drug trafficking

Abandoned narco-sub breaks into two when fishing boat tries to tow it to port in Spain

Cocaine price slump is driving traffickers to recycle narco-submarines, Spanish police warn

THE falling price of cocaine is driving drug traffickers in Spain to reuse ‘narco-submarines’ they would otherwise destroy, in what authorities described as a major

26 Dec, 2025 @ 10:39

Crime & Law·Lead

Raids on Costa del Sol topple cocaine gang shipping drugs to the UK

MORE than two tonnes of cocaine were seized and five people arrested as raids on Costa del Sol brought down a criminal network trafficking drugs

19 Dec, 2025 @ 15:30

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Shock in Almeria as drug speed boats form ‘floating narco village’ in tourist beauty spot during Storm Emilia

AUTHORITIES on the Costa del Sol have called for government assistance after defiant drug traffickers anchored their speedboats off a popular tourist hotspot during a

16 Dec, 2025 @ 14:14

Almeria·Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

‘Historic blow against drug trafficking’ as notorious Balkan Cartel group is dismantled – over two tonnes of cocaine are seized in raids across Costa del Sol triangle

MORE than 2,5 tonnes of cocaine have been seized as multiple raids across Costa del Sol brought down the Spanish cell of one of Europe’s

15 Dec, 2025 @ 16:21

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

High-ranking Balkan cartel leader who ‘tortured rival for 24 hours before murdering him’ is arrested on Costa del Sol after Europe-wide manhunt

A BALKAN mafia leader on the run from European authorities has been arrested on Costa del Sol after allegedly “torturing a rival for 24 hours”

16 Oct, 2025 @ 10:42

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Serbian gangster laying low in Spanish party town for years rumbled by false passport fail

A SERBIAN drug trafficker sentenced to four years in prison has been arrested in Spain after being caught with a fake passport. The man was

19 Aug, 2025 @ 17:45

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

‘Narco traffickers who threaten Spain must be treated the same as ETA terrorists,’ claims Andalucia president

JUNTA president Juanma Moreno has described the fight against drug trafficking as ‘David against Goliath’ as he called on Pedro Sanchez’s government to treat suspected

28 May, 2025 @ 15:39

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Police make multiple arrests to bring down family-led drugs gang in Spain

A SEVEN month probe into a family-led drugs trafficking gang has produced 40 arrests in Valencia and Madrid. The Policia Nacional described the operation as

19 May, 2025 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Narco-boats ferried drugs and illegal migrants between Costa Blanca and Algeria

A GANG that used ‘narco-boats’ to transport drugs from the Costa Blanca to Algeria and made the return journey with migrants has been busted by

6 May, 2025 @ 16:24

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Benidorm will fine and keep money from owners of unlicensed tourist flats

Benidorm becomes a new narco hotspot in Spain after drug-related crime surges in holiday resort loved by the Brits

BENIDORM had the highest percentage of drug trafficking arrests of any large Alicante province municipality during the first half of 2024. The city was followed

11 Nov, 2024 @ 15:00

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Man exploited 40 migrants by cramming them into his flat in Spain and charging €100 per month in rent

Wanted British ‘narco’, 50, is found hiding among expat community under a fake identity in Spain’s Valencia

A BRITISH fugitive wanted for drug trafficking has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Valencia province. The 50-year-old man lived under a false identity

23 Aug, 2024 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Armed police at the scene of the shooting of Borja Villacis

After major manhunt, police in Madrid detain two more suspects in assassination of prominent politician’s brother, including far-right Holocaust denier Kevin Pastor

AFTER a major manhunt, police in Madrid have arrested two more suspects in the assassination of Borja Villacis, the brother of prominent former politician Begoña

7 Jun, 2024 @ 10:54

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Major manhunt underway in central Spain after brother of prominent former politician gunned down in broad daylight over reported drug debt

A MAJOR manhunt was underway in Madrid on Wednesday morning after the brother of the city’s former Deputy Mayor Begoña Villacis was gunned down in

5 Jun, 2024 @ 10:16

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

The attempted assassination of Mehdi last July in Marbella

Captured: Mehdi the ‘drug thief’ and enemy of infamous kingpin ‘The Fly’ is arrested in Sevilla after surviving ordered assassination in Marbella

