Civil Guard maritime unit has discovered almost two tons of cannabis hidden on scrub land on the Punta La Polacra in Níjar

Civil Guard maritime unit has discovered almost two tons of cannabis hidden on scrub land on the Punta La Polacra in Níjar. Ideal newspaper reports that a team from the Almería Civil Guard were inspecting the coastline from offshore last Friday, and decided a closer inspection from land was needed of the area of Carnaje Beach.They found sixty one packages of the drug, amounting to 1,800 kilos of cannabis. Instruction Court No. 1 in Almería has been...

Mijas Diamond and Jewellery Centre raided

Three jewellery thieves have made off with a haul estimated to be between 8,000 € and 20,000 € from a shop in Mijas pueblo, the Mijas Diamond and Jewellery Centre. The owner of the store was inside when the hooded thieves attacked carrying hammers. Dee Iglesias, co-owner of the store told Diario Sur that her husband had tried to detain one of the theives without success; he was thrown to the floor. Police say it was a professional operation with...

Couple thought to have been dealing ecstasy on the Costa del Sol have been arrested

Couple thought to have been dealing ecstasy on the Costa del Sol have been arrested and police have seized a kilo of the drug.According to the National Police, the woman, 26, was caught with this haul in the bus station in Málaga this week.Later investigations led to the arrest of a man aged 33 in Alcobendas (Madrid).He is believed to have been supplying MDMA to the woman for resale.A raid on his flat revealed a further 84 grams of ecstasy plus other...

Arrested one of the country's "most dangerous" fugitives

police arrested one of the country's "most dangerous" fugitives in raids early yesterday that netted at least 70 suspected members of the the Naples-based Camorra crime syndicate.Officers in the nearby southern city of Caserta said they held Franco Letizia shortly after midnight. He is suspected chief of the Bidognetti crime clan and is accused of running extortion rackets, police sa...

Raffaele Amato, involved in a murderous turf war in the Camorra crime syndicate, was picked up Saturday in Marbella

Naples sweep follows the capture in the Spanish resort of Marbella Saturday of Raffaele Amato, an alleged Camorra boss who investigators say was one of Italy's top cocaine importers.Amato is accused of several murders dating back to the turf war that left more than a dozen people dead.Pisani said Tuesday's sweep against the Amato-Pagano clan also targeted illicitly gained wealth of Amato as well as other mobsters. Sky quoted investigators as saying...

Pat McCadden to face Spanish court.

Pat McCadden walked free after being accused of shooting a police officer in Spain may still stand trial.Convicted drug dealer Pat McCadden, 42, was last week told by Judge Gonzalo Divar he would not face court.But a lawyer for the unnamed 36-year-old officer - shot in Marbella in 2003 - has appealed.Three years ago McCadden was arrested and picked out of an identity parade by the officer, shot by two men who also shot British shop owner Luke Miller.Alleged...

Bulgarian gangster Hristo Vasilev has been shot dead in public

Bulgarian gangster Hristo Vasilev has been shot dead in public in the town of Sant Joan Despi, Barcelona province, in Catalonia, Spain.The news has been reported by the Bulgarian 24 Chasa Daily, which cites the local newspaper El Periodico.According to the reports, Vasilev was part of a gang of Eastern Europeans who committed robberies and luxury car thefts in Spain and France.The gang had committed a number of daring crimes including one occasion...

Pat the Rat, was arrested three years after the officer was gunned down in the Costa del Sol resort of Marbella.

Convicted drugs dealer Pat McCadden, 52, was celebrating yesterday after being told he will not face trial.The former shoe importer, nicknamed Pat the Rat, was arrested three years after the officer was gunned down in the Costa del Sol resort of Marbella.He spent nearly seven months...

34 year old Salahidin E.N. from Holland shot to death in Pechina

Man found shot to death on a road in Pechina has been identified in the press as 34 year old Salahidin E.N. from Holland. Sources at central government offices in Almería told Europa Press he was shot once in the chest and was found by a routine Civil Guard patrol on the road to neighbouring Viator on Monday afternoon.Further information from EFE indicates he may have been shot from a moving vehicle. He is said to have had a criminal record from...

