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‘Most wanted’ leader of notorious Latin American drug cartel who ‘faked own death’ is arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol

THE leader of Ecuador’s most notorious drug trafficking organisation has been arrested on the Costa del Sol following a joint operation with Spanish police Wilmer

17 Nov, 2025 @ 08:00

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Spain and Ecuador both seek extradition of Albanian drug lord who owned luxury villas in the Costa del Sol

ECUADOR and Spain are set to engage in a legal contest over the extradition of Dritan Gjika, the alleged leader of an Albanian drug trafficking

28 May, 2025 @ 16:30

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

Who are the Latin Kings? The international narco gang that has terrorised Barcelona for years – as major crackdown THIS WEEK sees 30-plus members arrested and 13 properties raided

THE Guardia Civil have arrested 32 members of a notorious Barcelona street gang as part of ‘Operation Kamaleones’ as authorities look to crack down on

18 Apr, 2024 @ 13:37

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

PICTURED: Albanian ‘kingpin’, 48, who ‘tried to smuggle cocaine into Spain’s Costa del Sol by hiding three tonnes of the drug in BANANA shipments from Ecuador’ – as police make 30 arrests

YET another international drug trafficking cartel operating between the Costa del Sol and Ecuador has been smashed in a ‘mega operation’ that intercepted 3.2 tonnes

7 Feb, 2024 @ 13:30

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Other News

Vast quantities of cocaine intercepted in banana shipments to Spain’s Andalucia

THE GUARDIA CIVIL has dismantled a criminal gang who imported large quantities of cocaine hidden in banana containers that docked in Algeciras. 13 people have

30 Jun, 2023 @ 11:10

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Lone female on Spain’s ‘Most Wanted’ list detained in Ecuador for running Costa Blanca prostitution ring

POLICE have caught one of Spain’s top ten ‘Most Wanted’ fugitives hiding out in a town on the Columbia-Ecuador border. Viviana Andrea Vallejo Gutierrez, 36,

1 Nov, 2022 @ 15:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Man arrested for murder on Costa Blanca after his wife found ‘suffocated’ and naked in bed with rose on her chest as he fled to airport

She had denounced her husband in 2009 for an assault, and subsequently received a restraining order that expired in October 2010

10 May, 2019 @ 16:11

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Police in Malaga seize 6,000kg cocaine hidden in bananas and recover guns and €300,000 in cash

Drug traffickers had hidden the cocaine, believed to have originated from Ecuador, underneath bananas in cardboard boxes

26 Oct, 2018 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Food & Drink·Lead·Malaga

Spanish authorities bust 8-tonne cocaine haul worth more than €220 million

The US Drug Enforcement Agency and Britain's National Crime Agency also took part in the joint operation

16 May, 2017 @ 10:53

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·National News

PICTURE SPECIAL: Scene of Fuengirola beheading

An Ecuadorian man has been arrested in connection with his sister's murder

4 Nov, 2014 @ 11:33

Lead·Malaga

Podemos shows support for Julian Assange

Spain's new left-wing political force Podemos offers legal support to whistle blower Julian Assange

22 Sep, 2014 @ 17:54

Lead·National News

Baltasar Garzon tries to stop US from charging Assange

Spanish ‘superjudge’ works to save Assange from extradition

Garzon does not believe William Hague's claims that the UK will protect the Wikileaks boss from human rights violations

6 Sep, 2012 @ 15:45

Crime & Law·National News

judge garzon asylum for wikileaks assange

Spanish ‘superjudge’ demands asylum for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange

Baltasar Garzon will travel to the International Court of Justice in The Hague if Britain denies Assange safe passage to Ecuador

18 Aug, 2012 @ 10:30

Lead·National News

Cocaine bananas seized in Spain

162 kilos of cocaine hidden inside plastic bananas has been seized by Spanish police in Algeciras

14 Jan, 2011 @ 11:24

Crime & Law

Sound asleep

An unemployed security guard has slept his way to victory in Spain’s first siesta championship

25 Oct, 2010 @ 12:21

National News

‘Most wanted’ leader of notorious Latin American drug cartel who ‘faked own death’ is arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Spain and Ecuador both seek extradition of Albanian drug lord who owned luxury villas in the Costa del Sol

Who are the Latin Kings? The international narco gang that has terrorised Barcelona for years – as major crackdown THIS WEEK sees 30-plus members arrested and 13 properties raided

PICTURED: Albanian ‘kingpin’, 48, who ‘tried to smuggle cocaine into Spain’s Costa del Sol by hiding three tonnes of the drug in BANANA shipments from Ecuador’ – as police make 30 arrests

Vast quantities of cocaine intercepted in banana shipments to Spain’s Andalucia

Lone female on Spain’s ‘Most Wanted’ list detained in Ecuador for running Costa Blanca prostitution ring

Man arrested for murder on Costa Blanca after his wife found ‘suffocated’ and naked in bed with rose on her chest as he fled to airport

WATCH: Police in Malaga seize 6,000kg cocaine hidden in bananas and recover guns and €300,000 in cash

Spanish authorities bust 8-tonne cocaine haul worth more than €220 million

PICTURE SPECIAL: Scene of Fuengirola beheading

Podemos shows support for Julian Assange

Spanish ‘superjudge’ works to save Assange from extradition

Spanish ‘superjudge’ demands asylum for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange

Cocaine bananas seized in Spain

Sound asleep

Cooking dinner at home once a week could help stave off dementia risk, new study reveals

Schools shut, weak economic growth and labour shortages: Here’s what Spain would look like without immigration

Feeling peckish? Here’s six typical Easter dishes to savour during Semana Santa in Spain

Tradition or Tragedy? Spain’s first bull-related death of 2026 raises fresh questions over the tradition’s safety

Spain’s Easter holiday airport strikes: Walkout suspended over weekend but disruption expected to kick in from first day of Semana Santa

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