Five Moroccan men were arrested at the weekend

Five Moroccan men were arrested at the weekend and are said by the Guardia Civil to have been members of a violent group that has been using pistols in holdups at petrol stations. The arrests took place in Águilas but the crimes cover a wide area. The gang is also said to have created a climate of intimidation amongst other Moroccans. More arrests are expected as investigations continue. Finally, Murcia priests became suspicious at the number of English women in their 50s who were being married to Nigerian men who didn't speak any Spanish. They took their suspicions to the Guardia Civil and a huge increase has been identified in the number of marriages between Nigerian males and women of Gypsy origin. Study of documentation provided for the marriages showed many common addresses and other...

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Plane carrying 600 kg of hashish crash-landed in rice fields not far from Sevilla

A light-engine aircraft carrying 600 kg of hashish crashed in southern Spain on Thursday, Spanish police said in a report. "A plane carrying 600 kg of hashish packaged in 20 bags crash-landed in rice fields not far from Sevilla," the report read, adding that the plane's pilot and its sole passenger had fled the scene of the crash. Police eventually located and arrested the plane's occupants several kilometers away from the crash site. They have been accused of drug trafficking. Neither the identities of the suspected drug smugglers, nor the origin of the hashish have been disclosed. However, drugs are mostly trafficked into Spain from Moro...

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Guardia Civil officers have arrested a 21-year-old man

Guardia Civil officers have arrested a 21-year-old man in Pego on suspicion of drug-peddling. He was reportedly caught red-handed in a street on Sunday with 22 bags of white powder. Police say that his odd behaviour attracted their attention. The powder was tested by forensics and was found to be cocai...

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Tangier,Customs services at the port of Tangiers arrested, on Tuesday, two Spaniards

Tangier,Customs services at the port of Tangiers arrested, on Tuesday, two Spaniards and a Moroccan with 72kg of hashish concealed onboard a car registered in Spain.Moroccan with 72kg of hashish concealed onboard a car registered in Spain.In a separate catch, Moroccan authorities also seized some 24Kg of cannabis resin found in the dashboard of a vehicle registered in Spain. On Monday, Moroccan customs apprehended an Iranian-born Spanish national with 19kg of cannabis resin, locally known as chira, that he attempted to bring from Spain on board a luxury vehicle Since the beginning of January, drug seizures at the port of Tangier are almost daily. The arrested traffickers of different nationalities are brought before court where they face sentences ranging from 5 to 10 years in prison and very...

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bound for southern Spain over 2MT of cannabis resin seized northeast

Nador, Moroccan Royal Navy on Wednesday seized 2,004 kg of cannabis resin, locally known as chira, in the region of Nador (northeast), local authorities said.resin, locally known as chira, in the region of Nador (northeast), local authorities said.The drug was found on board a powerful dinghy that was bound for southern Spain. The dealers managed to flee aboard another dinghy.This brings to 5,724kilos the amount of this drug seized over the past 24 hours in the city. Another 60 kilos of hashish were seized, Wednesday, in Casablanca. Three drug dealers were arrested during this operation, according to police sources. At the port of Tangier (north), customs and police services seized a total of 160 kg of hashish in three catches and arrested eight individuals. The new catches came less than...

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Nigerian lady with 46 capsules of cocaine in her stomach

38-year Nigerian lady living in Germany was arrested at the Mohammed V Airport in Casablanca on Monday, with 46 capsules of cocaine in her stomach, a police source told PANA here Tuesday. The lady flew into Casablanca from the Malian capital, Bamako, on her way to Madrid, Spain. On 8 February, two Nigerians and a Ghanaian were arrested at the same airport with capsules of cocaine in the stom...

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Street fight that ended in the death of a 16-year-old Venezuelan girl.

Catalan regional police have arrested six Latin American youths in connection with a street fight that ended in the death of a 16-year-old Venezuelan girl. The Catalan police could not say if the 25 youths that took part in the fight early on Sunday morning were members of organised youth gangs. The main suspect of the crime is Alexis Emmanuel C.M, 20, a native of the Dominican Republic. The young man is believed to have stabbed his victim to death. The police said that they had recovered the knife that probably caused the death of the Venezuelan adolescent. The fight took place in a suburb of Barcelona, where the youths had met at a party. Police could not say what was the cause of the fig...

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WANTED: Carol Lopez suspected in at least three Central Florida holdups

An armed gunman suspected in at least three Central Florida holdups has been identified after he accidentally left his wallet and photo identification at a crime scene, according to investigators.Police said Carol Lopez has targeted stores in and around South Orange County in recent weeks, including the latest crime at a business located on the 7100 block of South Orange County Avenue.Police said during the crime, Lopez left behind his wallet. "We work pretty hard to catch the unknown but this gentleman made the job pretty easy," Orange County sheriff's Detective Rob Branch said. "He is very dangerous. "He is armed and while he may have left...

