Category: Enforcement
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: […]
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 […]
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 […]
