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WATCH: New wave of illegal immigration on repurposed narco-speedboats overwhelming authorities in Almeria

NARCO speedboats are being repurposed to bring hundreds of illegal immigrants to Spanish shores, with Almeria becoming ground zero. On Tuesday alone, 186 migrants were registered and checked over by a Red

31 Aug, 2023 @ 15:00

Almeria·Andalucia·Lead

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

Monster haul of drugs, luxury items in Spain linked to Moroccan drug lord

A Costa del Sol lawyer specialising in cases of drug trafficking has been arrested over allegedly working for ‘one of the most wanted drug traffickers in the world’ known by Spanish police

15 Nov, 2022 @ 12:07

Almeria·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News·Premium

Police bust narco-bank gang who laundered money through solar park in Campo de Gibralatar

A GANG operating between the Campo de Gibraltar and Sevilla has been busted over an elaborate scheme to launder illicit drug money through investment projects including a solar park. Spain’s Guardia Civil

27 Jul, 2021 @ 12:30

Gibraltar·Lead

WATCH: Police in Spain arrest five over plot to ship 101 kilos of cocaine through Marbella shopping centre

Police also seized €11,000, 10 mobile phones and six cars

1 Nov, 2019 @ 13:12

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Police in high-speed sea chase with ‘drug traffickers’ before suspects ditch boat and run across beach on Spain’s Costa del Sol

The area is popular with children, families and holidaymakers

26 Aug, 2019 @ 11:31

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Guardia Civil cop among 57 arrested in HUGE Costa del Sol drug bust involving 200 officers

Also seized were a number of weapons, including a submachine gun, as well as cash, and previously stolen boats and cars

16 May, 2019 @ 12:25

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·Malaga

‘SERIOUS CONCERN’: Huge rise in murders and assassinations on Costa del Sol, public prosecutor says

Explosives used by ‘narco terrorists’ in ‘score-settling’ between rival gangs was also highlighted by the Ministry, as a concerning trend

15 May, 2019 @ 11:37

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

British men among seven arrested in Marbella for smuggling three tonnes of hash to Costa del Sol marinas

Drugs were discovered in the hulls of pleasure yachts, which the gang would sail from Gibraltar and Morocco to Costa del Sol marinas

26 Mar, 2019 @ 14:26

Crime & Law·Lead

29 arrested in Spain as 500 police continue HUGE drug bust in Cadiz and Costa del Sol with roadblocks, boats and helicopters

“All those who work or collaborate with drug traffickers will end up in jail"

12 Feb, 2019 @ 18:00

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Malaga·Sevilla

Dog walker finds dead ‘narco’ washed up on Costa del Sol beach after high speed police chase

Neither chase resulted in a collision or anyone falling from the boat, according to police

30 Jan, 2019 @ 12:11

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

EXCLUSIVE: Seriously ill Brit spent Christmas and New Year locked up with terrorists in southern Spain and has STILL not been charged with crime

Robert Mansfield-Hewitt has been locked up for seven months and still insists his innocence

5 Jan, 2019 @ 10:01

Crime & Law·Lead

16 arrested in southern Spain for building ILLEGAL luxury drug compound with high walls and swimming pools

POLICE have arrested 16 people who illegally built 14 luxury villas with swimming pools in La Linea. Investigators believe the 11,000 square metre estate in the El Zabal area was used to

4 Jan, 2019 @ 11:48

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

REVEALED: What’s really behind the surge in ‘narco terrorism’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol as record €100 million cash and 40 tonnes of drugs seized

Udyco has cost the illegal drug trafficking economy €100 million in 2018

12 Dec, 2018 @ 15:36

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Man slaughtered while he sipped beer and ate sushi on Spain’s Cost del Sol identified as Dutch narco and expert bombmaker

The dead Dutchman was in a conflict with the Netherlands most wanted criminal Ridouan Taghi, who has ordered around 20 deaths to protect his €100 million cocaine empire

30 Oct, 2018 @ 13:47

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

EXCLUSIVE: Seriously ill British man locked up with terrorists in Spain’s Andalucia after 1.5 TONNES of hashish found at holiday rental

He insists he has absolutely ‘no connection’ to the drugs that were being stored at the rental in Cadiz

20 Aug, 2018 @ 12:30

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Over 2,000 kilos of hashish recovered from the sea after high-speed narco chase in Andalucia

Four men have been arrested after they threw 73 bales of hashish into the sea near Huelva

15 May, 2018 @ 12:24

Crime & Law·Lead

Young boy dies after being hit and dragged into sea by ‘narco boat’ in Andalucia

Witnesses said the tragic incident occurred after an argument broke out between the son's father and two men in the speed boat, after they had been driving dangerously nearby

15 May, 2018 @ 11:49

Crime & Law·Lead