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‘Expats Under Attack,’denounced

ITV programme broadcast on Monday night, ‘Expats Under Attack,’denounced the east european gangs that were targeting Northern Europeans, with a piece to camera of a reformed gang member. The chalk signs left by the gangs outside properties and the brutal violent robberies suffered by British expats. It spoke of foreigners, especially Brits, being targeted by criminal gangs in Spain, and one person interviewed said police in Spain are poorly paid and tend not to want to spend too much time on a specific case. In Málaga province, it noted a stabbing in Fuengirola, and highlighted the case of Gary Dunne, who was stabbed to death near Torremolinos,...

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Two drug dealers in custody and a large amount of cocaine confiscated by the officers in pursuit

National Police said in a press release on Monday that the two men, Francisco Javier V.T. and Rubén V.V., were intercepted near Vera last Wednesday night as they were returning from a drug-buying trip to Alicante. They were chased along the motorway, hitting one of the vehicles in pursuit, and throwing part of the drugs out of the car window as they tried to make their escape.125 kilometre police chase along the A-7 motorway last week ended with two drug dealers in custody and a large amount of cocaine confiscated by the officers in pursuit. They were finally caught at the exit for Balanegra, more than 120 kilometres from where the car chase began. EFE said officers found 300 grams of cocaine in the car, and a further 100 grams in a later search of Francisco Javier’s ho...

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(updated) Brit in shooting incident in Ibiza in which three people were injured has been arrested by police in Amsterdam

English man wanted in connection with a shooting incident in Ibiza in which three people were injured has been arrested by police in Amsterdam.Kevin R is wanted in connection with what is believed to have been a shoot-out between two rival gangs - one British, one Moroccan - over the sale of drugs in certain areas of Sant Antoni.A warrant for his arrest was issued by a judge in Ibiza after he skipped bail.Kevin R. was in the front passenger seat of a 4x4 BMW that was shot nine times during the incident. The driver of the car, Sean W. received a gunshot wound and is currently in Palma Prison awaiting trial.Another Briton, Keith D., is wanted in connection with the same incident.Though British, he is alleged to have rented the car from which the Moroccans fired at their British rivals in the...

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15-year-old Guinean girl working as a prostitute in a single’s club

National police squad has detained a 15-year-old Guinean girl in Palma who was found operating as a prostitute in a single’s club in Palma during the early hours of the morning.The police communiqué said that the girl’s mother had reported her having left home on the 29th of last month. The officers who located the 15-year-old were members of a special unit which investigates illegal immigration and the use of false documentation. During an inspection of the club in calle S’Aigua Dolca, the girl was asked to provide identification but she was only able to produce a DNI card belonging to a cousin. The police were able to see the person and the card failed to tally. They then arrested the club’s owner - a 60-year-old Spaniard, Ramón L.G. along with a second Guinean - 22-year-old Arminda O.A....

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Man electrocuted on trying to rob copper from wiring

Man electrocuted on trying to rob copper from wiringA person walking out in the countryside, gathering wild asparagus near Establiments had a gruesome surprise when he came across the body of a 33-year-old man who police believe had been electrocuted whilst he was trying to prize the copper interior layers out of cables at a transformer belonging to the power supply company Gesa. A 15'000 volt charge put an end to his life. Investigators believe that Antonio Carrillo Redondo died on Thursday afternoon, but his body was not found until yesterday. He had parked his car near Puigpunyent and made directly for the transformer station, forcing the lock on the structure which housed the cables. In a careless moment he touched a loose, exposed wi...

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Bottle of fruit juice containing a "high concentration of cocaine"

Health officials in Andalusia on Thursday confirmed that a bottle of fruit juice containing a "high concentration of cocaine" was responsible for the death of a 40-year-old man in his home in Ogíjares, Granada, on 28 January. Juan Carlos Cuadros began vomiting, passed out and died in his sister's arms half an hour after drinking a tropical blend of fruit juices of the Jugo de Noni Tahitian brand that he had apparently bought on the internet. His wife, who only took a sip, complained of a burning sensation affecting her throat and tongue. Regional health chief María Jesús Montero said that tests had shown the Mexican-made drink was contaminated with a large amount of cocaine. She said Spanish health authorities have ordered stores to withdraw it, and that anyone who has bought bottles should...