Police investigations revealed that the gang of smugglers were planning to bring the drugs onto the Málaga coast from Morocco

Eleven people are in custody after a police swoop on a property just off the A-7 motorway near Cajíz where almost a ton of cannabis was seized.Police investigations revealed that the gang of smugglers were planning to bring the drugs onto the Málaga coast from Morocco, and surveillance of the group discovered Almayate to be the point of entry. National Police in Málaga said in a press release on Wednesday that officers were waiting at the finca in...

Alicante ‘Lops Capito’ gangman died and another was seriously injured in a shooting

Man died and another was seriously injured in a shooting in the Juan XXIII district of Alicante city on Saturday afternoon.Police are investigating the motive for the attacks but they think it was related to drug trafficking.On their arrival at the scene SAMU medics could do no more...

Man wanted for an armed robbery in Barcelona province has been captured in El Ejido

Man wanted for an armed robbery in Barcelona province has been captured in a National Police operation in El Ejido which also took three members of his family into custody. The two women and another man are said to be his wife, mother and brother. They’re charged with selling cocaine and marijuana from their home and it’s understood that police found a large quantity of drugs and cash in a search of the property.The suspect in question was wanted...

Raffaele Amato was detained in a joint operation by Italian and Spanish police in Marbella

Raffaele Amato was detained in a joint operation by Italian and Spanish police in the city of Marbella on Saturday. leader of the powerful Neapolitan-based mafia, the Camorra, has been arrested in southern Spain, Italian prosecutors have said.Amato is accused of eight murders between...

Amy Fitzpatrick Mayor of Mijas should erect posters and billboards with Amy's photograph and details

Audrey Fitzpatrick said she was glad to have the opportunity to ask Ambassador Mercedes Rico in Dublin to assist in getting more action from the Spanish authorities. Amy was 15 when she disappeared in Spain on the night of January 1 last year. She left a friend's house to walk about...

Mijas Costa 25 year old man had his throat cut on the Sitio de Calahonda development

25 year old man died in the early hours of this morning as a result of being injured in the throat with a knife in Mijas Costa according to the 061 emergency services. Emergency service personnel were called to the Sitio de Calahonda development after being called by Civil Guards around 3 a.m. where they tried in vain to resuscitate the victim.The judge ordered that the body be removed and Civil Guards are now investigating the cri...

Estepona British couple attacked and man was stabbed twice in the back, piercing his kidney

National Police are investigating the brutal attack of a 50-year-old British tourist who was stabbed twice and hit over the head with a bottle by a gang of youths in Estepona on May 10.The attack took place when at approximately 4am the victim and a British woman were sitting by the seaside in an area which is frequented by young people who drink and socialise there at the weekends. For unknown reasons the victim was attacked by a group of North...

National Police has broken up a network of 22 shops which sold manipulated and counterfeit games consoles across the country.

National Police has broken up a network of 22 shops which sold manipulated and counterfeit games consoles across the country. In the first operation of its type in Spain the police moved against the franchises which sold manipulated chips, compatible games cartridges and the counterfeit consoles in the provinces of Madrid, Sevilla, Valladolid, Málaga, Salamanca, Zamora, León, Gerona and Santiago de Compostela.Eight people have been arrested, including...

Alan McGregor Heron, 56, lives on the Costa del Sol,his Ferrari California was clocked in a radar trap travelling at 168mph in a 75mph zone

Alan McGregor Heron, 56, lives on the Costa del Sol,his Ferrari California was clocked in a radar trap travelling at 168mph in a 75mph zone on the A-92N motorway, police said adding that it was the highest speed ever recorded in the province.Policeman clocked him at 159mph .A patrol...

Sarah Hunt,finally been jailed after more than four years hiding in Spain.

fraudster who siphoned off thousands of pounds in cash from two restaurants where she worked has finally been jailed after more than four years hiding in Spain.Sarah Hunt, who was also known as Sarah Hopkins, was thought to have fled to the Costa del Sol while awaiting trial for theft and false accounting charges in 2004.But she was finally tracked down to the holiday resort of Malaga after police circulated her pictures on Crimestoppers UK Most...

