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How to Find Motivation to Stop Abusing Substances
Becoming addicted to substances such as drugs, whether prescription or illegal or alcohol, is sadly increasingly common in the 21st Century. This is down to many factors such as societal pressure and...
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12 marijuana traffickers arrested in Major Vega Baja bust
The arrests were made in San Miguel de Salinas, Rojales and Orihuela The Civil Guard has broken up a major criminal gang dedicated to drug trafficking that operated in the Vega Baja. Five marijuana...
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Jockey Evans tests positive for banned substance
Jockey Evans facing BHA disciplinary hearing amid allegations of testing positive for banned substance By Andrew Atkinson Jockey Nathan Evans is facing a disciplinary hearing by the BHA amid...
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Jockey Oisin Murphy three-month suspension following positive test for cocaine
Quote: ‘Murphy told disciplinary hearing the positive was due to environmental contamination, via sexual contact with a user of the Class A drug’ By Andrew Atkinson Flat champion jockey Oisin Murphy...
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Civil Guard bust cocaine and marijuana gang in Vega Baja and Torre Pacheco
AN ongoing drugs investigation by the Civil Guard has lead to an anti-drugs bust of trafficking cocaine and marijuana in the Vega Baja and Torre Pacheco. The Civil Guard Pilar de la Horadada took...
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Civil Guard arrest after drugs boat runs aground at Guardamar
By Andrew Atkinson The Civil Guard has made an arrest after a drugs boat ran aground on the beach at Guardamar in which they discovered approximately fifty bales of drugs containing more than two tons...
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Cox Local Police find a cannabis greenhouse
Two men have been arrested after the Cox Local Police located, a plantation with more than 10,300 marijuana plants in a greenhouse in the Collederos area of the town. A second smaller unit was also...
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Drugs Busts in Torrevieja
Members from the local police special operations group, the G.R.O., have been conducting surveillance in the parks and gardens of the town. In particular, the G.R.O. have been carrying out preventive...
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Alicante Civil Guard discover euro bank notes, hashish and marijuana – in...
By Andrew Atkinson Alicante Civil Guard discovered euro bank notes, hashish and marijuana – in tubes of Pringles – after a routine search of a car in Mutxamel. Two residents of El Campello and Mutxamel...
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Nine arrests after gangland stabbings
Arrests for alleged drug trafficking in Alicante and San Miguel de Salinas Nine people belonging to two criminal gangs, both dedicated to the production and distribution of drugs, have been arrested...
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Marijuana and €2,835 found in car by Torrevieja Civil Guard
By Andrew Atkinson A Court case has taken place following a German accused of drug trafficking 23 kilos of marijuana arrested in Torrevieja. The Civil Guard of Alicante, in a crime prevention programme...
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Drugs washed up in Marina Deportivo
Torrevieja Emergencies announced the local police surveillance boat reported a suspicious bundle washed up on the shoreline that lead to 22 packages of hashish being discovered. The incident occurred...
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Marijuana dealers destined for Torrevieja beaches arrested
Two men, aged 20 and 54, and of Spanish nationality, have been arrested in Torrevieja for possession of 4 kilos of marijuana in sealed bags ready to sell on the beach The arrests took place during a...
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Marijuana Plantation Found in Elche House
Officers from the National Police have arrested two people on suspicion of a crime against public health, for being in possession of an “indoor” crop that housed a plantation with 1,100 marijuana...
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Major Drug Gang Arrested in Elche
Officers from the National Police have arrested ten people in Elche, all of Albanian nationality and aged between 19 and 32, for cultivating and selling marijuana on a large scale, throughout the...
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Three arrested in Rojales for sending marijuana to Ireland and the Netherlands
The Civil Guard has arrested in Rojales three British people in Rojales for sending packages of marijuana to Ireland and the Netherlands, from Almoradí, through the post. The arrested, two men aged 32...
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Drug Trafficker Arrested at Traffic Control
The Local Police in Elche arrested a man for drug trafficking during a routine vehicle check. The vehicle was stopped at a routine checkpoint when the driver became very nervous and finally gave the...
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Driving under the influence of drugs is cause for dismissal for passenger...
The Social Chamber of the Supreme Court has handed down a sentence in which it unifies doctrine and establishes that drivers who work in passenger transport by road who drive under the influence of...
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Torrevieja highlighted in UN report on drug trafficking
Torrevieja has been mentioned in a United Nations (UN) report on drugs, namely cocaine trafficking, in which it warns of the increase in violence in Europe related to the illicit trade in this drug....
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Brits Amongst 19 Arrestees in Torrevieja Cannabis Clampdown
Seven cannabis associations in Torrevieja have been dismantled by the Guardia Civil in an operation in which 19 people between the ages of 25 and 69 of eight nationalities have been arrested and nearly...
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Four arrested in Orihuela Costa and San Miguel for sending drugs to Ireland
The Civil Guard has arrested 4 people in San Miguel de Salinas and Orihuela Costa who are alleged to be members of a gang based in La Vega Baja that was sending parcels full of marijuana to Ireland One...
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Surfer Finds Torrevieja Drugs Bundle
Whilst surfing off the coast of Torrevieja on Sunday morning, a surfer found a large, brown bundle floating in the sea. Believing the bundle could contain drugs, the surfer contacted the emergency...
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A drunk and drugged 17 year old arrested after fatal La Manga crash
The Civil Guard has arrested a 17-year-old minor who was driving a vehicle without a license. The car was involved in a fatal accident on the La Manga highway, near Los Belones. There were seven...
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Quirónsalud Torrevieja recommends early detection
Quirónsalud Torrevieja recommends performing self-examinations and consulting a specialist in the event of any abnormality, hardening or visible change in the breast Specialists recommend having your...
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Harry Potter and Christmas are Coming to Torrevieja Events This Week
The Guardia Civil will be carrying out extensive checks on alcohol and drugs consumption before driving this week, accompanied by the Local and Regional Police in many areas. This is part of a...
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Intensified checks for alcohol and drugs
In the run up to Christmas, when a large number of gatherings are held with family and friends in which alcohol is usually present, it is important to remember that, while driving, the only safe rate...
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Reggaeton Beach Festival Torrevieja Plans Return in 2024
Despite the cancellation of an event in Madrid over safety concerns, and numerous arrests in Torrevieja for drugs offences, the organisers of the Reggaeton Beach Festival (RBF) are not perturbed and...
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Spanish News Brief – Tuesday 19 December 2023
Tuesday starts in Spain with the Institute of National Statistics (INE) publishing the service sector activity indicators for October, and the business and turnover figures for industry for the same...
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