Category: Enforcement
NOTRIOUS Liverpool cocaine dealer Dominic McInally was arrested at a Marbella strip club after six years on the run. Merseyside Police launched an investigation into McInally in 2014 after officers discovered six kilograms of cocaine hidden in a secret compartment of a car parked in Crosby, a suburb of Liverpool. McInally remained on the run […]
FIVE people linked to the so-called ‘Mocro mafia’ have been arrested in Malaga province after the Police Nacional seized 1.5 tonnes of cocaine hidden in bags of cement. Authorities in cooperation with Brazilian police found the shipment had entered Spain via the port of Algeciras. The ‘cement’ cargo was then transferred by road to a […]
IT has been revealed that Spanish police have only one vessel to patrol along the stretch of narco-infested Andalucian coastline. This news comes from a Jucil (Justicia para la Guardia Civil) spokesperson, Rafael Maldonado, who has warned that the situation is worrying. “The conditions are far from adequate, they lack sufficient staff and materials,” he […]
DRUG trafficking, gang shootouts and gun possession galore. Spain – unfortunately – is home to a string of neighbourhoods where crime is part of daily life. Certain districts from Barcelona to Sevilla are regularly flagged by police, and rank among the country’s most insecure. Although Spain remains one of Europe’s safer countries, pockets of serious […]
THE Policia Nacional have discovered a bunker holding a tonne of drugs and firearms after being shot at by suspects in woods near Marbella. The agents found the first ‘drug hideout’ in Marbella and made four arrests in this recent operation, according to information obtained by Marbella Directo. Describing the hideout as being ‘like a […]
A MAJOR police operation on the Costa del Sol and in Granada has uncovered what officers describe as a sophisticated logistics empire of warehouses and transport firms used to funnel drugs from southern Spain to eastern Europe. The investigation, led by the Policía Nacional with support from Europol, dismantled a network accused of stockpiling narcotics […]
A BRITISH fugitive wanted for drug trafficking in the UK has been arrested at Alicante-Elche airport. The 43-year-old man was collared by the Policia National inside the terminal as he waited to pick up a relative. An International Arrest Warrant had been issued by British authorities who learned that the man was hiding out in […]
A 47-YEAR-OLD Polish man died at his Palma home on Thursday after he was immobilised by a taser fired by a Policia Nacional officer. The man tried to attack the officers who resorted to using the weapon to bring him under control. He was under the influence of drugs and was trashing his Coll d’en […]
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: […]
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: […]
