The operation targeted the resort of San Antonio, where police believed a number of British drug traffickers had based themselves.
Officers from the Civil Guard, Spain´s paramilitary police force, searched several houses in San Antonio and discovered quantities of ecstasy, cocaine and other drugs.
A spokesman for the police told Sky News: “A pile of Britons have [...]

A drug smuggling ring which brought cocaine worth up to half a billion pounds into Greater Manchester hidden in metal pipes has been brought to justice.
Five men now face jail for their part in importing the drug from Spain to a warehouse in Trafford Park.
They were caught last summer when one haul, worth £25m, was [...]

A 41-year-old truck driver from County Antrim is being held in Spain after cannabis worth £1.8m was allegedly found amongst a cargo of wine he was transporting to Britain.
National Police claimed they arrested the driver, who comes from Larne, after they found 600 kilos of the drug in his juggernaut.
The vehicle was stopped and searched [...]

Spanish authorities have arrested 10 people with over 2.6 tons of cocaine being shipped from Colombia, police said.
The seize confirmed police suspicions about a new drug-trafficking route linking the Caribbean, Africa and Europe.
Details of the operation dubbed ‘Southern Sea’ were revealed by the security force in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the Canary Islands’ second city, [...]

A man from the Republic of Ireland has been arrested with his two sons in Spain, suspected of masterminding an international drugs, guns and money laundering crime empire.
The man, in his 50s, was detained in the Malaga area as Irish authorities co-ordinated a series of raids across Europe with counterparts in Spain, Belgium and the [...]

Spain is to cut the prices of a wide range of patented prescription drugs from August 1, in a move which it estimates will save around 1.3 billion euros. However, the industry says the measure will cause its turnover to plummet by 20% and has called for patient co-payments to be increased instead.
The Spanish national [...]

Two men dresses in pilot uniforms, complete with caps and insignias, were arrested by Spanish narcotics agents, trying to smuggle 55kgs of cocaine through Madrid airport.
Police said their suspicions were aroused after the men, who arrived on a plane from Bolivia, checked out with the passengers rather than with airline personnel.
The men were taken aside [...]

Spanish police announced Wednesday the seizure of 1.4 tonnes of cocaine discovered hidden in cases of bananas shipped to Spain from Ecuador.
The drugs were found in packs of the fruit delivered to two shops — 710 kilos (1,570 pounds) in a shop in Alicante, southeast Spain, and another 715 kilos at a shop in Seville, [...]