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Guardia Civil join Europol operation to smash international drug-smuggling ring

News Desk26th June 20241st July 2024

26th June 20241st July 2024926

Spain’s Guardia Civil police have helped to smash an international network led by Turkish nationals suspected of smuggling ‘large amounts’ of marijuana and heroin from Spain

Arrests in Marbella and Canary Islands after Europol bust cocaine gang

News Desk13th June 202420th June 2024

13th June 202420th June 20241942

Europol, the Hague-based European police force, said on Thursday that a crime ring smuggling drugs into Europe had collapsed as the result of an investigation

Spanish police rescue then arrest ‘drug traffickers being held hostage at sea’

News Desk15th February 202420th February 2024

15th February 202420th February 20241125

Eight drug traffickers who were being held hostage by an armed member of their own gang were rescued at sea and then arrested by the

Spanish customs agents seize 8 tonnes of cocaine hidden in fake power generator

News Desk12th February 202419th February 2024

12th February 202419th February 20241708

Spanish customs agents have seized an eight tonne shipment of cocaine from the small Latin American country of Suriname. It was hidden in a container disguised as

Eight arrested after two Guardia Civil officers killed in drug boat chase

News Desk10th February 202419th February 2024

10th February 202419th February 20244083

Eight people have now been arrested after two Guardia Civil officers were killed on Friday during a drug traffickers’ boat chase. A video shared on

Spanish police seize 11 tonnes of cocaine hidden in shipping containers

News Desk14th December 202321st December 2023

14th December 202321st December 20231682

Spanish authorities have confiscated 11 tonnes of cocaine and arrested 20 people in two different operations against the smuggling of the illegal drugs inside shipping

Spanish customs officers seize record 8.3 tonnes of hashish in Ibiza

News Desk25th October 202331st October 2023

25th October 202331st October 20231553

Spanish customs officers said on Wednesday that they have seized over eight tonnes of hashish on the island of Ibiza – the biggest ever bust of

Spain finds record 9.5 tonnes of cocaine hidden in banana freight from Ecuador

News Desk25th August 20231st September 2023

25th August 20231st September 20231377

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

Guardia Civil in Galicia refloat homemade suspect ‘narco submarine’

News Desk16th March 202327th March 2023

16th March 202327th March 20231969

The Guardia Civil police in Galicia this week refloated a homemade semi-submersible vessel that they suspect may have been used to transport cocaine. The 16-metre

Trial starts in Madrid of alleged Hells Angels organised crime gang from Mallorca

News Desk23rd January 20231st February 2023

23rd January 20231st February 20232598

The trial of 49 alleged members of a criminal gang linked to the Hells Angels motorcycle club commenced on Monday in Madrid, almost a decade

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