The Spanish police and the Spanish Navy boarded a fishing boat 1,480km off the Canary Island with just under two tonnes of cocaine aboard.
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Burundanga Overdose
by Hugh MacArthur •
The police in Las Palmas de Canarias have arrested two prostitutes for slipping scopolamine to a Belgian businessman, which resulted in his death.
Two British Doctors Die in Tenerife
by David Darby •
Two British women have drowned after being “dragged into the sea by a wave” at Playa Paraiso in the south-west of Tenerife.
Military Helicopter Lost
by Martin Myall •
Five service personnel were aboard a Spanish Air Force helicopter that crashed into the sea just off the Canary Islands.
Hotel Explosion
by Vivienne Hughes •
Five people were injured, three of whom were British tourists, at a hotel in Adeje, Tenerife (Canary Islands).
Space Tourism Comes to Canary Islands
by David Darby •
The idea is to launch from a base close to Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, which serves two purposes: Huge amounts of tourists eager to be parted from their cash and a launch site far enough into the Atlantic so as not to worry any populated areas.
Russian Consulate Embargoed
by Martin Myall •
We’ve become so used to hearing of families being evicted from their homes that we’ve become numbed to it. Yet when the foreign consulate staff are evicted from a consulate building, you know that things are going too far.
Wife Beating Senator?
by Martin Myall •
The Supreme Court is investigating a conservative Senator for the Canary Islands for allegedly beating his wife.