https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Spain in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Three Spanish police officers who were thrown into the sea when their boat crashed early Friday during a high-speed chase were pulled to safety by the drug-smugglers they were chasing, police said. https://www.thelocal.es/20191005/spanish-police-saved-from-sea-by-smugglers-they-were-chasing Sat, 05 Oct 2019 12:07:41 +0200 spanish-police-saved-from-sea-by-smugglers-they-were-chasing Police in Spain and France have smashed a criminal ring suspected of smuggling hundreds of Palestinians into Europe through fraudulent asylum claims, Spanish police said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.es/20181111/spanish-police-smash-ring-smuggling-palestinians Sun, 11 Nov 2018 15:50:47 +0100 spanish-police-smash-ring-smuggling-palestinians Police have busted a narco gang in southern Spain whose French and Spanish members posed as security forces while stealing hashish from other drug dealers, the interior ministry said Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20180713/narcos-who-stole-drugs-from-other-dealers-held-in-spain Fri, 13 Jul 2018 18:53:28 +0200 narcos-who-stole-drugs-from-other-dealers-held-in-spain Beachgoers in Málaga were left gobsmacked by a sudden police helicopter chase along the shore. https://www.thelocal.es/20180711/video-police-chopper-chases-down-speedboat-smuggler-at-busy-spanish-beach Wed, 11 Jul 2018 17:44:55 +0200 video-police-chopper-chases-down-speedboat-smuggler-at-busy-spanish-beach Police have broken up two gangs suspected of smuggling minors from Morocco into Spain on jet skis, boats or hidden inside trucks, charging thousands of euros for the crossing, Spanish police and Europol said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20180623/spanish-police-break-up-gangs-that-child-smuggling Sat, 23 Jun 2018 06:27:00 +0200 spanish-police-break-up-gangs-that-child-smuggling Two Spanish art experts suspected of running a ring that sold antiques looted from archaeological sites in Libya by groups linked to the Islamic State (Isis) terror group have been arrested, police said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.es/20180329/antiques-looted-in-libya-by-isis-sold-in-spain-two-experts-arrested Thu, 29 Mar 2018 10:55:38 +0200 antiques-looted-in-libya-by-isis-sold-in-spain-two-experts-arrested The heart-rending photo went round the world in 2015, showing an eight-year-old boy from Ivory Coast crammed into a suitcase that was found at a Spanish border crossing. https://www.thelocal.es/20180220/father-of-boy-smuggled-into-spain-in-suitcase-on-trial Tue, 20 Feb 2018 10:17:28 +0100 father-of-boy-smuggled-into-spain-in-suitcase-on-trial Spanish police say more than 100 people have been arrested in an operation against a gang responsible for smuggling Ukrainians into Britain and Ireland. https://www.thelocal.es/20161111/spain-busts-gang-responsible-for-smuggling-ukrainians-into-uk Fri, 11 Nov 2016 16:58:44 +0100 spain-busts-gang-responsible-for-smuggling-ukrainians-into-uk Spanish police have seized a record 100 tonnes of contraband tobacco worth €16 million ($18 million) and arrested 13 people suspected of selling it over the internet, they said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160930/spanish-police-seize-record-100-tonnes-of-contraband-tobacco Fri, 30 Sep 2016 11:13:40 +0200 spanish-police-seize-record-100-tonnes-of-contraband-tobacco Spanish police said on Wednesday that they had seized close to 15 tonnes of hashish that filled a boat and arrested a Bulgarian and a Dutchman in the biggest drug bust in the Mediterranean this year. https://www.thelocal.es/20160914/spanish-police-make-meds-largest-hash-bust-this-year Wed, 14 Sep 2016 15:59:24 +0200 spanish-police-make-meds-largest-hash-bust-this-year The Guardia Civil at Madrid airport caught a passenger attempting to smuggle seven just born parrot chicks and 11 unhatched eggs onto an aeroplane. https://www.thelocal.es/20160908/passenger-caught-smuggling-newborn-parrot-chicks Thu, 08 Sep 2016 13:17:28 +0200 passenger-caught-smuggling-newborn-parrot-chicks A security guard at Malaga airport on Spain's Costa del Sol has been arrested on suspicion of helping to smuggle marijuana to Britain, police said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160605/spain-airport-security-guard-held-for-drug-smuggling Sun, 05 Jun 2016 19:43:50 +0200 spain-airport-security-guard-held-for-drug-smuggling Spanish police said on Friday they have arrested the Dominican Republic's most wanted fugitive, alleged drug kingpin Jesus Pascual Cabrera Ruiz who is wanted on charges of money laundering and drug trafficking. https://www.thelocal.es/20160423/spanish-police-detain-dominican-republics-most-wanted Sat, 23 Apr 2016 14:00:10 +0200 spanish-police-detain-dominican-republics-most-wanted Enough to make one tonne of cocaine. https://www.thelocal.es/20160417/spanish-police-find-cocaine-paste-hidden-in-furniture Sun, 17 Apr 2016 19:19:12 +0200 spanish-police-find-cocaine-paste-hidden-in-furniture Spanish police said on Sunday they have dismantled a drug ring that used cars fitted with false floors to transport huge amounts of hashish from Spain to Russia, Poland and Estonia, with the arrest of 15 suspects. https://www.thelocal.es/20160329/spanish-police-smash-drugs-smuggling-russia Tue, 29 Mar 2016 11:01:19 +0200 spanish-police-smash-drugs-smuggling-russia A woman strolling along the shore on the island of Formentera discovered a stash of cocaine worth more than €4 million that had been washed up on the sand and was partially hidden under seaweed. https://www.thelocal.es/20160317/woman-finds-83-kg-of-cocaine-washed-up-on-spanish-beach Thu, 17 Mar 2016 11:31:58 +0100 woman-finds-83-kg-of-cocaine-washed-up-on-spanish-beach Spanish police have seized a record 88 tonnes of contraband tobacco, the equivalent of over eight million packets of cigarettes and arrested six people, the government said Friday. https://www.thelocal.es/20160311/spain-seize-88-tonnes-of-contraband-tobacco-in-record-haul Fri, 11 Mar 2016 17:56:19 +0100 spain-seize-88-tonnes-of-contraband-tobacco-in-record-haul Security at Madrid’s Adolfo-Suárez airport got a surprise this week, when they discovered the endangered species carefully packed into the Chinese passengers’ luggage. https://www.thelocal.es/20160118/chinese-passengers-try-to-smuggle-48-live-eels-through-madrid-airport Mon, 18 Jan 2016 11:37:22 +0100 chinese-passengers-try-to-smuggle-48-live-eels-through-madrid-airport Spanish police said on Wednesday that they have smashed a ring that smuggled cannabis from Morocco into Spain using a fleet of pleasure boats with false bottoms, arresting 17 people and seizing 4.5 tonnes of the drug. https://www.thelocal.es/20160113/spanish-police-smash-false-bottom-pleasure-boat-drug-smuggling-ring Wed, 13 Jan 2016 13:34:39 +0100 spanish-police-smash-false-bottom-pleasure-boat-drug-smuggling-ring Spanish police said on Friday they have seized 40 pallets made out of 1.4 tonnes of compressed cocaine that was made to look like wood that arrived on a shipping container from Colombia. https://www.thelocal.es/20151212/spain-seizes-14-tonnes Sat, 12 Dec 2015 12:03:50 +0100 spain-seizes-14-tonnes