Tag: drugs
Police stash
Thieves have stolen 600 kilos of confiscated cocaine from a police warehouse just 300m from the Guardia Civil barracks in Malaga.
Ibiza raids
Ten people have been arrested in Ibiza as part of an operation against British drug dealers that included the seizure of five kilos of...
Town Halls in Spain destroy plant used in killer homemade drug
Two people have died and another two have been hospitalized after eating the Stramonium plant
Slain Dan Smith murder trial begins in Malaga
Irishman Eric 'Lucky' Wilson is facing 18 years for gunning down expat Briton Dan Smith in cold blood
Gibraltar’s smuggling crackdown success
In a recent bust HM Customs and the Royal Gibraltar Police seized a car stashed full of cannabis resin worth £3.9million
Cocaine bananas seized in Spain
162 kilos of cocaine hidden inside plastic bananas has been seized by Spanish police in Algeciras
Brit arrested at Malaga airport with nine cocaine packages
The man was flying to Spain from Colombia
Spanish police make massive drugs haul off Almeria
A boat was carrying over 1.5 tons of cannabis
Anti drugs chief remanded in custody
Head policeman in prison after second round of questioning by judge
‘Pirate’ Pitman snared
EXCLUSIVE: One of the UK's Most Wanted drug dealers has been snared in a routine dragnet operation.
Briton turns luxury villa into huge weed lab
A British man had turned a luxury seaside villa into a massive drug den on the orders of a Dutch gang
Huge drug crackdown
Police have seized six luxury speed boats, 65 top of the range vehicles and 5.5 million euros as part of a huge international drugs crackdown
British drug gang – including a pensioner and four women – busted in Spain
The gang, who were aged from 22 to 78 and came from Liverpool, are accused of ecstacy and cannabis smuggling
Alberto Contador tests positive for drugs
This year's Tour de France winner has failed a drugs test
Another of Britain’s most wanted arrested in Spain
British fugitive David Anthony Stuart has become the 36th person to be arrested as part of Operación Captura
Britons arrested in Ibiza drugs raid
More than 20 people – most of them British – have been arrested following a large scale drugs raid
The Costa Nostra
LIFTING THE LID ON MAFIA SPAIN: After a spate of gangland-style shootings and the high profile arrests of three dozen Irish mobsters, the Olive Press takes a closer look at why the Costa del Sol is said to have become the world’s centre for organised crime
Plane crazy in Spain
Dozy duo arrested in Madrid airport after trying to smuggle cocaine dressed as pilots
Smugglers’ train back on the run
It was once used by bandits and drug smugglers. Now, after a six-month upgrade, the Algeciras to Ronda line is about to reopen, reawakening memories of its turbulent past, writes Tessa Norman
Mum’s the word
The Supreme Court reduces a drugs sentence based on the difficulty of being a mother
Brits busted in Spain
Spain is top destination for British drug arrests figures reveal
Spain seizes record cocaine haul
Two tonnes of cocaine seized in air shipment of carnations and roses
‘Narco-sub’ that got blown out of the water
As dozen Algeciras dockers are nicked in drugs swoop - and UK and Spain work together on 375 million euro haul - court hears how two Andalucian businessmen funded an underwater smuggling operation that quickly sunk
Boyzone star ‘died in prayer position’
Post mortem confirms Stephen Gately died of natural causes
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