Spanish police have arrested in the city of Barcelona a man wanted by the Argentine authorities for suspected drug trafficking.

Spanish police have arrested in the city of Barcelona a man wanted by the Argentine authorities for suspected drug trafficking. Police sources said the man wanted in Argentina belonged to an organization dismantled at the end of last year when it tried to smuggle around a ton of cocaine into Spain. The Algerian-born French citizen who is under arrest was a kingpin of the organization that fronted as a company that imported protective coverings for the grass in stadiums. The case goes back to February 2007, when the Argentine judiciary began to investigate the international organization made up mainly of Bolivian and Argentine citizens living in Spain. Argentine police were able to take 13 of the suspected members of the organization into custody last December following a concert at Boca Juniors soccer stadium en Buenos Aires after finding narcotics in the base of the scaffolding and in the plastic sheeting, just as the material was about to be shipped to Spain.
Alerted by Interpol, the Spanish police learned that the fugitive was living in Barcelona, where he was finally arrested.

Police in Marbella have arrested two Britons, father and son,

Police in Marbella have arrested two Britons, father and son, who are wanted by the UK authorities in connection with a murder.The two men, 49 year old NJJ and 23 year old JNJ, were arrested under an international arrest warrant. A third person involved in the crime was arrested in the UK.The men are wanted in connection with the kidnapping and subsequent murder of a UK citizen. The victim is believed to have been abducted from Park Farm in Northaw at around 19:00 on February 29th. His body, minus head and limbs, was found on March 14th near Ickleford in Hertfordshire.
The missing body parts were never found and the victim had to be identified through DNA tests. The forensic analysis concluded that the victim was murdered shortly after being kidnapped…Hardly likely to have been before….The investigation was a joint operation involving the Grupo de Homicidios de la Unidad de Delincuencia Especializada y Violenta (UDEV), the Hertfordshire Police Department and the Costa del Sol Grupo de Estupefacientes.At the time of the arrests, the police also seized three vehicles, an imitation gun, various documents and €30,000 in cash.

John O'Connell and wife Mary were killed instantly when they were struck by a Peugeot 206 at an accident blackspot on the Costa Blanca

Suspected Drink driver who killed two Irish pedestrians in Spain has blamed poor road conditions and the couple's "lack of caution" for their deaths.
The 35-year-old has been remanded in custody while a judge investigates him for the possible crime of manslaughter.John O'Connell (46) and wife Mary (45), from Cahirciveen, Co Kerry, were killed instantly when they were struck by a Peugeot 206 at an accident blackspot on the Costa Blanca on Monday night.Now the driver is said to be considering suing local authorities because of the poor condition of the N332 in Orihuela Costa, where the tragedy occurred.He was arrested at the scene after allegedly failing a breath test. He is also thought to have been speeding.But in a statement to an investigating judge behind closed doors on Tuesday, the driver said the area was badly lit and badly signposted.His lawyer reportedly blamed the tragedy on the "possible imprudence" of Mr and Mrs O'Connell.The driver, originally from Madrid but living in Torrevieja on the Costa Blanca, was returning from a dinner in a restaurant when he ploughed into the couple as they walked down the street.He has not been charged with any offence. The investigating judge will decide at a later date if he should face charges.The driver was told he would be held at the Folcalent prison in Alicante unless he could stump up the €6,000 bail.Meanwhile, yesterday a local restaurant owner told how he attempted to revive the couple after the horror crash but found they were already dead.Both bodies were found 50 metres from the car.
Jose Ramon Machuca said: "I had just closed my restaurant and I heard the bang. I tried taking their pulses but they were already dead."The driver didn't seem drunk to me, not at all. He seemed to be very normal."This has happened before, and it's a miracle it doesn't happen more often, because there is no pedestrian walkway, no footbridge, nothing."At night it's horrendous. I have reported it but the town hall has just ignored me."The couple, who have no children, were just hours into their holiday and were walking back to their hotel from a concert when they were struck by the car.They had recently celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary by renewing their vows.The stretch of road where the tragedy occurred, lined with bars and restaurants and near to a popular ex-pat residential neighbourhood called La Zenia, is a notorious accident blackspot.Local residents who live either side of the road and holidaymakers who stay in nearby hotels and self-catering apartments, have long complained of the dangers they face crossing it.Fr William Crean, of Cahirciveen parish church, said: "The town is simply devastated. They were heavily involved in the local community."

National Police in Malaga city said firearms were taking over from knives as the weapon most used to commit crimes nine shootouts 20 armed robberies

Coín’s Local Police made 70 arrests during the month of April, double the monthly average of 30 to 30 and the largest number in the force’s history. Just under two thirds of the arrests were made in the town itself. The rest were made in Alhaurin el Grance, Guaro, Monda and Tolox, which come under Coín’s jurisdiction. Most of the arrests involved robbery, followed by drug trafficking. Meanwhile, a spokesman for the National Police in Malaga city said firearms were taking over from knives as the weapon most used to commit crimes. He said there had been nine shootouts and more than 20 robberies at gun point since the beginning of the year.

