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SNIFFED OUT: Drug gang of eight people who hid weed and hash in cases of garlic arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol and in Cordoba

POLICE have sniffed out a drugs smuggling gang who hid cannabis in shipments of garlic. Officers arrested eight people, based in Cordoba and Benalmadena and

18 May, 2020 @ 15:42

Cordoba·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Drug ring that used courier company to transport narcotics to France from Spain’s Costa del Sol is dismantled

THE Policia Nacional have successfully dismantled a drug ring on the Costa del Sol that used a courier service to transport its drugs to France.

15 May, 2020 @ 13:44

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Two women arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol for stashing drugs in their face masks and bras

TWO women have been arrested in Estepona for hiding drugs in their face masks and bras.

15 May, 2020 @ 12:57

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

DRUGS TO GO: Interpol issue warning after dealers in Spain take guise of food delivery drivers

A SERIES of busts by Spanish police has led to Interpol issuing a world-wide alert warning of drugs dealers operating under the guise of takeaway

1 May, 2020 @ 12:30

Lead·National News

Drugs smugglers on Spain’s Costa del Sol set up tomato canning plant to get round coronavirus lockdown rules

A GANG of drugs smugglers left stumped by the coronavirus transport ban decided to start a tomato canning business so they could continue their illicit

18 Apr, 2020 @ 13:57

Lead

WATCH: Police in Spain use drone to spot drugs-smuggling launch

TWO men have been arrested after a police drone spotted a suspected ‘narcolancha’ on Spain’s river Guadalquivir. The crew of the semi-rigid inflateable speed boat

17 Apr, 2020 @ 12:38

Lead

Unlucky pair arrested for flouting lock-down rules, then see sizeable stash of hash and cash seized, too

TWO MEN from Molina de Segura, near Costa Calida’s Murcia, lost out in a number of ways when they were pulled over by Guardia Civil,

15 Apr, 2020 @ 07:29

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca

Costa Blanca cocaine dealer caught telling lock-down lies

GUARDIA CIVIL stopped a drug deal in its tracks this week when three occupants of a car failed to explain themselves. The vehicle had been

11 Apr, 2020 @ 16:45

Coronavirus·Costa Blanca

Police arrest a man in Spain’s Basque Country for breaking the lockdown rules in order to go buy drugs

THE police have detained a man in the Basque Country for breaking the lockdown rules in order to go buy drugs.

8 Apr, 2020 @ 15:28

Crime & Law·Lead

Uniformes De Invierno En La Policia Local

Police in Spain’s Navarra made a denuncia against an 80-year-old woman for breaking lockdown, possession of drugs and flashing the officers

AN 80-year-old woman in Navarra has been denounced by the police for breaking lockdown, possession of drugs and flashing the officers.

26 Mar, 2020 @ 14:10

Crime & Law·Lead

FINNISHED: Expat confesses to operating drug trafficking ring from Spain’s Marbella in shock u-turn for Finland’s biggest ever narcotics case

A MARBELLA-based Finnish expat has confessed to a string of drug-related charges in his home country. Niko Ranta-aho took the surprising step to plead guilty

25 Mar, 2020 @ 18:27

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

AMAZING VIDEO: Massive Mexican drugs haul found in Spain’s Alicante, buried in 25 ton marble blocks

A RECORD-BREAKING haul of hidden narcotics was recovered by Spanish authorities this week, buried within massive blocks of marble. Following a complicated and international investigation,

4 Mar, 2020 @ 10:30

Costa Blanca·Lead

Gibraltar signs information sharing deal to fight tobacco smuggling

SMUGGLERS will find it harder than ever to bring tobacco into Spain after the authorities teamed up with wholesalers. The Government of Gibraltar and HM’s

14 Feb, 2020 @ 16:52

Gibraltar

Woman arrested trying to fly from Malaga airport with 13 kilos of marijuana

The agents found the marijuana inside 24 vacuum-packed plastic wrappers with a total weight of 13.5 kilograms

12 Feb, 2020 @ 14:56

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Swedish expat returns to Spain’s Costa Blanca to find house turned into DRUGS DEN guarded by armed trafficker

A SWEDISH expat had the shock of his life when he returned home to find it occupied by an armed drug trafficker. The unnamed Swede,

7 Feb, 2020 @ 08:33

Costa Blanca·Lead

British sailor discovers £250,000 worth of Marijuana in the sea off Spain’s south coast

Sailing through the Strait of Gibraltar there are ‘always refugee boats, things like that'

4 Feb, 2020 @ 14:21

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Man found with 71 bags of drugs in stomach after killing young man in car crash on Spain’s Costa del Sol

The drugs were discovered by an X-ray machine at the Axarquia hospital, where the 36-year-old was being treated for severe chest trauma

27 Jan, 2020 @ 11:22

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Police catch drug smugglers at gun-point in dramatic Costa Calida raid

GUARDIA Civil have dismantled at gun-point a drug smuggling gang in the Mar Menor region of Murcia. Investigations began in September, when the number of

30 Dec, 2019 @ 13:37

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Cannabis cops mixed up in Mar Menor marijuana mountain

A PAIR of Spanish policemen are among 26 accused of bringing over two tonnes of drugs onto the Costa Blanca. All are up before Murcia’s

18 Dec, 2019 @ 22:04

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

WATCH: How Spain is central to EU’s €30 BILLION cocaine and narcotics market as new report warns of increasing violence from ruthless European gangs

Despite record seizures this year, trafficking inside containers destined for European ports is still the most common transport method

28 Nov, 2019 @ 13:05

Costa Blanca·Lead·Mallorca·National News

British fugitive, wanted by UK authorities for TORTURE and drug trafficking, arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol

The defendant, along with another individual, is believed to have kidnapped and tortured a person, before stealing 27 kilos of cocaine.

1 Nov, 2019 @ 13:23

Crime & Law·Lead

A Mother Prisoned After Selling Sexs Vids

Mother-of-four sent to prison for six years after selling FOUL sex videos of two of her daughters, aged 8 and 14, in Spain’s Andalucia

According to reports, the woman committed sexual abuse at least on her two daughters, aged 14 and 8.

30 Oct, 2019 @ 10:56

Lead

Young man arrested for carrying 870 ecstasy pills – and 550 tablets of new drug that’s FOUR times stronger than E in Spain’s Andalucia

According to a police statement, the man intended to distribute the tablets to attendees at the Fuengirola fair.

11 Oct, 2019 @ 13:31

Lead

Minor caught red-handed selling drugs at school in Spain’s Andalucia

Police chased the suspect, who attempted to hide the drugs in a bush inside the playground.

27 Sep, 2019 @ 11:17

Gibraltar·Lead

In Huge Drug Bust Kg Of Cocaine Seized By Authorities On Spains Costa Del Sol

In HUGE drug bust, 700kg of cocaine seized by authorities on Spain’s Costa del Sol

As well as the alleged crooks being obtained, police have impounded four vehicles, and around €40,000 in cash.

25 Sep, 2019 @ 14:46

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Gang of child-abducting Costa Almeria drug traffickers get arrested by Spanish police and Europol in joint swoop

A MULTINATIONAL group of drug-smugglers that used children to transport their contraband has been dismantled after the Spanish Policía Nacional, the French Police Nationale and

19 Sep, 2019 @ 19:42

Almeria·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

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