DRUG BUST: Civil servant who led multi-million euro drug empire between Spain’s Costa del Sol and Morocco one of 57 arrested The town hall worker imported 62 tonnes of hash a year to the Costa del Sol 10 Dec, 2018 @ 11:53 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
Stephen Lawrence murder suspect who ran €4.5 million cannabis empire ‘fled to Spain and used fake name’ court hears Those present heard how in two years Acourt's drug runners made 34 600-mile-round trips between London and South Shields to sell cannabis resin 5 Dec, 2018 @ 20:38 Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News
Manufacturers of ‘lethal’ drug Nolotil face €500 million lawsuit A €500 million lawsuit is launched and there are already 200 claimants, following an Olive Press investigation 9 Nov, 2018 @ 17:31 Crime & Law·Health·Lead·National News·Other News
Lethal painkiller Nolotil BANNED for Brits visiting Spain The Spanish Medicine Agency has finally issued a directive to ban the drug for British and Irish tourists and regulate it for expats in Spain 6 Nov, 2018 @ 21:30 Health·Lead·National News
COUNTDOWN IS ON: More victims of painkiller Nolotil come forward ahead of Spain probe It comes weeks before a health campaigner is set to take her findings to a meeting with Spain’s top medication governing body in Madrid next 22 Jun, 2018 @ 13:22 Health·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
Europe’s biggest EVER cocaine haul seized by Andalucia cops Nearly nine tonnes of cocaine were found hidden in banana boxes being transported from Colombia 25 Apr, 2018 @ 16:43 Crime & Law·Lead·National News
Outrage after Mallorcan drug death driver arrested THREE times previously THE driver of a Porsche Cayenne who ran over nine German cyclists – killing one – has three times been caught for taking drugs before. 12 Apr, 2018 @ 15:47 Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·Sport
MI5 approaches Costa del Sol drug lord to make peace between Scotland’s most violent gangs Security services have recruited a wealthy criminal as a peacemaker in the hopes of ending the bloody Daniel v Lyons war 9 Apr, 2018 @ 13:53 Crime & Law·Lead
Date rape drug use in Granada on the rise UP to 50 people have been raped or sexually assaulted after drink spiking in Granada since 2012, new figures have shown. The startling statistics mean 22 Dec, 2017 @ 10:34 Lead
On-the-run member of Irish Kinahan gang spotted in Fuengirola EXCLUSIVE: On-the-run Irish gangster Francis Delaney seen on Costa del Sol 4 Sep, 2016 @ 09:02 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
German expat has passport confiscated for four years after repairing Irish drug smugglers boat on Costa del Sol EXCLUSIVE: Courts hold expat’s passport for four years without charge 31 Aug, 2016 @ 11:41 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
Friends and family fund TV for Cornishman imprisoned in Algeciras Cornish man behind bars in Algeciras after drug bust 26 Feb, 2016 @ 13:05 Crime & Law·Lead
Scottish drug lord Roy ‘Mr Big’ Dunstance jailed after running operations from Spain Drug boss Roy ‘Mr Big’ Dunstance was sentenced to 11 years in jail on drugs and weapons-related charges 30 Dec, 2015 @ 16:12 Crime & Law·Lead
British drug kingpin Robert Dawes seized in Benalmadena home The 44-year-old British father-of-three was arrested under a European warrant 18 Nov, 2015 @ 11:29 Crime & Law·Lead
Three tons of hash seized and 16 arrested in Axarquia drug raids Three tons of hash were seized and 16 people arrested in a drug raid in the Axarquia 8 Jun, 2015 @ 10:57 Crime & Law·Malaga
Drug-smuggling jet skiers evade Gibraltar police and dump £150,000 of cannabis in sea The men were last seen heading towards Puente Mayorga, in Spain, after a high speed chase 3 Jun, 2015 @ 12:50 Gibraltar
Europe’s largest ever haul of ‘cannibal drug’ seized in Fuengirola At least five arrested in Spain-Finland network 21 Feb, 2015 @ 17:00 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
Heroin-smuggling fugitive kingpin busted in Spain One of Britain's most wanted criminals seized in Tenerife 16 Jan, 2015 @ 10:12 Crime & Law·Lead
Kinahan’s Costa del Sol drug empire under threat The Kinahan clan have been dealt a series of blows in the last few months as Spanish police begin to move in 9 Jan, 2015 @ 15:00 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
Call for livestock drug deadly to vultures to be outlawed in Spain A pain-killing anti-inflamatory drug used on livestock is lethal to vultures that feed on contaminated carrion 9 Jan, 2015 @ 10:00 Environment·Other News
One of UK’s most wanted busted during Benidorm poker game Robert Knight is thought to be connected to international drug-trafficking gang 28 Sep, 2014 @ 17:24 Lead·National News
Cadiz beach bar at heart of drug ring A Guardia Civil officer, a former Socialist councillor and three members of the military are arrested in connection to a Cadiz drug ring 15 Sep, 2014 @ 16:52 Cadiz·Lead
VIDEO: High-speed chase between the Guardia Civil and a drug dealer Footage of the Guardia Civil chasing down drug traffickers on international waters 15 Sep, 2014 @ 15:07 Lead·National News
Drug detecting nail polish invented to help fight date-rape A nail polish that detects date-rape drugs has been invented by students in North Carolina State University 5 Sep, 2014 @ 13:00 Crime & Law·Other News
Guardia Civil seize 2.8 tonnes of hashish in Marbella thanks to tip-off Police seize 2.8 tonnes of hashish and arrest five people following an emergency call by a concerned citizen 1 Sep, 2014 @ 12:16 Crime & Law·Granada·Malaga·Other News