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Home jackers arrested in Malaga province

Guardia Civil has broken up a large crime gang on the Costa del Sol today. 19 people have been arrested and another six are implicated in the crimes which where generally violent thefts from homes on the Costa del Sol, together with credit card fraud. Jewellery worth 800,000 € has been recovered together with 100,000 € in cash and computer material.Those detained are 14 Algerians, 6 Spaniards, 4 Moroccans and a Frenchman. Most of the arrests were in Málaga province although two did take place in Alicante.A shop which bought and sold gold has been searched and closed as part of the police investigations, in connection with the fencing of the stolen items.The group was headed by an Algerian who is reported to have crashed his car into an unmarked civil guard car at the time of his arrest.The...

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Civil Guard officers suspected of involvement in the theft of almost half a ton of cocaine

Three of the Civil Guard officers suspected of involvement in the theft of almost half a ton of cocaine from Barcelona Port in January 2005 have now been remanded to custody, and it’s understood, according to information from El País newspaper, that another two were released with charges. Also remanded was an ex chief inspector with the National Police. A former Civil Guard who is now a local police officer was granted bail of 3,000 €, the paper said.The charges against them are drug trafficking, corruption, unlawful association, bribery and revealing secret information, and they are believed to have helped a gang to steal the cocaine which was under guard at the port. More than a ton of the drug had come in on a container of frozen prawns, and was seized thanks to information from the US...

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Drugs runs from Cueta to Estepona

National Police operation against a drug smuggling gang which operated between Ceuta and the Costa del Sol, and which brought large amounts of cannabis into Spain illegally. Central government offices in Ceuta said eleven arrests have taken place in Marbella, Estepona and Ceuta, and that six of them were from the Autonomous City, two from Málaga province, and the remaining three were Moroccan.It has been a joint investigation on both sides of the Strait, which brought information that the gang planned to make a drugs run to Estepona on the 5th of this month. The haul amounted to more one and a half tons of cannabis, and would, according to information from EFE, have brought the smugglers almost 2.5 million €.Also confiscated in the operation were the Zodiac boat the smugglers used for the...

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35-kilogram sacks of cocaine which regularly wash up on its beaches

Over the past few years the sleepy town of Bluefields, Nicaragua, has become massively wealthy thanks to 35-kilogram sacks of cocaine which regularly wash up on its beaches. The residents of Bluefields owe their lucky twist of fortune to the town’s unique position halfway between the drug fields of Columbia and the drug fiends of the U.S. A., placing it directly on a smuggling route for “fishing” boats which transport massive amounts of cocaine between the two countries. Then, whenever one of these boats is spotted by an American Coast Guard vessel, the drugs go overboard where the unique patterns of wind and waves in that region deposit the drugs on the beaches of the now-rich Nicaraguan town. “There are no jobs here, unemployment is 85 percent,” says the mayor of Bluefields. Not surprisingly,...

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Matthew Boyer, Eric Livers Two fugitives from Wyoming are in police custody

Two fugitives from Wyoming are in police custody, one arrested in Exeter and the other as he was about to take a bus to the Sunshine State.Police tracked Matthew Boyer, 19, to Exeter through the cell phone of a young woman he met at the Fox Run Mall, police said.His fellow fugitive, Eric Livers, 20, was arrested about noon by two undercover detectives who were waiting for him at a bus kiosk.Sgt. Frank Warchol explained police had contacted various transportation outlets to make them aware the fugitives may buy tickets to get out of the area. An employee of a downtown chocolate gourmet shop, he said, called police when Livers bought a bus ticket there. The bus was leaving at noon for Florida, Warchol said, which gave investigators time to have undercover officers pose as travelers waiting for...

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Mattress and bedding shop murder

A 25-year-old woman died has died after being stabbed during a robbery last Thursday evening at the mattress and bedding shop where she worked in the centre of Chiclana, Cádiz province. Police said Dolores Amaya Ramírez died almost instantly but not before she rang her family on her mobile to tell them she had been stabbed. The attacker, who had his face covered, managed to escape. The local council cancelled the carnival parade which was to take place last weekend and a demonstration against violent crime was planned for Monday lunchti...

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Coin family clan Two-and-a-half kilos of high-purity cocaine, two pistols and ammunition

The Guardia Civil have arrested a gang of drug traffickers involved in two shooting incidents in Coín. They said the gang was a “family clan” in which the women did the planning and looked after the investments, while the men transported the drugs and settled scores. Operacion Fuensanta, named after the area in Coín where the two shootings took place last November, came to a head on February 13th, when searches carried out in Malaga, Mijas and Fuengirola provided vital information for cracking the case. Two-and-a-half kilos of high-purity cocaine, two pistols and ammunition, together with several vehicles and cash in both euros and dollars were also recovered. Three people have been sent to jail without bail, and another three have been released on bail with charges against th...

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black cocaine is being smuggled to Spain

Increasing amounts of black cocaine are being smuggled to Spain, with police discovering couriers of the drug which is undetectable to sniffer dogs and regular tests, the daily El Mundo reported on Tuesday.Police detained two Romanian women whose bags had inner linings made with the rubber-like substance, press reports said.Flying in from Brazil, the women made a stopover in Portugal, deliberately left their bags at Lisbon airport, and then requested them to be brought to a Madrid hotel, in an attempt to mislead police.Police seized 16 kilos of the drug. The haul, which was destined for the Dutch market, was estimated to be worth a million euros.Black cocaine is a combination of regular cocaine and various chemicals, making it very difficult to dete...

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Three armed men waved pistols as they attacked a Jewelery Store 'Boutique Tourbillón'in upmarket Puerto Banus

Three armed men waved pistols as they attacked a Jewelery Store 'Boutique Tourbillón'in upmarket Puerto Banus close to Marbella. the home of the superrich. The armed robbers overpowered the security gaurd in a well planned Hiest.They stripped the fitting of jewellery and no one has yet managed to put a figure on the theft1.5 million € worth of top name watches have been stolen from a jewellers in Puerto Banús, Marbella, according to police sources. Three or four people, thought to be from Eastern Europe, took part in the attack after smashing the windows of the establishment with large hammers. The National Police in Marbella are now investigating the robbery and are waiting to see the recordings from security cameras in operation in the area.It happened around noon yesterday and the thieves...

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Mari Luz’s family are considering legal measures because of the posters showing their daughter and Madeleine

"Mari Luz’s family are considering legal measures because of the posters showing their daughter and MadeleineHUELVA, 17 (EUROPA PRESS) –Mari Luz Cortés’s family today requested the immediate halting of the distribution of posters in Portugal that show their daughter next to Madeleine McCann, they will also study possible legal measures with regard to this. In statements made to journalists after a meeting with Manuel Chaves, Mari’s father, Juan José Cortés, confirmed that the family “had not given their permission” because “it is not the appropriate strategy to mix both cases nor that Mari Luz should have to be related to the case of Madeleine”.“They are two totally different cases with two lines of inquiry that are completely different” according to Juan José Cortés, who announced his intention...

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‘Totana is not for sale,’ and ‘Totana is not Marbella,’ La Verdad newspaper said.

Crowds demonstrated in Totana this Saturday, in a protest against planning corruption and its effects on the town. Totana’s Partido Popular Mayor, José Martínez Andreo, was only released on bail at the beginning of February after two months in prison following his arrest in the case, and the ex Mayor, Juan Morales, is waiting to be called for questioning by the Murcia High Court of Justice. Another 12 suspects have been interviewed as part of the investigation.Saturday’s demonstration was called by two platforms: ‘The Murcia Region is not for sale,’ and ‘No to this development plan for Totana,’ in reference to the proposed new local development plan for the town. The protestors could be heard shouting out ‘Totana is not for sale,’ and ‘Totana is not Marbella,’ La Verdad newspaper said.The...

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Amy Fitzpatrick family offer a substantial reward

Amy Fitzpatrick family has announced what is quoted by EFE as a substantial reward for reliable information which could lead to finding the missing teenager. The news came in a statement from Dave Mahon, the partner of Amy’s mother, Audrey, who said all information would be treated in the strictest confidence, and calling on anyone who may have a possible lead to contact either the family or the Civil Gu...

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ex Mayor of Marbella, Pedro Román imprisoned

ex Mayor of Marbella, Pedro Román, has been granted what is known as tempory time in prison, where he is being held on remand in the Malaya and other town planning irregularity cases centred on Marbella. It means that he will only have to sleep in the Alhaurin de la Torre jail from Sunday to Thursday nights.His lawyers say he will therefore leave the prison on Friday for the first time. He has been held on remand so far for more than nine months, and has seen his bail amount reduced to 200,000 €, which he has since paid. However he was not released because of a year’s firm sentence against him in the Moansa ca...

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Marbella Credit Card theft capital

Most credit cards are stolen in Marbella on the streets, where 62 per cent of them take place, followed by shopping centres, discotheques and bars, which account for 18 per cent of the total. Fewer cards are stolen on public transport, accounting for 12 per cent of the total. Credit cards are stolen in Marbella more often than in Malaga City, which accounts for 29 per cent of the regional total. By autonomous regions, Andalucía is only beaten by Madrid in this ranking. Men between the ages of 35 and 44 are most likely to become victims of credit card theft in Marbella, accounting for 61 per cent of the total, according to the study, while women...

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Graham Hall was arrested on the Costa del Sol, accused of handling nearly £6m worth of cocaine,

Graham Hall was arrested on the Costa del Sol, accused of handling nearly £6m worth of cocaine.Graham Hall, 41, from Wallsend, North Tyneside, was apprehended on Tuesday, just hours after notorious Dublin drugs dealer Paddy Doyle was gunned down on the edge of the resort town of Estepona, west of Marbella.It was not clear last night whether Mr Hall had been released or if he was still being held by police.Spanish murder squad detectives are working with Irish officers and are trying to establish a link between the drugs haul and the death of Mr Doyle last Monday.Clues found at the scene of the brutal shooting led the Costa del Sol Drugs and Organised Crime Unit (Udyco) to set up a number of control points in the Estepona area.On Tuesday, officers approached a group of people loading furniture...

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Human smuggling from Cuba is up about 20 percent over

Human smuggling from Cuba is up about 20 percent over last year at this time. It is ironic that the smuggling boats leave from Cuba's attractive north coast, one of the country's most prosperous regions thanks to a boom in tourist resorts. Despite the new jobs in the tourism sector, Cubans still earn state salaries worth $15 to $20 a month. Many Cubans complain that they cannot make ends meet on these salaries. They turn instead to the black market. This economic quandary - that Cubans' lack of purchasing power pushes them to participate in the illegal economy - is at the heart of a growing internal debate in Cuba. To be sure, there is nothing new about Cubans coming to Florida. What has changed is the way in which both Cuba and the United States seek to avoid turning it into a crisis. Neither...

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John J. Long, of Alameda, California found dead in southern Mexico

78-year-old California man was found dead in southern Mexico after his yacht ran aground near shore, the U.S. Embassy said Sunday.The body of a man believed to be John J. Long, of Alameda, California, was found floating Saturday afternoon by his sailboat near the town of Puerto Madero, just north of Mexico's border with Guatemala, embassy spokeswoman Judith Bryan said.It was unclear how Long died or why the vessel ran aground. Bryan said he sent a distress signal from the boat "Culin," which bore Irish, Mexican and U.S. flags. The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed its Alameda center received an alert.Authorities in Puerto Madero told the U.S. Embassy...

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Bradford men have been arrested and bailed over alleged drug offences

Bradford men have been arrested and bailed over alleged drug offences in Manningham.The arrests occurred at around 4.45pm yesterday. Police said they had seized what they described as a substantial amount of suspected crack cocaine and heroin as a result of the arrests. Both men were released on police bail pending further enquiri...

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Columbian sentenced to 9 years imprisonment

Columbian appeared in court last week accused of receiving cocaine cocaine smuggled from abroad. On 7th August 2006, a package addressed to the accused was intercepted at Barajas airport and found to contain a bicycle which had over a kilo of cocaine concealed inside the frame.The package was allowed to be delivered to the man who was arrested when he received it at his home. When removed from the bicycle, the cocaine was found to be 86% pure with a street value of 105,000€. The accused was sentenced to 9 years imprisonme...

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Kevin J.T, has been sentenced to 9 years imprisonment for smuggling cocaine into Spain

A 37 year-old American national, Kevin J.T, has been sentenced to 9 years imprisonment for smuggling cocaine into Spain. He was arrested at El Altet airport in February 2007 when he arrived on a flight from Bogota, Colombia and a search by customs officers revealed that over 4 kilos of cocaine were concealed in a false compartment of his suitcase. The drug was found to be 86% pure, with a street value of more than 400,000€.The accused is originally from Peurto Rico in Central America. He has already been in jail for a year while awaiting trial at the court in Elc...

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Nicolas Yeboah, a Ghanaian resident in Spain for attempting to export eighty pellets of cocaine to Spain.

The Greater Accra Regional Tribunal yesterday remanded into prison custody Nicolas Yeboah, a Ghanaian resident in Spain for attempting to export eighty pellets of cocaine to Spain. Yeboah, charged with attempted exportation of narcotic drugs pleaded not guilty. He is to reappear on February 20. The facts as narrated by Mr Asiamah Sampong, a State Attorney were that, on 23 June 2005, Yeboah arrived at the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) to board a KLM flight to Spain. Mr. Sampong said due to his demeanour, personnel of the Narcotic Control Board (NACOB) on duty at the airport suspected him of carrying drugs. The NACOB officials arrested Yeboah and escorted him to the 37 Military Hospital where an ex-ray examination revealed he had some foreign materials in his stomach. Prosecution said Yeboah...

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Graham Hall, was held with six others following the discovery of the drugs destined for the UK

Guardia Civil have arrested a Tyneside man in a £9.2m cocaine bust on the Costa del Sol.Graham Hall, 41, of Wallsend, was held with six others following the discovery of the drugs destined for the UK.Hall was detained hours after Dublin drugs baron Paddy Doyle was shot dead in Estepona near Marbella.Northumbria Police said they haven’t had any communications with the Spanish authorities over Hall’s arrest but are making further inquiries.Murder squad detectives are working with Irish officers and are trying to establish links between the drugs haul and Doyle’s death last Monday.Officers from Spain’s Drugs and Organised Crime Unit approached a group of men loading furniture on to a van in the town on Tuesday.And discovered the 140 kilos of cocaine in secret compartments inside the furniture.Seven...

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Country's biggest ever investigation into internet fraud

Spanish police arrested 76 people nationwide on Sunday in what is being touted as the country's biggest ever investigation into internet fraud.Investigators reckon some of the suspects made more than €3bn through auction fraud. They would apparently offer expensive goods such as plasma TVs and cars for sale online, scarpering once the deals were made without handing over the goods, according to local reports. Others allegedly used stolen banking credentials to transfer money into their accounts, possibly as a part of a wider phishing scam.More than half of those arrested and detained are Spaniards. Five Ukrainians, four Romanians, two Russians,...

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Icelandic male in his 30s arrested last week after almost one kilo of a substance

The Spanish police arrested an Icelandic male in his 30s last week after almost one kilo of a substance, allegedly amphetamine, was discovered in the vehicle he was driving in San Fulgencio near Torreviaja in the province of Alicante. According to local police, they found the man suspicious because he drove back and forth within the town limits and therefore stopped the car. The driver was alone in the vehicle and likely a tourist, Fréttabladid reports. The Icelander is currently in custody and waiting to appear before the court in Guardamar del Segu...

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Alexis Bonilla shot twice in a parking lot

Alexis Bonilla, 31, was shot twice in a parking lot near The Moon Tropical Bar, 1200 Deltona Blvd., spokesman Brandon Haught said. A witness took Bonilla to Florida Hospital Fish Memorial in Orange City, which notified the Sheriff's Office about the shooting at 2:33 a.m., Haught said.According to investigators, Bonilla was confronted by a man after leaving the bar at closing. A witness heard yelling and then two shots and saw a man jump into a car and drive off. The man looked to be in his late teens or early twenties, about 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighing 130 to140 pounds. He had buzz-cut blond hair, Haught said.The car was an older model white four-door Pontiac Bonneville or Grand Prix. The witness also saw another young man with black hair in the passenger se...

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Sri Lanka Navy killing of an Indian fisherman on Saturday night

Sri Lanka Navy categorically and unequivocally denies the allegations made by certain indiscriminate sections of media of Sri Lanka Navy’s involvement in the killing of an Indian fisherman on Saturday night. Sri Lanka Navy exercises utmost care not to cross the International Maritime Boundary Line between Sri Lankan and Indian territorial waters while conducting patrolling and maritime surveillance to prevent LTTE arms smuggling and infiltration across the Gulf of Mannar and the Polk Bay. Sri Lanka Navy maintains a cordial relationship with the Indian Navy and its Coast Guard in prevention of terrorist activities within their respective territories. Attention is drawn on the recent incident where Sri Lanka Navy did not open retaliatory fire when the persons yet to be identified on board two...

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€130,000 jewellery theft from an hotel in Torremolinos in November 2007, a €350,000 jewellery heist in Jérez de la Frontera, also in November 2007, an

The Guardia Civil have arrested six people, all Italian nationals, after an investigation into a series of jewellery thefts throughout Andalucía‘Operación Duelo’ began in October last year after information was received from the Portuguese authorities relating to the possible involvement of an individual in a number of crimes in that country. An investigation led to the establishment of a connection between this individual and a gang of jewel thieves operating on the Costa del Sol.The gang would carefully plan their robberies, gathering details about peoples movements and routines before actually making their move. However, if something went wrong, the gang were not averse to using extreme violence.The arrests were made in Torremolinos, San Pedro de Alcántara, Málaga, Alhaurín de la Torre...

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Rusell Crowe Koby Abberton and The Bra Boys

*The crime wave continues with a body of a Sydney crime figure found on the 9th August. Weekly bashings and stabbing in the Lexington Place shops area continue, and a baby and its father was bashed on the 18th August 2003.Koby Abberton has told lawyers acting for their hit documentary he had resolved a complaint from one surfer, who was filmed allegedly being bashed by members of the Maroubra surf gang. Abberton said while the alleged victim, known only as Jason, was "now a friend, a great guy, real solid," they were preparing for more trouble."He's fine but there are a lot of others I'm hearing," he said, via email, from Hawaii.He did not detail...