IN July of last year, a video went viral of what appeared to be an assassination attempt in Marbella, close to a shopping mall in

4 Jun, 2024 @ 11:06

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Who are the MC Comanches? The violent and feared ‘narco’ bike gang accused of running drugs from Spain’s Costa del Sol to the whole of Europe

IN a joint operation between Spanish, German, and Romanian authorities last week, police arrested the alleged leader of an elusive criminal biker gang known as

5 May, 2024 @ 08:44

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Guardia Civil arrests six, seizes more than two tonnes of hash, as part of ongoing drugs war on Spain’s southern coast

THE Spanish Civil Guard has made six arrests in recent days, as part of the country’s ongoing war with drug gangs on the southern coast.

3 Mar, 2024 @ 12:27

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

Eight arrests in Spain’s Cadiz province after two civil guards killed during a boat chase with drug gangs

A TOTAL of eight arrests have been made in Spain’s Cadiz province after two civil guards were killed on Friday night when their speedboat was

11 Feb, 2024 @ 12:01

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Other News

PSpanish police officer is arrested 'for groping a young woman's buttocks' at the Malaga feria

Revealed: How a police officer ‘created a shield for drug traffickers’ in southern Spain – as disgraced Guardia Civil agent faces 14 years behind bars

A GUARDIA Civil officer in southern Spain is facing 14 years in jail for allegedly colluding with multiple drug cartels. Lieutenant Raul PM, is accused

1 Feb, 2024 @ 17:16

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Violent gang members who robbed dozens of homes on Spain’s Costa Blanca are finally arrested

A HOME robbery gang has been arrested in two Alicante province towns and charged with 21 burglaries as well as drug trafficking. The Guardia Civil

21 Jan, 2024 @ 12:00

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

Boss of €30m narco clan known as ‘the Chestnuts’ is jailed for six years: How ‘idolised’ Antonio Tejon, 43, avoided a serious prison term after ‘historic’ trial in southern Spain

A NOTORIOUS drug kingpin has been sentenced to over six years in prison after the largest trial against drug trafficking in Spain’s history. Antonio Tejon,

19 Jan, 2024 @ 11:09

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

Italian ‘mafia boss’ who ‘used a pizzeria in Benidorm as a front for a cocaine racket’ WILL be extradited from Spain – despite his family and children having ‘settled in well’ among the expat community

SPAIN’S National Court has thrown out an appeal to stop the extradition of a major figure in an Italian mafia gang. Francesco Faillace, 40, rented

16 Jan, 2024 @ 16:30

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

Man shot dead by bullets to the head and stomach in Spain’s Andalucia believed to be related to drug trafficking

POLICE believe the death of a 30-year-old man shot in the head and stomach in Spain’s Andalucia, not far from the Costa del Sol, is

3 Jan, 2024 @ 09:25

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law

Seven tonnes of cocaine seized by Spain's National Police

What happens to the tonnes of cocaine and other drugs seized in Spain each year?

THIS WEEK saw the Spanish authorities announce that they had seized 11 tonnes of cocaine as part of two operations to combat the smuggling of

16 Dec, 2023 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Mamma Mia! Italian family-run pizzeria is exposed as a front for mafia’s drug trafficking ring on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Italian-owned pizzeria on the Costa Blanca served up cocaine and hashish to its customers along with its more traditional fare according to the Policia

29 Nov, 2023 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Civil Guard nabs British national in Spain’s Javea on suspicion of drug trafficking, money laundering and belonging to a criminal organisation

THE CIVIL GUARD has arrested a British national in Javea who is wanted by the authorities back home on suspicion of drug trafficking, money laundering

15 Oct, 2023 @ 15:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

British expat is bludgeoned to death with a gardening hoe ‘for walking his dog near neighbour’s home’ in southern Spain

British prisoner’s plan for a great escape during visit to the dentist in Ibiza fails miserably

A HUNT is on in Ibiza for two armed masked men who held up a Guardia Civil van taking a British prisoner for dental treatment

10 Oct, 2023 @ 13:39

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead