaine inside Play Station 5 console

A WOMAN has been arrested at Alicante-Elche airport after she tried to smuggle in cocaine hidden in her Play Station 5 console. The 23-year-old traveller had flown from Brazil to Madrid, but

26 May, 2023 @ 10:00

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

Largest ever drug trafficking trial of Castanas gang starts in Spain’s Andalucia

THE largest drug traffic trial ever in Spain started Monday in Andalucia as members of the Castanas clan were brought to justice. Prosecutors will now be trying a total of 75 defendants

10 Apr, 2023 @ 16:45

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Malaga·Other News

Queen Of Cocaine Maria Teresa Jaimez Caicedo

EXCLUSIVE: Police bring down ‘cocaine queen’s’ 25-year smuggling ring in Spain

By Jon Clarke and Anthony Piovesan She was the Rolls Royce of cocaine smuggling since the 1990s and looked every inch the part in her €700 blouses and €1,000 high heels. But

16 Nov, 2022 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Must Read·National News·Premium

Guardia Civil agents injured while catching hash smugglers in Gibraltar Campo city

TWO Guardia Civil officers were seriously injured while chasing a van loaded with hashish that was trying to escape from Getares beach in Algeciras. Police finally managed to catch the drug traffickers,

30 Sep, 2022 @ 16:24

Gibraltar·Lead

Guardia Civil Agents Arrest A Man In Connection With Drug Raids

WATCH: Police smash huge smuggling ring that sent weed to Germany on trucks and camper vans

EUROPOL agents have arrested 44 and seized over €4 million in cash after the stakeout of a powerful weed and hash Costa del Sol smuggling ring based in Germany. After a lengthy

12 Sep, 2022 @ 13:56

Crime & Law

Man tries to smuggle in big cocaine stash in suitcase at Spain’s Valencia Airport

A Peruvian man has been arrested at Valencia Airport for drug trafficking after a suitcase search revealed he was trying to smuggle in almost 13 kilos of cocaine. Machines were scanning luggage

28 Jul, 2022 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Human trafficking gang planned fleet of charter boats for dangerous sea trips to Spain’s Murcia coast

FIVE members of a people trafficking and drug smuggling gang looking to expand in the Murcia region have been arrested by the Policia Nacional. Four Algerian nationals and a Moroccan man were

13 Jul, 2022 @ 11:05

Crime & Law·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

High Waters: Spanish police seize underwater drug smuggling drones

SPANISH police have impounded three underwater drones built specifically to smuggle narcotics from Morocco via the Strait of Gibraltar. The inventive method made use of unmanned submersibles which are able to carry

5 Jul, 2022 @ 12:15

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Narcoboat and money laundering gang broken up in Costa Blanca and Almeria areas of Spain

A drug smuggling gang used high-speed boats to ship narcotics from North Africa to Spanish beaches and marinas before resorting to money laundering to hide their ill-gotten gains. 26 people have been

20 Jun, 2022 @ 15:53

Almeria·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Lettuce lorry carrying marijuana worth €3.7 million pulled over in Spain’s Bilbao before boarding Ireland-bound ferry

OVER half a ton of marijuana has been seized from a lorry officially taking lettuce to Ireland. The truck had travelled from southern Spain to Bilbao in the Basque Country and was

2 Jun, 2022 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead

Drug smugglers in Spain's Andalucia lied about orca attack to cover up hashish shipment from Morocco

Drug smugglers in Spain’s Andalucia lie about orca attack to cover up hashish shipment from Morocco

The Policia Nacional have arrested hashish smugglers who sailed from Morocco and lied about their boat being attacked by orca whales. Two people have been detained in El Puerto de Santa Maria

11 Feb, 2022 @ 15:00

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Big Cocaine Stash Discovered In Rice Shipped Into Port Of Valencia In Spain

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 Agency had their suspicions aroused about the

4 Jan, 2022 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

British 'narco' baron Brian Charrington jailed after Costa Blanca cocaine smuggling retrial in Spain

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 Court in March due to issues over

19 Oct, 2021 @ 13:14

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Drug Smugglers Arrested Loading Up Over Four Tonnes Of Hashish From Mar Menor Fishing Boat Onto A Lorry In Spain

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 up at the dock and three men

11 Oct, 2021 @ 16:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

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 hashish. A Guardia Civil marine patrol intercepted the

30 Aug, 2021 @ 19:01

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

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 route to Valencia, was searched five days

10 Jun, 2021 @ 12:45

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencia

British Drug Dealers On The Costa Blanca In Spain Are Jailed For Trying To Send Cocaine To Australia

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 cocaine in the illegal shipment. The Brits

3 May, 2021 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

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 were arrested at 29 different locations throughout

20 Apr, 2021 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

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

22 Nov, 2018 @ 13:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

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

22 May, 2018 @ 11:42

Crime & Law·Lead

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

16 May, 2018 @ 13:18

Crime & Law·Lead