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Gang paid ‘mules’ €10k each to pick up cocaine-filled suitcases from Madrid airport

AUTHORITIES have smashed a drug-trafficking gang that hired ‘mules’ to collect cocaine shipments from Madrid airport. The criminals paid vulnerable people up €10,000 each and gave them a low-cost plane ticket to access the airport’s luggage area. The ‘mules’ would…

Key figure linked to record-breaking cocaine seizure is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AUTHORITIES have busted an international criminal gang linked to the largest cocaine shipment made in Europe- 16 tonnes- which was seized at the Port of Hamburg in 2021. The Policia Nacional in cooperation with Lithuanian and Irish police brought down…

Brits face attempted murder charges after mass brawl inside Mallorca tourist restaurant

TWO British men have been arrested by the Guardia Civil for attempted murder following a mass brawl on Sunday morning in Palmanova, Mallorca. The Brits, aged 24 and 33, have also been charged with causing injury and public order disturbances.…

Cigarette machine thief seriously injured after getaway car ends up in Costa Blanca canal

A THIEF was seriously injured after his getaway car went into a canal at San Miguel de Salinas in Alicante province. The man was taken to Torrevieja Hospital and a fire crew checked that nobody else was inside the vehicle.…

Mallorca hotel worker who suffered broken jaw at hands of British tourist says his life ‘has been ruined’

A MAGALUF hotel worker who had his jaw broken by a British tourist says his life ‘has been ruined’. Speaking to Mallorca’s Ultima Hora newspaper, he expressed his disgust that the offender is back in the UK after paying bail…

Man arrested for not helping friend who fell into Valencia river and drowned

A CHINESE man, 19, has been arrested for not helping his friend who drowned in a Valencia river. The 20-year-old male Wen Tao Chi- also Chinese- fell into the Turia River in Manises early on Sunday morning. The men were…