Category: Enforcement
ARMED suspects heading to the Costa del Sol with loaded guns and balaclavas have been stopped just hours before a suspected revenge attack on a busy seafront. Spanish Policía Nacional have stopped a planned ‘settling of scores’ in Fuengirola after arresting three men and seizing several firearms. The suspects, aged between 27 and 32, were […]
FUGITIVE crime bosses linked to Spain are scrambling to cut deals with authorities as rising regional instability rattles the long-standing safe haven of the UAE. These include narco bosses and people accused of drug trafficking. Despite their wanted status, several high-profile fugitives based in Dubai are attempting to negotiate their return to Spain in exchange […]
DRUGS, cash and packaging equipment uncovered in a Riviera del Sol shop raid have exposed a suspected trafficking operation allegedly linked to a former Premier League player. The 47-year-old British man was intercepted by Policia local as he left the Las Terrazas shopping centre carrying a heat-sealed bag of cannabis. Authorities confirmed he is a […]
FOUR Spanish tourists were arrested in Poland and are now facing two months of pre-trial detention after getting caught vandalising a local metro. A group of Spanish travellers have been apprehended for disrupting public transport by plastering spray paint on the outside of train carriages. Damages from the vandalism are estimated at 90,000 zlotys – […]
A BENIDORM tattoo parlour has been raided by the Policia Nacional for selling cocaine. The business is located in the resort’s busy ‘English Zone’. A man and woman- both aged 43 and of undisclosed nationality- have been arrested following reports they were peddling cocaine. MORE BENIDORM NEWS: SEIZED COCAINE They are also accused of storing […]
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 […]