Police say they are investigating the sale of fake work contracts

Diario Sur, published in Málaga this morning says that local immigrant workers are paying for fake work contracts so that they can keep their Spanish residency. As the economic slowdown begins to bite locally, especially in the construction industry, it is immigrant workers who are in the front line, and non-EU workers are obliged to have a current work contract when they need to renew their residency permits.Police say they are investigating the sale of fake work contracts in the city for prices which range from 1,000 € to 9,500 €. Most of the contracts are for companies which are registering no activity.

Credit card skammers working in Puerto Banús have been caught

Credit card duplicators has been broken up in Marbella and items from fraudulent purchases estimated to be worth more than 100,000 € have been recovered. Police also found a large amount of false documentation with some 100 cards which had been cloned and were ready for use.Europa Press reports that National Police based in Marbella broke up the gang of Romanians, and two of those arrested, named as Petrica L. and Florin B. will appear before the judge shortly.Police discovered the group on April 10th using the cloned cards in several exclusive shops in Puerto Banús. The cards were made using a technique of skimming. The cards were prepared here, but using data sent to the group over the Internet from abroad.

International luxury car theft gang broken up Madrid, Alicante and Málaga

Guardia Civil have broken up an international network specialists in the theft of luxury top of the range cars. 19 people have been arrested in the provinces of Madrid, Alicante and Málaga, and at least a dozen properties have been searched.
Spanish police say the group was one of the most active in Europe and could have carried out vehicle thefts in as many as ten provinces. Codenamed ‘Operación Lujo’, the nationalities of those arrested are Spanish, Bulgarian, and Peruvian.GUARDIA CIVIL have arrested 22 people in connection with the theft of luxury cars on the Costa Blanca and all over Spain.Operation ‘Lujo’ was set up at the end of 2007 after police identified a pattern in the number of luxury cars being stolen.
They centred their investigations on Alicante, Madrid and Málaga and this led to the identification of a number of individuals.A police spokesman said that the gang was divided into three groups, each with its own responsibilities. The first group would identify the cars to be stolen, they were followed by specialist car thieves who used electronic devices to record central locking codes on the target vehicles and neutralise their alarm systems.Once the vehicles had been stolen the third group produced false documentation for the cars, which included changing the number plates and altering chassis number details.Of the 22 people detained, 16 are Bulgarian, five are Spanish and one is a Peruvian.Two of the arrests were made in Alicante and Polop de la Marina and police recovered 83 stolen vehicles in searches of properties in Alicante, Madrid and Málaga.All 22 detainees have been remanded in custody while the police investigation continues.

Laura Jiménez murder arrests made

Ecuadorian man, Amable Danilo B., who is accused of killing the 19 year old local girl, Laura Jiménez, from Pilar de la Horadada, whose body was found weighed down in an irrigation reservoir, was sent to prison on remand by the judge investigating the case. He is accused of premeditated murder. His arrest and imprisonment has been welcomed by the victim’s family as ‘the first step of justice for the death of Laura’. The killing has caused a great upset in the area of the Vega Baja.A second person who was arrested with him was granted provisional bail, with charges of covering up a crime remaining.

Argentinian shot in Malaga house robbery

Argentinian man, has been injured after being shot twice in the leg. It happened in a house in Calle Cómpeta in Málaga yesterday afternoon at 2pm according to the EFE news agency.The victim was taken to the Clínico hospital, and police have recovered the firearm used and opened an investigation.The victim says that he did not know the two attackers, who shot him when he answered the door. The attackers, who are also thought to be Latin American, then robbed the victim’s home.

Police said two men, aged 59 and 22 and from north London, were arrested in Spain on suspicion of murder.

Three men have been arrested in connection with the murder of a man whose headless and handless body was found in Hertfordshire. John Finney, 42, is thought to have been abducted from his vehicle in Northaw on 29 February. His body was found in Ickleford on 14 March.
Two men have been detained under a European arrest warrant in Spain and are currently being held there. Another man was held in north London and remains in police custody.
Police said two men, aged 59 and 22 and from north London, were arrested in Spain on suspicion of murder. The third person arrested was a 28-year-old man from Barnet.

