Category: Enforcement

Dec 11

Ex-PP councillor among arrests in Malaga brothel scandal: Official ‘offered tax advice to help launder millions’ while dozens of women were forced to ‘work’ 24 hours a day

A TOWN councillor was arrested in Malaga amid investigations into a prostitution ring that laundered millions with the help of local white-collar professionals, authorities have said. Right-wing Partido Popular’s Miguel Vazquez, who was serving as councillor for industry, development and European funds in the town of Coin, west of Malaga, resigned from his post after […]

Apr 18

3 min read

‘I’ll blow your head off’: Heavily-armed British mobsters’ reign of terror against Costa Blanca cannabis clubs

TWO members of a British gang that terrorised cannabis clubs on the Costa Blanca have been arrested by the Guardia Civil. One of them is career criminal 32-year-old Sonny Redmond from Bootle, Merseyside who appeared on a ‘most wanted list’ issued by Merseyside police in 2021. He failed six years ago to attend court to […]

May 12

1 min read

Cannabis club closed over illegal drug sales on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE GUARDIA CIVIL has closed down a private cannabis club in Almoradi because it sold drugs. Registered cannabis clubs are permitted to allow the smoking of marijuana on premises, but sales of narcotics are strictly prohibited. Two Spaniards, aged 23 and 26, who ran the Almoradi club have been arrested at their homes in Daya […]

Jul 02

2 min read

British expat who runs a Costa Blanca cannabis club is arrested for drug dealing in Spain

A British president of a Denia-based cannabis club has been arrested for drug trafficking. It’s the latest move by the Policia Nacional against local cannabis groups after the president of another club and three associates were arrested in March for selling drugs out of Denia houses. Cannabis clubs in Spain operate under the legal loophole […]

Mar 08

1 min read

Denia residents get police to shutdown cannabis sales from city centre homes on Spain’s Costa Blanca

FOUR people behind a Denia cannabis club have been arrested for selling drugs out of city centre homes in the northern Costa Blanca port. The 28-year-old president, plus the secretary, treasurer and a club member were detained by the Policia Nacional. Neighbourhood groups reported a constant stream of visitors to an apartment block and passed […]

Oct 07

1 min read

Four arrested and over €2,000 seized during cannabis club crackdown in Spain’s Marbella

POLICE in Marbella have arrested four men for drug offences in a crackdown on a cannabis club in the city. The four men, of Russian, Lebanese and Dutch nationality, were arrested for drug trafficking and offences against public health. SEIZED: Cannabis dispensers at the club 440 grams of marijuana, 63 joints, a dozen containers of […]

Mar 08

2 min read

Briton and Irishman arrested on Costa del Sol after undergound cannabis club uncovered in Marbella

A BRITON and an Irishman have been arrested in Marbella after Spanish cops raided an underground cannabis club. The pair were held alongside a 20-year-old American man after officers discovered 339 joints ready for sale at the underground club. They were found hidden inside plastic bags and were labelled as either small, medium or large […]