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Spanish police, with Dutch and US authorities, smash ring of powerful Mexican drug cartel

News Desk18th November 202524th November 2025

18th November 202524th November 2025708

The Spanish National Police, in a joint operation with the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and law-enforcement authorities in the Netherlands, have dismantled the Spanish...

55 arrests as Spanish police smash seven ‘highly violent’ crime groups on the Costa del Sol

News Desk6th November 202512th November 2025

6th November 202512th November 20251054

Spain’s National Police said on Wednesday that they had dismantled seven criminal networks operating along the Costa del Sol, arresting 55 ‘highly violent’ suspects and...

Spanish police dismantle international gang smuggling ‘laughing gas’ and tobacco

News Desk3rd November 202510th November 2025

3rd November 202510th November 2025634

Spain’s National Police have dismantled an international criminal network accused of trafficking nitrous oxide — widely known as ‘laughing gas’ — along with smuggled tobacco....

Spanish police uncover 20 tonnes of cannabis in trucks carrying peppers from Morocco

News Desk30th October 20253rd November 2025

30th October 20253rd November 2025737

Spanish police said on Wednesday that they had seized 20 tonnes of cannabis hidden in refrigerated trucks carrying peppers from Morocco. Officers stopped a truck...

Nine arrests after Spanish police seize 6.5 tonnes of cocaine on boat off Canary Islands

News Desk27th October 20252nd November 2025

27th October 20252nd November 2025589

Spanish authorities said on Sunday that they had intercepted 6.5 tonnes of cocaine and detained nine individuals after a US intelligence lead prompted a raid...

‘Vanished’ Picasso painting found safely in Spain amid questions over possible transport blunder

News Desk24th October 202528th October 2025

24th October 202528th October 2025923

Spanish police said on Friday that a Pablo Picasso artwork which went missing while being transported to an exhibition has been recovered – prompting questions...

Police probe disappearance of Picasso painting en route from Madrid to Granada for an exhibition

News Desk16th October 202521st October 2025

16th October 202521st October 2025863

Spain’s National Police are investigating the disappearance of a Picasso painting insured for €600,000, that was supposed to be transported from Madrid to Granada (Andalusia)...

Spain’s ‘Woman in Pink’ murder victim identified 20 years later via Interpol initiative

News Desk25th September 202529th September 2025

25th September 202529th September 20251199

A woman referred to as ‘The Woman in Pink’ after her body was discovered in Spain nearly 20 years ago has now been formally identified,...

British woman, 64, held in Benidorm on suspicion of ‘strangling friend with vacuum-cord’

News Desk19th September 202523rd September 2025

19th September 202523rd September 20251849

A 64-year-old British woman has been taken into custody in Benidorm, in the province of Alicante (Valencia region), after allegedly killing her 66-year-old friend by...

Police detain 81-year-old woman on suspicion of five burglaries in Málaga

News Desk29th August 20252nd September 2025

29th August 20252nd September 20255541

Police in Málaga (Andalusia) have detained an 81-year-old woman accused of carrying out a series of burglaries at holiday apartments in the city. Investigators believe...

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