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NATIONAL POLICE have dismantled a network which intended to bring 1,500 kilos of hashish into Spain via Almeria from Morocco.
Eight people have been arrested, including the suspected ringleader. The operation, codenamed ‘Hulk,’ began several months ago when police discovered that the group was smuggling drugs to the coast with …
20 July 2010
Costa De Almeria
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NATIONAL POLICE in Marbella arrested the leader of the Georgian mafia in Spain, Alexander Zakhar Kalashov, who was wanted for money laundering. Georgia has issued an extradition order for the wanted criminal who has a 19-year sentence for dealing with the mafia pending against him. He is believed to have …
9 June 2010
Costa Del Sol
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PULPI – NATIONAL POLICE have dismantled a drug trafficking network which was operating all along the coast of Andalucia.
In several different operations carried out since last year, 8,600 kilos of hashish have been seized, 32 people arrested, and four boats, fifteen vehicles, 100 mobile phones, 14,500 euros in cash …
13 May 2010
Costa De Almeria
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Benidorm – THE Police have dismantled a drugs trafficking gang in Alicante Province with the arrest of 20 people. The latest string of arrests took place in Benidorm. In this last phase of the operation, thirteen people were taken into for questioning. Four of the alleged traffickers held are of …
3 May 2010
Costa Blanca
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Just weeks after a prostitution network in Spain and Portugal was uncovered, the clubs have reopened and the kingpin has been let out of prison on bail.
Simao Miguel Costa, leader of this violent prostitution network, with hostess bars in Spain and Portugal, is responsible for luring young girls into his …
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A JUDGE in Sabadell, Barcelona, has issued the first sentence in Spain which includes a restraining order against the authors of a homophobic attack against a youth in 2004, during which he was assaulted, insulted and threatened, to such an extent that he moved house.
The restraining order prevents the minors, …
25 March 2010
Spain
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A part of operation ‘toys’ the guardia civil have broken up an illegal dog selling business that was engaged in the selling of pedigree puppies imported from Slovakia. The owner has been arrested for alleged fraud, false documentation and animal abuse.
The operation began some six months ago when the Guardia’s …
24 March 2010
Spain