Five Britons being held in Spain accused of the wholesale trafficking of an amphetamine who have now been charged with money laundering.The move follows the seizure of property, luxury cars and a yacht totalling nearly £11million.Ronald O'Dea, 42, and James McDonald, 39, both of Glasgow, and Stephen Denis Brown, 42, and Brian Rawlings, 63, both from London, were arrested in a series of raids in November on the Costa del Sol and in Tenerife in the Canary Islands.It followed an operation by Spain's National Police and the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency.
The four were all accused of smuggling large quantities of speed into the UK and Spain from Holland.Lorry driver Gerard Mooney, from Dublin, had been arrested earlier when his truck was stopped near Oxford. Police claim he had 70kilos of speed in his vehicle, which he was driving to Scotland.The National Police in Madrid said in a statement the five have now been formally accused of money laundering following further investigations in which detectives uncovered evidence of millions of euros in proceeds from drug trafficking being invested in properties and land in Tenerife, Las Palmas and Marbella on the Costa del Sol.No trial date has been set.
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