Tag: drug trafficking
British and Spanish police intercept 1.5 TONNES of cocaine: Sailboat is busted en route to Spain after picking up...
SPAIN’S National Police and Navy have intercepted a sailboat bound for Spanish shores that was carrying 1,500 kilos of cocaine.
The operation was carried...
Women’s hairdresser trafficked drugs across wide area and used her business to launder all the proceeds in Spain’s Costa...
A WOMEN'S hairdresser has been exposed as the lynchpin of a drug trafficking gang operating across the Marina Alta area of the Costa Blanca....
EXCLUSIVE: Brit and Irishman among the 23 members of a major Costa del Sol based drug gang arrested across...
A BRIT and an Irishman have been arrested for allegedly being part of a major Costa del Sol based drug gang that has been...
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...
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...
Dangerous and violent drugs gang brought down in Mar Menor area of Spain
THE GUARDIA CIVIL have arrested 19 people in Los Alcazares who belonged to a 'dangerous criminal group' selling drugs and who used knives and...
Italian mafia fugitive arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE POLICIA NACIONAL in association with their Italian counterparts have arrested a fugitive who belonged to the Calabrian mafia known as the 'Ndranghueta'.
The man...
Fake prescriptions created by drug dealers allow pharmacy drugs to be sold via social media from Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN ALICANTE couple have been arrested by the Policia Nacional for using bogus prescriptions to get barbiturates from pharmacies.
The drugs were then sold online...
Police arrest 22 in bust of Benidorm-based ring dealing drugs and ripping off rivals
THE SPANISH authorities have arrested 22 people suspected of forming part of a drug-trafficking ring in Benidorm that was also ripping off rivals.
A major...
VOX councillor for Parla (Madrid) arrested as part of an anti-drug trafficking operation
THE VOX Councillor for Parla, Ana Gonzalez Martinez, has been arrested as part of an anti-narcotics operation in Madrid.
The 37-year-old politician, who is also...
Three drug traffickers who sent hash and marihuana from Malaga to Germany arrested in Mijas
A GANG that transported marihuana and hash from the Costa del Sol to Germany has been dismantled in Mijas (Malaga).
The group was formed by...
Cannabis club closed over illegal drug sales on Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE GUARDIA CIVIL has closed down a private cannabis club in Almoradi because it sold drugs.
Registered cannabis clubs are permitted to allow the smoking...
Drugs in plane sight: Ex-airport worker at Spain’s Barajas thought to have earned €24m from drug trafficking
SPAIN’S High Court is investigating a former employee at Madrid’s Barajas Airport who is alleged to have amassed a €24 million fortune from trafficking...
Wanted by Spain’s Interior Ministry: Companies to help incinerate the police’s record drug hauls
SPAIN is one of the main hubs in Europe for the import of cocaine and hashish, meaning that the country’s authorities are constantly making...
Spain’s National Police seize 50 kilograms of heroin during drug deal in Madrid car park
SPAIN’S National Police force has seized 50 kilograms of heroin during a drug deal in a Madrid car park, as the result of a...
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...
Irish man jailed for drug trafficking after getting bailed in ‘best friend’ killing on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN Irish national charged with killing his best friend in 2018 has been jailed for running a Torrevieja drugs gang.
The crew used parcel companies...
Nearly 300 tonnes of drugs seized in 2022: Latest stats paint picture of drug trafficking running wild on Spain’s...
A staggering 273 tonnes of drugs were seized last year and almost 6,000 arrested or investigated for drug trafficking and smuggling across 4,698 police...
Authorities in Spain’s Galicia discover ‘narco-submarine’ off coast
AUTHORITIES in the northwestern Spanish region of Galicia have discovered a home-made semi-submersible vessel – a craft that is more commonly known as a...
First day of Mallorca Hells Angels trial sees 34 of nearly 50 defendants cut deals with the prosecutor
THE FIRST day of a massive trial of members of a Hells Angels chapter based in Mallorca saw 34 of the nearly 50 defendants...
Police arrest ‘the guardian’ of massive heroin trafficking ring in Marbella
A heroin trafficking ring leader from Marbella who police have dubbed the 'guardian' of the drug has been busted.
Policia Nacional and Guardia Civil Cordoba...
Dozens arrested on Costa del Sol for trafficking weed inside ‘humanitarian aid’ packages for Ukraine
Dozens of people in Andalucia have been arrested for pretending to deliver ‘humanitarian aid’ to Ukraine as a way to sell cannabis across Europe.
Guardia...
Spanish TV crew claims to have been beaten up by crime family in Barcelona
AN INVESTIGATIVE television crew from Spanish TV channel La Sexta claims to have been attacked by an alleged drug clan in Barcelona while preparing...
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...
Marbella mayor threatens press with legal action in wake of charges against husband, stepson
THE MAYOR of Marbella, Ángeles Muñoz, has threatened legal action against the Spanish press if they claim she is linked to the ongoing investigation...
Possible drugs trafficking war behind recent shooting in Spain’s Mijas
THE 21-year-old man who was seriously injured last Saturday night after being gunned down in Mijas has a criminal record for drug trafficking.
The young...
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