During a routine customs check at Algeciras port, officials became suspicious about a container which had arrived from Ecuador. Inside they found a suitcase containing 32.5 kilos of cocaine. No arrests have yet been made.
Drugs network dismantled
National Police have detained nine people and seized 27 kilos of cocaine in the latest drugs bust.
Six detained for cocaine trafficking
Six people have been detained in Málaga and Marbella as alleged traffickers in cocaine. The first arrests took place in Málaga city, but more arrests then followed in Marbella as the police investigation progressed. Police confiscated nearly 4 and a half kilos of cocaine as well as a large quantity of equipment used in the preparation of the drugs. Five …
Parents detained after cocaine detected in baby
An eleven month old baby was admitted to the Hospital Materno Infantil in Málaga on Sunday in an agitated state, constantly crying and suffering from respiratory problems. Subsequent tests carried out on the child revealed cocaine in the urine. Following normal protocol in such cases, the Local Police were informed and the parents were summoned to the hospital.
Nine arrests in cocaine operation
Six Spaniards and three Colombians have been arrested on charges relating to the handling of cocaine. The group, who received their money and instructions from Colombia, were involved in recovering cocaine which had been dissolved in a sort of molasses for camouflage purposes. It was an unusual way of hiding cocaine and made the recovery of the drug very difficult, …
Three Colombians sentenced to prison for a crime against the public health
Three Colombians have each been sentenced to 9 years in prison and fined €1 million for a crime against public health, namely cocaine trafficking. The detentions took place in July 2006 when a car with two occupants was stopped at a checkpoint near Estepona. Inside the car police found one kilo of cocaine.
Police seize 103 kilos of cocaine
Police have arrested two people, a Czech and a Russian, who were trying to smuggle 103 kilos of cocaine into Spain. The value of the drugs would be €3.5 million wholesale, €6.5 million retail. The operation started last May with a tip-off from the Hungarian authorities that an organisation in Spain was about to bring in a shipment of around …
Cocaine haul
Guardia Civil officers have arrested a 41 year old Colombian man who had almost a kilo of cocaine in his vehicle.
Three arrested in Marbella cocaine bust
Three people have been arrested in Marbella in connection with the smuggling of cocaine from Colombia to Spain.
3,500 kilo cocaine haul
Agents of UDYCO, GRECO and the Inland Revenue have seized more than 3,500 kilos of cocaine and arrested eight people, one of whom is a notorious drugs trafficker with the nickname ‘El Mulo’.