Local police patrols in Estepona have been working without radio contact with the central 092 emergency switchboard

Local police patrols in Estepona have been working without radio contact with the central 092 emergency switchboard, and unions say, have had to use their mobile phones to keep in contact. The local police union told Málaga Hoy newspaper it’s due to a fault in the system detected two weeks ago.The CSI-F union is concerned at the effect the fault is having on the service the local police provides to the public, saying they cannot respond to emergency situations as quickly as usual and claiming also a lack of coordination between the different patrols.Estepona’s...

Stephen Kane and Nicholas Bell, both 29, passed on the drugs, which were posted from Chile, for sale to wealthy users on the Costa del Sol

Stephen Kane and Nicholas Bell, both 29, passed on the drugs, which were posted from Chile, for sale to wealthy users on the Costa del Sol, Spanish police claim.They were among 21 people, five of them French, held in police swoops as an international gang was smashed after an 18-month operation.Nearly two tons of cannabis worth £4.8million was also seized. It was smuggled in from Morocco hidden in baby buggies.Toddlers were wheeled through customs...

Donato Palermo? wanted Italian Mafia chief has been arrested in Marbella

wanted Italian Mafia chief has been arrested in Marbella on an international arrest warrant issued by Italy where he fled a 12 and a half years prison sentence for drug trafficking. Named by La Opinión de Málaga as B.C.M., he is said by police to have been going under the name of Donato Palermo while in Marbella, and is understood to have been arrested in a flat on the town’s paseo marítimo last week.National Police in Málaga said in a statement that the suspect is believed to have held a key position in coordinating the drug gangs which bring...

Addiction International makes contact with the Costas

Revolutionary new methods of dealing with addictions hit the Costas.Addictions International offers a range of services to clients with addiction problems. Because of the unique delivery of the programme they are able to support people wherever they may be. The programme is exceptional in that we can reach people with problems even when they cannot access help in the usual ways.Are you an addict?Do you want to recover?24/7 home-based programmes help you and your family and your carers ... •whatever your addiction drugs, alcohol, gambling, sex,...

Jorge Real,convicted for the murder of Tony and Linda O’Malley, the British couple who died while house hunting on the Costa Blanca in 2002

Jorge Real,convicted for the murder of Tony and Linda O’Malley, the British couple who died while house hunting on the Costa Blanca in 2002, has written a book based on his life and experiences in the turbulent years of South American history in the last century. Written from prison in Córdoba by Jorge Real Sierra, ‘Los Vuelos del Silencio’ is an autobiographical novel which tells the tale of David, a boy who left life on the streets of Venezuela...

Body bound at the hands and had a wound to the head, possibly caused by a bullet.

Police in Benidorm are trying to identify a badly burnt body found in the Serra Gelada this Sunday after firemen and police were called out to a blaze near the border with Alfaz del Pi. Diario Información said the man’s body was still burning when it was found beneath a pine tree at the side of a dirt road.The paper said the body was bound at the hands and had a wound to the head, possibly caused by a bullet. It’s believed he may have been killed where he was found.No arrests have yet been made in the ca...

Second hand car showroom, two restaurants on the promenades in Fuengirola and Marbella raided in Drug Yacht probe

A 9.3 metre yacht which was heading for Britain has been intercepted by the Spanish authorities and found to be carrying 250 kilos of cocaine.Businesses on the Costa del Sol have been raided as part of the operationThe boat had set sail from the Dutch Antilles, and was escorted by the Spanish police into the port of Vigo after its interception.Eight arrests have been made in total, some of them on the Costa del Sol, and the nationalities of those...

British man, who allegedly stabbed his father-in-law with a 25 cm knife.

Diario Información reports on an incident in recent days in the Castillo de San Juan area of Orihuela Costa, involving another British man, who allegedly stabbed his father-in-law with a 25 cm knife. The suspect’s wife and son are reported to have witnessed the assau...

British man was arrested after a police chase

British man was arrested after a police chase in the Dream Hills area of Orihuela last Saturday, for allegedly ripping off part of the ear of another man, a 44 year old also from Britain.The injured man was taken to hospital in Torrevieja by police, while other officers tried to capture his assailant. Las Provincias newspaper said he was finally captured in a wooded area next to the AP-7 toll motorway after narrowly escaping being hit by cars when falling down onto the carriageway from a height of 20 metres when jumping over the motorway barrier.The...

Gang boss ‘Fat’ Freddie Thompson spotted in Puerto Banus after moving his operation to Spain after a gun attack on his home

Gang boss ‘Fat’ Freddie Thompson spotted in Puerto Banus after moving his operation to Spain after a gun attack on his home .The Irish Gangster has set up home on the Costa del Sol with a nephew of the Monk, it’s revealed. Both men survived a gun attack in Spain last year which left their pal, Paddy Doyle, dead. Thompson (28) relocated to an apartment in Marbella four weeks ago, days after a shotgun blast was fired at the front window of his family...

Keith Abrahams, 40, of Hereford, has been arrested in Spain on suspicion of smuggling £5million of heroin into the UK.

Keith Abrahams, 40, of Hereford, has been arrested in Spain on suspicion of smuggling £5million of heroin into the UK.Spanish Police have broken up a group of Foreign Exchange Agencies who are said to have laundered funds worth around 180 million euros during the last four years.The group appeared to be offering their services to tourists but were in fact dealing with British customers linked to drug trafficking between 2005 and 2009.The Operation began five months ago when officials detected a group of exchange agencies, primarily in Fuengirola,...

Gary Well, 45, of London, was one of 10 people arrested in a series of swoops on a string of money-changing agencies in Fuengirola.

Gary Well, 45, of London, was one of 10 people arrested in a series of swoops on a string of money-changing agencies in Fuengirola.Costa gang alleged to have laundered £155million for British drug dealers operating on the Costa del Sol has been smashed by Spanish police.The agencies were a cover for British drug gangs smuggling cannabis from Spain to the UK, police sa...

Armoured Mercedes S-Class limousine was found not far from where it was stolen

German Health Minister’s official car, stolen by thieves last week while Minister Ulla Schmidt was holidaying in Dénia, has been found by the Civil Guard.The German newspaper ‘Rheinische Post’ reported on Wednesday that the armoured Mercedes S-Class limousine was found not far from where it was stolen, and is believed to have been dumped there by the thieves after all the media attention over the vehicle’s theft.The car was driven the 2,400 kms from Germany by her chauffeur, while Mrs Schmidt made the journey by air. It was taken when thieves broke...

50,000 in high-quality fake Euro notes imported into the country every month

Police in Spain have broken up a network which is said to have brought an average of 50,000 in high-quality fake Euro notes into the country every month. The money came into Cataluña from Italy in 20 and 50 Euro notes, and from there, was distributed throughout the country, only being detected as fake once it reached the banks.The 21 arrests over the two-phase operation include the three network leaders and a courier who was detained at the Figueres bus station with more than 66,000 € in fake notes, of a total of 113,000 € seized over the entire...