Tag: drugs
Drug smuggler held in Spain after hiding half a kilo of cocaine under toupee
Arriving at Barcelona airport from Bogota, the Colombian man attracted suspicion with a disproportionately large hairpiece under his hat
Dutch lorry driver arrested by police after 1,000 kilo drugs haul discovered on Costa del Sol
Sniffer dogs alerted officers to the truck's trailer where police discovered the 1,000 kilos of hashish and 225 kilos of marijuana in hollowed out pallets
‘NEVER SEEN BEFORE’: Gibraltar police amazed at attempt by three men to smuggle 1.5 tonnes of hash worth £6...
The trio now face charges of importation, possession and possession with intent to supply and are in Magistrates Court this morning
Largest ever cocaine haul made in Spain’s Sevilla as 1000 kilos of the drug smuggled in banana truck
Udyco anti-drug officers from Sevilla and Malaga forces were behind the record raid
BUSTED: €600 million empire which trafficked drugs into the UK and laundered money into Spain’s property market
At least 22 other suspects have been arrested across the continent
British soldier and football coach guilty of intent to supply £3,000 of cocaine outside Gibraltar ‘military establishment’
After his initial arrest in February outside a ‘military establishment’ police also used ‘specialised sniffer dogs’ to search two locations
Two Britons arrested in Marbella’s San Pedro and Mijas accused of using fruit export company to traffick drugs to...
The investigation began at the end of October last year when Guardia Civil became aware of British gangs sending large amounts of the drug back to the UK
Police in Spain catch drug ‘home delivery’ biker gang
The well organised gang used Honda and Yamaha motorcycles to make deliveries 24 hours a day
Police arrest five ‘drug traffickers’ after young man kidnapped and murdered on Spain’s Costa del Sol
Brian Martos Carmona's body was found an hour and a half later in Algeciras, a single shot had hit his arm before piercing both lungs and his heart
WATCH: Guardia Civil in Mallorca swoop on drug gang and seize TWO KILOS of Marijuana
Guardia Civil arrested 10 people and seized two kilos of marijuana, as well as a cache of stolen goods
Heavily pregnant woman in Spain arrested for hiding 43 wraps of hash inside her
The woman told police she was 7 months pregnant and was carrying the hash inside her body
Five Guardia Civil officers jailed in Spain for tobacco smuggling through Gibraltar
The arrest of these Guardia Civil agents marks the second from the Spanish institution in less than a month
WANTED BRIT: Liverpudlian gangster who ‘dealt AK-47s and cocaine’ spotted roaming southern Spain in luxury Audi
The UK based Cullen gang was heavily armed, with access to a fully working AK47 assault rifle, a pump action shotgun and handguns
NARCO WARS: Thousands arrested and hundreds of tonnes of drugs seized in Andalucia last year as battle between mafias...
The results came in what was one of the bloodiest years on the Costa del Sol in terms of mafia activity
Driver in Spain’s Ibiza tests positive for ALL DRUGS in NYE breathalyser revelation
DRUGGY: Spanish police make roadside stops before an Ibiza man tested positive for all drugs on NYEIBIZA...
XMAS BUST: Police in two sleepy Andalucia towns arrest 4 as 1000 cannabis plants and six cars seized this...
HUGE HAUL: The hashish and cannabis seized by police is part of a record year for the war on drugs
One tonne of cocaine found hidden in avocados on Spain’s Costa del Sol
The haul, with a street value of around €160 million, was found in a warehouse in Velez-Malaga earlier this month
Leading Irish Kinahan mafia member falls to death from Marbella hotel in ‘accident’
AN Irish mafia member has been found dead in Marbella after falling from a hotel balcony.Michael Cumberton, a prominent member of the Kinahan cartel,...
WANTED: Police issue urgent appeal to find absconded British drug dealer believed to be hiding on Costa del Sol
The Brit and his gang were arrested after finding €44,000 worth of cannabis
OUTRAGE as uncle and nephew cleared of rape after drugging woman in back alley sex attack in Spain
An uncle and nephew were only cleared of the more serious offence of sexual assault - Spain's equivalent to rape
Man slaughtered while he sipped beer and ate sushi on Spain’s Cost del Sol identified as Dutch narco and...
The dead Dutchman was in a conflict with the Netherlands most wanted criminal Ridouan Taghi, who has ordered around 20 deaths to protect his €100 million cocaine empire
WATCH: Police in Malaga dismantle ‘Breaking Bad’ style meth lab and prevent 1,000kg of MDMA and amphetamine flooding the...
The revealing police footage shows officers intercepting chemical products and the various paraphernalia used to synthesise drugs, including tanks, cooking units and even recipes with scientific diagrams
SEA WEED: Gibraltar police seize £1.35 million cannabis haul after high-speed boat chase with drug gang
The RGP and GDP recovered nine bales of cannabis resin, with a street value of £1.35 million, after the gang dumped it in the sea and fled from Gibraltar’s territorial waters
GOING GREEN: Podemos leader Pablo Iglesias sparks controversial cannabis debate in Spain
“It’s absurd that you can buy tequila or gin from a supermarket but marijuana is illegal”
Spain’s most wanted drug trafficker hands himself in after appearing in reggaeton music video
ONE of Spain's most wanted drug gang leaders has turned himself in today shortly after appearing in a reggaeton music video. Francisco Tejon, head of...
Costa del Sol bomb blasts part of escalating drug gang warfare police fear
The blasts come amid a spate of gang-related violence that has plagued Spain’s Costa del Sol in recent times
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