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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 narcotics seizures as they bust drug gangs. But

25 Apr, 2023 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Man arrested after throwing bicycle at shop owner in Palma de Mallorca

A 35-year-old Moroccan was arrested after allegedly throwing his bike at the owner of an internet cafe in Palma’s Pere Garau neighbourhood around 8pm on Sunday. It is believed the accused became

20 Apr, 2023 @ 15:58

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Thief Punctured Car Tyres In Shopping Area Car Park On Spain's Costa Blanca To Steal Purchases While Drivers Did A Tyre Change

One of Spain’s ‘kings of hashish’ who had escaped from jail caught on the Costa del Sol after dramatic car chase

A NOTORIOUS drug baron on the run from jail has been captured after a high speed car chase in which officers had to shoot out his tyres. Local police initially did not

19 Apr, 2023 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

‘It’s a stitch up’: Anti-drugs officer facing bribery allegations is being set up by vengeful narco traffickers, colleagues claim

COLLEAGUES of a decorated Guardia Civil counter narcotics officer facing charges of bribery have claimed he is being set up by vengeful drug trafficking gangs. Lieutenant colonel David Oliva is accused of

17 Apr, 2023 @ 19:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Members of ‘Suecos’ gang admit to two brutal killings in the Costa del Sol

A GANG known as ‘Los Suecos’ (The Swedes) admitted in court on Friday their involvement in the killings of two people in the Costa del Sol in 2018. One of the incidents

16 Apr, 2023 @ 15:14

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Marbella

Police in Spain's Valencia search for beggar who killed bar owner who refused to give him money

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 joint operation with the US Drug Enforcement Administration

13 Apr, 2023 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

A top chief in the Malaga Guardia Civil under investigation for partying with drug traffickers near Gibraltar

ONE of the top commanders of the Guardia Civil in Malaga is under investigation for allegedly partying with drug traffickers and then trying to cover it up. Internal Affairs are looking into

12 Apr, 2023 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Scientists find evidence of prehistoric drug use on Spain’s Menorca

RESEARCHERS have found that civilizations on Menorca were using hallucinogenic drugs as far back as 3,000 years ago. The findings are based on analysis of hair from a burial site on the

11 Apr, 2023 @ 10:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Menorca

Major hashish gang arrested in Andalucía

A total of 16 members of a criminal group located in the province of Jaén have been arrested as part of a Guardia Civil and Policía Nacional joint intervention. 750 kg of

29 Mar, 2023 @ 20:00

Andalucia·Drugs·Lead

Spain has some of the highest traces of recreational drugs in its wastewater

Spain is one of the European countries with the most traces of cannabis, cocaine, ketamine and MDMA in its wastewater, according to a study carried out in 104 European cities. The report

22 Mar, 2023 @ 17:45

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Brits arrested in Malaga drug bust

The National Police and Civil Guard have arrested four Brits on the coast of Malaga for their alleged involvement in organised crime that shipped drugs to central European countries, mostly the Netherlands.

22 Mar, 2023 @ 13:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Nearly 300 tonnes of drugs seized in 2022: Latest stats paint picture of drug trafficking running wild on Spain’s southern coast

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 operations in all of Andalucia in 2022, according

16 Mar, 2023 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

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 ‘narco-submarine’. The discovery was made on Monday in

13 Mar, 2023 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Former deputy in ‘Mediator’ corruption case ‘went to brothel’ on day his Socialist Party denounced prostitution in Congress

THE FORMER Socialist Party deputy at the centre of a corruption scandal, Juan Bernardo Fuentes Curbelo, went to a brothel on the day that his party issued a condemnation of prostitution in

1 Mar, 2023 @ 21:00

Canary Islands·Lead·National News·Politics

Palma gang forged vital medical documents for anti-anxiety pills

A gang in Palma has been sentenced to a combined seven years and 10 months in prison for falsifying vital medical documents used to prescribe anti-anxiety pills. The four men were accused

11 Feb, 2023 @ 14:15

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·National News

Spanish pharmacies report long delays in hundreds of medications amid Europe drug shortage

Spanish pharmacies have reported long delays in hundreds of different kinds of medication as Europe grapples with a drug shortage. Spanish pharmacies had a hard time supplying 403 different types of drugs

4 Feb, 2023 @ 17:15

Health·Lead·National News

Police expose Almeria port base that smuggled migrants into Spain, drugs across to Africa

Police have arrested 19 people for smuggling immigrants and drugs across from north Africa into Spain on taxi boats. They charged up to 5000 euros for transferring the immigrants to points along

3 Feb, 2023 @ 13:30

Almeria·Crime & Law·Lead·National News

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New meaning to coca powder: Over a tonne of cocaine seized at Barcelona Port disguised as chocolate powder

Over a tonne of cocaine was discovered in the Port of Barcelona disguised in a shipment of cocoa powder. The bust was made after the Guardia Civil received a tip-off about a

31 Jan, 2023 @ 13:29

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

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Worrying photo sums up Costa del Sol’s huge drug problem

The Costa del Sol is notorious for its drug activity, but perhaps no other photo sums it up better than this one. Dozens of petrol cans used to refuel narcotic boats transporting

31 Jan, 2023 @ 11:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Criminal gang based in Cordoba hid tons of drugs inside fake tomatoes

Police have arrested a gang which hid drugs inside fake tomatoes and used trucks to transport them between Spain and France. In the joint Operation Califa Trucks between Guardia Civil and Policia

20 Jan, 2023 @ 15:15

Cordoba·Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Premium

Gang drugged girls and sexually assaulted them in Spain’s Valencia

TWO men have been arrested for drugging and sexually assaulting girls at a Gandia house in Valencia Province. The mother of one of the victims pretended to be a child to meet

16 Jan, 2023 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Gang that posed as police to rob drug smugglers busted in Spain’s Estepona and Marbella

A GANG that pretended to be police to rob drug smugglers at gunpoint has been busted on the Costa del Sol in Spain. Heavily armed National Police and Guardia Civil raided two

2 Jan, 2023 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

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Pair of alleged low-level Ronda crack houses selling cocaine and heroin to neighbours raided by police in Spain’s Malaga area

A pair of crack houses have been raided by police in Ronda where cocaine and heroin was sold to the neighbours. Police arrested two men and one woman for alleged drug trafficking

29 Dec, 2022 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Man convicted in Spain for horrific ‘Alcassar murders’ arrested in Barcelona drug den

MIGUEL RICART, who was convicted for the rape and murder of three teenagers from the Valencian municipality of Alcàsser, was arrested in a Barcelona drug den on Tuesday. Ricart was given 170

21 Dec, 2022 @ 17:48

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·National News·Valencia

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 agents stopped a vehicle in La Carolina

21 Dec, 2022 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Jaen·Lead·Malaga·National News·Premium

WHITE CHRISTMAS: is Spain lining itself up for a cocaine problem?

WHILE most revellers will consume nothing stronger than ‘una copa’ this festive season, others will have a White Christmas where the snow isn’t lying on the ground – it’s up their noses.

18 Dec, 2022 @ 16:30

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