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Palm Beach Marine Patrol Officer stopped a boat in the Intracoastal Waterway

Palm Beach Marine Patrol Officer stopped a boat in the Intracoastal Waterway Tuesday near the Palm Beach Inlet for a registration and safety inspection. The officer detected a marijuana odor, and the boat operator and passenger consented to a search. The officer found three marijuana cigarettes in a plastic bag in a cigarette box. The passenger, a 22-year-old Palm Bay man, said the drugs were his. Police gave him a notice to appear in cou...

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Jose Siles Baez,Felix Hernandez case had been dropped

Jose Siles Baez, 41, and Felix Hernandez, 43, arrived in court Friday, when Collier Circuit Judge Elizabeth Krier told defense attorney Martin Beguiristain that the case had been dropped. Beguiristain had filed a motion to dismiss Monday.Assistant State Attorney Douglas Sprotte, who said last week that he probably couldn’t disprove an affidavit that said the boat hadn’t been modified, dropped the case Thursday. He wasn’t in court Friday.“We’re picking up the boat right now,” Beguiristain said after obtaining a certified copy of the judge’s order dropping the charges. “I’m going to drive behind them with the court order.”Beguiristain said Collier County sheriff’s deputies damaged the boat, ripping up floorboards in an attempt to prove it had a false floor, an overly large gas tank and had been...

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Human smugglers and members of organized crime rings are stealing boats from Florida and taking them to Mexico

Marco Island police officers took to the water and took notes while systematically combing the island’s maze of canals.By that time, a number of “go-fast” boats already had disappeared from Naples docks and boat lifts, a trend that would continue through the rest of the year and into 2008.Marco Island police wanted to take preventative measures before the trend made its way to Marco.“Our men went out and started surveying and identifying all the different vessels that met the general parameters,” Marco police Lt. Dave Baer said.The result was a three-page list and a map indicating the size and location of dozens of high-end boats on the island...

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The Cocaine root Guinea-Bissau to Morroco to Spain

Guinea-Bissau is an ideal African springboard for Latin American mafias to smuggle large quantities of cocaine into the wealthy European Union market.Conditions in this small former Portuguese colony in West Africa are optimal. There is minimal surveillance, not a single prison worthy of the name, a weak state and officials susceptible to bribery and corruption.UNODC experts calculate that one-quarter of the cocaine consumed in Europe is trafficked through West Africa, especially Guinea-Bissau. The trade in cocaine is estimated at $2 billion, that is to say, nearly twice the country’s GDP of just over $1 billion a year.However, in the streets...

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Jurgen Franzke killed his landlord in Alfarnatejo

52 year old German man Jurgen Franzke arrested in connection with the death of his German landlord in the village of Alfarnatejo, has now confessed to the crime. He has now been sent to prison on remand, while his Spanish wife was released after declaring before the instruction judge. The forensic report has shown that the victim was dead before he was set on fire and the inflammable liquid used had been taken from a nearby generator.The German told police that he attacked the landlord, also German, beating him round the head with a rock before putting him in a car and setting it alight. It seems the two men had had a long running dispute over breaks in the electricity supply at the property rented by the couple.The case of a German man who was murdered in Alfarnatejo on Christmas Day 2005...

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New Flame Sinking

high winds buffeted the Strait of Gibraltar this weekend and ferry traffic was at a standstill, there was news that the stricken cargo vessel, the New Flame, lying off Gibraltar since hitting a tanker last August, was sinking. Only the funnel and the stern mast remained above the surface on Sunday, ecologists said.The ecologist group, Verdemar, blamed two slicks which have appeared in the Bay of Algeciras on the sinking vessel. They are understood to be between Rinconcillo and Playa de la Concha, and from the River Pícaro in Getares as far as the port in Algeciras.Regional government offices in the Campo de Gibraltar confirmed to Europa Press...

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Spanish have detained 76 people acrosss the country as part of what they described Sunday as their biggest-ever probe into Internet fraud.

Police in Spain have detained 76 people acrosss the country as part of what they described Sunday as their biggest-ever probe into Internet fraud.The suspects defrauded their victions of over three million euros (four million US dollars), police said in a statement.Part of the suspects allegedly offered big-ticket items like television sets or cars for sale online and then disappeared with the money without ever delivering the goods.There have been 76 arrests across Spain in connection with Internet fraud in 14 of Spain’s 17 autonomous communities, as well as the Autonomous City of Ceuta. The only regions not affected were Extremadura, Murcia...

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Nigerians trying to smuggle cocaine into Barcelona from Casablanca

Spanish press reported Guardia Civil’s heavily armed organised crime unit yesterday mounted a anti-drugs operation in Palma.A series of raids were mounted simultaneously with a number of drugs swoops carried out across Spain as part of a nationwide operation.armed officers wearing ski masks and with air support from a Guardia Civil helicopter stormed at least two properties in the Son Gotleu neighbourhood of the capital.The operation was still ongoing but at least 13 people had been arrested.Police sources also confirmed that over eight kilos of various drugs have been seized over the past two weeks since the operation was first given the all...

