The Spanish police arrested members of two international drug rings in the North of Spain, confiscating three tonnes of coke and 1.2m euros, as well as vehicles and arms.
Tag Archive for cocaine
Dutchman Caught with Coke Cargo
by Hugh MacArthur •
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.
Baby Given Cocaine?
by Vivienne Hughes •
A couple are facing a 7-year sentence for allegedly giving their baby cocaine. The baby girl was only 18 months old at the time.
Soap and Cocaine Confusion
by Hugh MacArthur •
The Ministry of Justice will pay out 8,400 euros to a French tradesman who was wrongly imprisoned for two months in Spain.
Drugs in the Motril Cemetery
by Martin Myall •
The Policía Nacional arrested three people in Motril allegedly belonging to a drug-trafficking gang, operating on the Costa Tropical. Those arrested are two men and a woman, aged 46, 45 and 32 years of age.
Spain Heads Cocaine Users
by Martin Myall •
It’s not very often that we come out in number one slot, so even if it is for a negative reason, it’s worth celebrating. Spain has the highest percentage of cocaine and cannabis users in Europe.
The Unwanted Gift
by Martin Myall •
The Guardia Civil have arrested a man in Zubia (suburb of Granada) for allegedly hiding drugs in his ex-wife’s car and then making anonymous, phone tip-offs to the police. The reason? Reportedly, to gain custody of his son.
El Caso E.R.E.
by Martin Myall •
If there is one thing that is liable to lose the regional elections for the socialists (PSOE) it is the scandal of the ERE. Now this is staggeringly scandalous, even in a country where corruption appears to be an Olympic sport. Read on…
Cocaine Find
by David Darby •
The Guardia Civil have recovered a package from the sea, just off Punta de la Mona, containing 26 kilos of cocaine.
The find came as a result of a tip-off from someone who said there appeared to be a strange looking package, wedged between rocks, in the shallows just off the Punta.
Coke Bust
by Editor •
A 40-year-old gentleman from Almuñécar was discovered to have a 200-gram block of cocaine on him after he was stopped at a routine road check near Las Gabias.