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14/07/2005
In a joint operation involving British and Spanish police code-named "Sugar," thirteen British people have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a drug-trafficking and money-laundering ring based on the Costa del Sol.
Eleven firearms, six luxury cars, €150,000 in cash, jewels, watches, 2,100 boxes of 10x20 cigarettes, forged identity papers, and documents relating to the money-laundering operation, were seized during searches at twelve properties in Marbella, Mijas, Fuengirola and Málaga.
A police spokesman explained that among those arrested, all of whom are considered "highly dangerous," are three men wanted for two "revenge" murders in Holland and the UK.
The man behind the gang is British of Pakistani origin currently in jail in the UK. International arrest warrants have been issued for seven other men, all of whom are also British.
It is thought that the total turnover of the gang -whose main activity was trafficking cocaine and cannabis resin to the UK (Liverpool and Yorkshire)- could be as high as €50 million, and that the money was laundered through illegal speculation in the Costa del Sol property market.
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14/07/2005
In a joint operation involving British and Spanish police code-named "Sugar," thirteen British people have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a drug-trafficking and money-laundering ring based on the Costa del Sol.
Eleven firearms, six luxury cars, €150,000 in cash, jewels, watches, 2,100 boxes of 10x20 cigarettes, forged identity papers, and documents relating to the money-laundering operation, were seized during searches at twelve properties in Marbella, Mijas, Fuengirola and Málaga.
A police spokesman explained that among those arrested, all of whom are considered "highly dangerous," are three men wanted for two "revenge" murders in Holland and the UK.
The man behind the gang is British of Pakistani origin currently in jail in the UK. International arrest warrants have been issued for seven other men, all of whom are also British.
It is thought that the total turnover of the gang -whose main activity was trafficking cocaine and cannabis resin to the UK (Liverpool and Yorkshire)- could be as high as €50 million, and that the money was laundered through illegal speculation in the Costa del Sol property market.
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