Eight Britons have been arrested for drug trafficking in Magaluf

Eight Britons have been arrested for drug trafficking in Magaluf.The Guardia Civil in Palmanova on Mallorca say that those arrested acquired adulterated drugs, and then cut them some more before reselling them on in the clubs of Magaluf.The arrests were made in the early hours of Sunday, and a home was raided where quantities of cocaine, MDMA ecstasy and hashish was recovered along with some cash.The eight will appear in court short...

52 year old British neighbour,hurt as neighbour attempts suicide by Butane Gas

Woman who was injured in a gas explosion at her home on the N340 coast road in Almayate Bajo in the early hours of Tuesday has reportedly admitted that she purposely caused the blast in an attempt to commit suicide. She is said to have opened the valve on a butano gas bottle and then lit a cigarette.It came after an incident at her home in the early hours of Monday, where local police arrested her partner’s brother, 42 year old J.A.M.G. The woman,...

Shooting in Rincón de la Victoria two arrested

The two men in custody are both Spaniards, and were picked up in the early hours of Tuesday, near the scene of the crime, EFE reports. A friend who saw what happened told the news agency that the motive was some sort of personal disagreement, and that the two accused, armed with...

Benidorm a Portuguese man has been arrested for theft.

Benidorm a Portuguese man has been arrested for theft. He would break into the personal lockers of the staff in hotels in the town in search of cash and valuable items. He passed the items on to an Argentinean man who has also been detain...

Benidorm robbery of a branch of Bancaja

National Police in Benidorm has arrested two Bulgarian men in connection with the robbery of a branch of Bancaja in the town last March 22. The two are accused of making a hole in the wall of the bank on the Sunday, and after their arrest police also impounded a stolen Audi car,...

Charles Stabler,pensioner was attacked by a burglar at his Benalmádena home

Charles Stabler, 65,pensioner was attacked by a burglar at his Benalmádena home last month, has died of his injuries. The 65 year old had been in a coma in the Intensive Care Unit of Carlos Haya Hospital in Málaga, and is reported by Europa Press to have died last Friday, three weeks after the attack.He never woke from a coma after being hit around the head last month.The burglar, who escaped with just two mobile phones and 30 euros (£27) in cash,...

UDYCO specialist police unit 173 foreigners were arrested by the unit

UDYCO specialist police unit report for last year shows that there were more than 300 arrests linked to organized criminal groups in Málaga in 2008.173 foreigners were arrested by the unit, with 129 Spaniards and one person who was under-age. The unit is called in to act in cases linked to drugs and organized crime.The number of extradition orders of people detained in the province remains on the increase.La Opinión de Málaga reports that the local...

Fewer stay on the Costa del Sol 300,000 fewer overnight hotel stays

Málaga province has registered 300,000 fewer overnight hotel stays in the first three months of the year, compared to last. The number of stays in the province over January to March was 2,468,762, down 624,737 on last year’s numbers. However it should be noted that Easter fell in March last year, but the number is 20.1% down.Across Andalucía as a whole the quarter saw 6.603 million overnight stays, 1.6 million fewer than last year, down 19....

Guardia Civil is investigating the death of a man in his 40’s whose body has been found in a rural area

Guardia Civil is investigating the death of a man in his 40’s whose body has been found in a rural area of Pego.A burnt out car was some 800 metres away and the información newspaper reports that the body showed signs of violence.The forensics unit of the Guardia Civil from Javea are investigating and the case is being instructed by the courts in Denia ahead of an autopsy.The dead man lived in Pego, but is originally from Galicia, and it is thought...

British pensioner who was attacked by a burglar at his Benalmádena home last month, has died of his injuries

British pensioner who was attacked by a burglar at his Benalmádena home last month, has died of his injuries. The 65 year old had been in a coma in the Intensive Care Unit of Carlos Haya Hospital in Málaga, and is reported by Europa Press to have died last Friday, three weeks after the attack.The assault took place in a block of flats on Calle Levante on the Alegranza Urbanisation when the victim returned home from a local bar and was assaulted by...

International manhunt is under way to trace a Bradford man suspected of conspiracy to murder.

Raymond Daniels, 39, extradited from Marbella in Spain, where he had moved to in 2007, last December to face the drugs charges. Now he is feared to have fled abroad, although detectives also think he could be hiding in the UK. has not been seen since walking free from court in...