Spain finds record 9.5 tonnes of cocaine hidden in banana freight from Ecuador
Spanish customs agents and the National Police said on Friday that they had confiscated the country’s biggest cocaine haul to date of 9.5 tonnes hidden
Algeciras
Suspected terrorist attack at churches in Algeciras leaves one dead, four injured
A man was arrested on Wednesday evening on suspicion of killing a church assistant and injuring a priest in a machete attack in the southern
Heavy fuel yet to be removed from Gibraltar cargo ship, as captain detained
Gibraltar authorities said on Friday that 80% of the diesel from a damaged and partly sunken bulk carrier ship has been removed, but that some
Spain offers port of Algeciras to Open Arms rescue ship
The Spanish government has offered the port of Algeciras to the Open Arms rescue ship, still carrying 107 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean Sea, as Italian
Rescue boat with over 300 migrants reaches Spain
A charity rescue boat carrying 311 mainly African migrants plucked off Libya docked in Spain on Friday, ending a traumatic journey which saw them spending Christmas
Rescued migrants head for Spain after Italy closes ports
Spain on Saturday authorised a ship carrying hundreds of migrants rescued off Libya to sail to its waters after Italy and Malta refused to receive
Migrants cross Strait of Gibraltar on lorry tyre
Two young migrants were on Saturday rescued off Spain after crossing the Strait of Gibraltar on a lorry tyre, the Spanish coastguard said. The pair
Focus: bad weather no deterrent to migrants crossing Strait of Gibraltar
A radio message comes in from a Spanish maritime rescue boat to the service’s command centre in the southern town of Tarifa: ’34 migrants rescued’.
