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Notorious British drug trafficker Brian Charrington is arrested AGAIN in new police probe on Spain’s Costa Blanca

INFAMOUS British drugs baron Brian Charrington has been arrested again in a Policia Nacional operation that swept up 30 people. Charrington, 67, was detained at his luxury villa in Altea on Tuesday

22 Mar, 2024 @ 17:45

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Police Smash Drug Smuggling Gang Hiding Narcotics In Potato Lorries Travelling From Spain To Poland

Police smash drug traffickers hiding stashes in potato lorries travelling from Spain to Poland

POLICE in Spain and Poland have brought down an international drug trafficking gang that shipped in large amounts of drugs hidden in lorries transporting potatoes. On 23 April a series of simultaneous

1 Jun, 2023 @ 16:30

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News

150 Police Officers Bust Large Costa Blanca Drugs Gang That Sent Marijuana From Spain To The Uk

150 police officers bust Costa Blanca drugs gang exporting marijuana from Spain to the UK

SIMULTANEOUS Guardia Civil raids early on Tuesday morning involving 150 officers have brought down a Teulada-Moraira gang that exported marijuana to the United Kingdom 17 men and two women of various nationalities

23 Feb, 2023 @ 19:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Vat Scammers Selling Imported Cars Defraud Over €14 Million From Tax Authorities In Spain's Valencia

Scammers selling imported cars defraud €14 million from tax authorities in Spain’s Valencia

A Valencia-based tax scam involving cars imported from Germany defrauded over €14 million from Spain’s tax coffers. 23 people- Spanish and Romanian nationals- have been arrested across Valencia Province in Torrent, Betera,

29 Dec, 2022 @ 19:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

MUST READ: British gang arrested on Spain’s Ibiza in country’s biggest-ever ‘pink cocaine’ swoop with over €500,000 in cash seized

A British gang has been arrested on Ibiza after the Guardia Civil made Spain’s biggest-ever ‘pink cocaine’ swoop with 13.25 kilos seized plus over €500,000 in cash. 12 Brits have been detained

30 Aug, 2022 @ 15:52

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Must Read

Spain arrests 79 people over newborn baby scam to illegally gain nationality and residency status

Dozens of arrests across Spain over newborn baby nationality scam aimed at getting residency for Moroccan women

THE Policia Nacional have busted a scam using newborn babies of pregnant immigrants as a way to get Spanish residency. Moroccan women paid up to €3,000 to have their children registered to

22 Apr, 2022 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Fake Euro Bills Sold From Andalucia Area Of Spain Via Social Media With 41 Buyers Arrested

43 arrests as fake Euro notes were sold from Andalucia in Spain via social media

AN online business selling counterfeit Euro notes has been smashed by the Policia Nacional in association with Europol. The two operation ring-leaders have been arrested in Huelva. 1,620 people subscribed to their

12 Nov, 2021 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Huelva·Lead

Police seize almost 15,000 marijuana from Costa Blanca rental homes used as giant drugs farms in Spain

Police raid Costa Blanca rental homes converted into giant marijuana farms in Spain

A major marijuana-growing operation has been smashed by the Guardia Civil and Policia Nacional in Alicante Province. 25 people have been arrested and nearly 15,000 marijuana plants seized from four rural properties

15 Jun, 2021 @ 13:16

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead