A SWEDISH gangster has been arrested by the Policia Nacional at a hostel in the Cuatro Caminos area of Madrid. The 22-year-old fugitive was wanted by Swedish authorities for homicide, causing serious injuries, drug trafficking and membership of a criminal organisation. He was regarded as a ‘very dangerous criminal’, despite his young age. READ MORE: […]
As Europe’s medical cannabis markets continue to mature, an increasingly familiar pattern is beginning to emerge. First, access opens and demand surges. Then operators and products flood into the market, leading to the compression of both the price for patients and the margins for businesses. This, inevitably, is followed by consolidation as those without the […]
A MAJOR cocaine trafficking network in Spain hid vast quantities of drugs inside specially adapted vehicles with secret compartments capable of carrying up to 160 kilos at a time. In a large-scale operation spanning several provinces, Policia Nacional arrested 26 people accused of belonging to a criminal organisation, drug trafficking and money laundering. READ MORE: […]
MIJAS police have arrested a man carrying three loaded firearms and drugs during a routine stop, as officers revealed the results of an intensive month-long security operation across the Costa del Sol town. The arrest is part of a wider crackdown that saw five arrests, dozens of drug offences and nearly 50 police checks carried […]
A BRITISH man has been arrested and jailed for the fatal Costa Blanca shooting of a fellow countryman on December 21 last year. The 29-year-old victim’s body was found at a property on the Lomas de Cabo Roig urbanisation in the Campoamor area of the Orihuela Costa. Authorities had been called by people worried that […]
FORMER head of Spain’s UDEF anti-money laundering unit helped a criminal network smuggle at least 58,000 kilos of cocaine into Spain, making more than €30 million in the process, police say. A new Internal Affairs report claims Oscar Sanchez Gil abused his senior role in the Policia Nacional to guarantee safe passage for drug shipments […]
AN innocuous mobile phone shop in Spain’s former narco capital has been found to have been selling gear for drug traffickers across the counter, reveals EL MUNDO. The shop, in La Linea, disguised itself as a location where mobiles were repaired and sold when, in reality, it was distributing top technology and outdoor clothing to […]
Since the emergence of the legal cannabis industry across the Western world, operators have persistently been forced to deal with an issue faced by few counterparts in established sectors: they can’t get insured. In the UK, we’ve reported on firms seeing their bank accounts closed overnight with no explanation, facing rejections for even basic employer […]
A 28-YEAR-OLD British man has vanished in the southern Costa Blanca after a series of gang-related incidents involving expats. The missing fugitive with a UK extradition warrant issued against him has not been named but comes from Merseyside and is an associate of Bootle gangster, Sonny Redmond. Redmond was in his car at an Orihuela […]
THIS is the moment an Andalucian mayor pleaded for government help as brazen ‘nacro-boats’ were caught on camera idling off Spanish shores in broad daylight – just metres from where he stood. Shocking video depicts two speedboats floating undisturbed off the coast of Pulpi, in northern Almeria province, as the town’s mayor Juan Pedro Garcia […]