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Terrorist threat in Southern Spain

"That these people were ready to go into action as terrorists in Spain - that came as a surprise," said Judge Baltasar Garzon, Spain's highest antiterrorism magistrate. "In my opinion, the jihadi threat from Pakistan is the biggest emerging threat we are facing in Europe. Pakistan is an ideological and training hotbed for jihadists, and they are being exported here."Officials say the Barcelona case points to a more serious dynamic: Pakistanis with no apparent previous links to Europe who appear to have been sent there on a terrorist mission."We had 20 terrorists show up in Spain that had been trained in Pakistan that were going to be suicide bombers, fanning out over Europe," Mike McConnell, director of US national intelligence, told the House Intelligence Committee on Thursday.Although some...

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Mari Luz Cortesa :Police have detained a man who attempted to take a seven year old close to Mari Luz family home.

Spanish press are announcing that a man has been detained in El Torrejón close to the disappearance of Mari Luz on suspicion of attempting to take a young girl from the street. The seven year old was leaving her grandmother house when the attempt was made an aunt rushed to help the child. The police were called and a man was detained.large crowds have gathered outside the National police stat...

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Overseas Property Investments PLC shut down.

Nightmare holiday home company Overseas Property Investments PLC has been shut down.Five investors took the firm to court after paying almost £1million for homes in Cyprus that never materialised.The company, run by John, Rhodri and Daniel Foote, of Swansea, was put into compulsory liquidation after the High Court heard that furious investors had "completely lost faith" in it.Pinares de Mijas is located in one of the best areas on the Costa del Sol. It is situated between the new racecourse of Mijas and within walking distance to the beach at El Chaparral. Golf Girona These high quality golf resort villas are designed to the highest quality and...

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British child drowned in a swimming pool

An eighteen month old baby girl has been found drowned in a swimming pool on the outskirts of Órgiva, after she went missing on Sunday afternoon. The child, reported as British, was discovered in a pool in a neighbouring property five minutes after a family friend contacted the 112 emergency centre to report her missing, EFE reports.The news agency said it happened in the Malcandruna area of Órgiva, and names the child as M.M...

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Paddy Doyle shot by Russian Mafia theory ?

According to the Irish press ,Paddy Doyle picked a fight with the son of a Russian mafia boss based on the Costa. Doyle came out best in the fight but paid later with his life. He was cornered and shot close to Estepona. Doyle was in Spain to evade the bloody feud between the Drimnagh-based gangs in Dublin and, gardai believe, to establish a new drugs base there. Doyle was named in connection with at least three murders in the feud and had been in Spain since 2006 after he was suspected of involvement in the shooting dead of gang rival Noel Roche in Clontarf, Dublin in November 2005.Doyle's associate, 'Fat Freddie' Thompson, is believed to...

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The immigration card

The Leader of the Opposition has decided to play the immigration card, which may or may amount to a race card as well. Like Sarkozy in France, he’s suggested that immigrants sign a binding contract and, more importantly, that they be expelled from Spain after their first crime. Provided they’re not from the EU, of course. Say, Rumania, for examp...

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Spain's opposition conservatives say they will not soften their tough stance on immigration

Spain's opposition conservatives say they will not soften their tough stance on immigration with just a month to go before elections.The centre-right Popular Party (PP) has stepped up its rhetoric on immigration over the last week, saying it wants to restrict the use of the Islamic veil and make sure immigrants speak Spanish and respect the laws and customs of the country."We must expel from Spain those people who commit crimes in Spain and come from abroad," PP leader Mariano Rajoy told a cheering crowd as he presented his manifesto for the March 9 election."I want to remind people that in Spain sexual mutiliation is a crime along with polygamy and false marriages to obtain citizenship," he added.In San Sebastian, meanwhile, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero used his first address...

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Spanish press reports the attempted abduction of british child

Spanish press reports the attempted abduction of british child on the Costa del Sol. The mother-of-two revealed how the 11-year-old stepped in when an African man tried to lure the two-year-old British holidaymaker into his van with the help of a cat.The housewife, who lives in Marbella, told how after taking photographs from his van, the man in his 30s held the animal out to be stroked.But just as the toddler started to pet the cat, her son Ben pulled him away.“He is pretty clued up and realised what was going on,” she revealed.“He grabbed the little boy’s hand and said ‘no, no, no’ before running back to us.“You can say he has became a bit of a hero.”While police have not been able to identify the culprit, a Nigerian man was charged last week with the attempted snatch of a Spanish two-year-old...

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