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Andalucia

Huge €2.1m haul of cigarettes from India seized in Bay of Gibraltar port investigation

John Culatto - 19 Aug, 2022 @ 17:41

CUSTOMS officers from the Algeciras port have discovered the biggest haul of cigarettes arriving by container in Spain this year. Authorities found over 10.3 million...

Gibraltar

Gibraltar police act fast to arrest fine-payers on drug money suspicion

John Culatto - 22 Feb, 2020 @ 01:05

Six Spanish national were accused of paying the £10,000 fine with black money as it was all handed over in cash at Windmill Hill Prison.

Gibraltar

Dramatic sea chase leads to arrests in Gibraltar waters

John Culatto - 18 Feb, 2020 @ 20:14

FOUR Spanish nationals have been arrested after a high speed chase off Sandy Bay along with a boat believed to be used for drug smuggling.

Gibraltar

Gibraltar admits it needs to do more to fight dirty money after EU report

John Culatto - 12 Feb, 2020 @ 16:15

Gibraltar needs to improve money laundering and terrorist funding measures according to a European Council report published its findings this week.

Gibraltar

Money laundering suspect arrested in Gibraltar during cross-frontier police operation

John Culatto - 6 Feb, 2020 @ 17:33

A local man has been arrested on money laundering charges related to drug smuggling by the Royal Gibraltar Police with the help of the Guardia Civil.

Gibraltar

Customs officers attacked as they halt illegal tobacco smuggling in Gibraltar waters this morning

John Culatto - 22 Jan, 2020 @ 18:30

CUSTOMS officers resisted attacks by suspected smugglers to seize 1,500 cartons of tobacco this morning after a battle at sea.

Andalucia

Six arrests in Spain as Guardia Civil seize 15,000 packs of cigarettes from Gibraltar that were sold in sweet...

Charlie Smith - 11 Mar, 2019 @ 11:49

It is thought that the smuggling gang made orders of between 3,500 and 5,000 packs of cigarettes a week

Andalucia

Five Guardia Civil officers jailed in Spain for tobacco smuggling through Gibraltar

Charlie Smith - 19 Feb, 2019 @ 13:44

The arrest of these Guardia Civil agents marks the second from the Spanish institution in less than a month

Andalucia

UP IN SMOKE: Tobacco giant claims illegal cigarette sales from Gibraltar have doubled in Spain

Joe Wallen - 12 Oct, 2017 @ 16:04

A LEADING tobacco company claims the number of illegal cigarettes being sold in Spain, via Gibraltar, has doubled in a year. Altadis insists 30.3% of...

Crime & Law

Smoking them out in Gibraltar

James Bryce - 16 Jan, 2012 @ 10:00

After a big rise in tobacco smuggling and the La Linea mayoress describing the border as an ‘epicentre for scoundrels’, the Olive Press sent James Bryce to investigate

Andalucia

Smuggling on the rise between Gibraltar and Spain

James Bryce - 16 Jan, 2012 @ 10:00

EXCLUSIVE: Cigarette smuggling on the Rock triples in just three years

Andalucia

Motorbike checks at the Gibraltar border investigated

Eloise Horsfield - 19 Nov, 2011 @ 13:12

MEP Sir Graham Watson says recent checks could breach EU freedom of movement rules

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NATALIA Freire had a ‘huge craving’ for a plate of clams when she went out to eat with her boyfriend. That hankering proved to...

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