The secrets of the £2m villa named El Lechero,

Brian Wright led a double life as a notorious horse-racing punter and a major league gangster before his arrest in Spain 2005.Brian Wright is being chased for £45million in profits from his billion-pound cocaine smuggling operation, a court heard.The 61-year-old godfather — who was known as The Milkman because he always delivered — is serving 30 years in jail after being convicted last year. In 2004 he was said to be worth £600m and prosecutors have this week been trying to claw back the proceeds of his crimes at Woolwich Crown Court.
But Wright, who had a house in Frimley, claims he has no assets left. He is refusing to attend the hearing despite being brought from Whitemoor Prison in Cambridgeshire to the high-security Belmarsh jail in south London.His barrister Jerome Lynch QC told the court: “His position is he has nothing and no matter how much he says it, that will not be accepted.“Everything he paid for was paid for in cash and rented.
“The approach the Crown has taken is so unrealistic that it is pointless engaging and he takes the view that it almost doesn’t matter.“He is nearly 62 years of age, and is serving 30 years. He will not see the light of day.
“One can understand a man of his age taking that approach when it is likely he will die in jail.”Mr Lynch said Wright’s wife died last year and added: “Is it really supposed that this man who allowed his wife to die in a rented apartment in Spain is the holder of £45million?’But Wright is refusing to give evidence in court to back up his claims he has no money left.“He has no intention of going into the witness box to give any further evidence other than that which he gave in the trial,” said Mr Lynch..He rubbed shoulders with royalty, boasted a celebrity lifestyle.
He laundered his drug money by making huge wagers on horse racing.Wright, married for 43 years, even boasted of meeting singer Frank Sinatra and film star Clint Eastwood.His wealth afforded him a house in Frimley, his rented luxury apartment in Chelsea Harbour, and a £2m villa — named El Lechero, the Spanish for The Milkman — in Spain.He had a box at the Royal Ascot race meeting for 14 years and was a member of the exclusive clubs Tramps and Annabels in London.Wright was finally nailed by a Customs and Excise operation which began after a boat named Sea Mist was boarded by Irish Police at Cork Harbour on September 29, 1996.Officers found 1,230lb of cocaine — valued at more than £50m — hidden in the dumb waiter of the yacht.
The shipment was meant to have been smuggled into the UK and stored at a safe house in Lymington, Hampshire, but the gang fled the property after hearing of the arrest of the crew.Left at the house was Brian Wright’s Channel 4 Racing Diary containing contact numbers for other members of his cartel, as well as dozens of famous names in horse racing and TV. In 1997, police began bugging Wright’s exclusive riverside flat in Chelsea Harbour and following him and his friends, including right-hand man Kevin Hanley.The next year, as three more shipments successfully arrived in the UK via Poole, Dorset, and Salcombe, Devon, Wright was arrested over horse-fixing allegations.He was released on bail and in December 1998 he left the UK for Spain after having a heart bypass operation.But on February 12, 1999, Wright’s son Brian Anthony Wright and son-in-law Paul Shannon were among 15 people arrested in connection with the smuggling investigation. Five days after his son’s arrest, Wright Snr paid £20,000 through his daughter Joanne for a private jet to take him and jockey Declan Murphy to Northern Cyprus.Because the territory had no extradition treaty with the UK, he was effectively safe from arrest until he moved on to Spain in 2002.It was only in the spring of 2005 that Wright Snr was arrested in Marbella and flown back to Britain to face trial.The same year, police arrested Hanley’s girlfriend Anni Rowland for laundering drug money and found nearly £70,000 at her home in Great Burford, Oxfordshire.
Wright, whose last known address was in Cadiz, Spain, denied one count of conspiracy to evade the prohibition on the importation of a controlled substance and one count of conspiracy to supply drugs.
His only previous conviction is for dishonesty, obtaining property by deception, in the late 1970s.Wright Jnr, now 40, of Ridgemount, Weybridge, Surrey, was found guilty of drugs importation and jailed for 16 years.
Paul Shannon, now 42, of Lockier Walk, Wembley, was found guilty of conspiracy to supply and jailed for five years.

Panorama urbanisation killings prosecutor is calling for a total of 113 years in prison

prosecutor is calling for a total of 113 years in prison for the three men, two Romanians and a Moroccan, who murdered a German couple in their home in Chilches on the eastern Costa del Sol in January last year.The men assaulted the property, tied up the occupants, put black plastic bags over their heads, and then shot them in cold blood several times, but then only made off with a four by four vehicle, some 13,000 € in cash, and jewellery.La Opinion de Málaga reports that the Prosecutors Office considers that the men travelled from Granada to carry out the attack thinking that there was a large deal of cash from a house sale in the property owned by the German couple in the Panorama urbanisation.

Roca back in prison as a result of the increase in the bail money

Roca back in prison as a result of the increase in the bail money demanded by National Court Judge, Pablo Ruz, in the Saqueo 1 case, the judiciary continues to investigate how Juan Antonio Roca and his family had assembled 1,450,000 € bail money needed between that case and the Malaya case to fund his freedom from jail. Eyebrows were raised given that the instruction judge in the Malaya case had ordered that all the ex municipal real estate assessor’s assets be frozen.
The family say that the new bail amount of 3 million € in the Saqueo 1 case is ridiculous and it is impossible for them to raise such an amount. Roca found the original 450,000 € bail in the case back in April 2002.He’s now inside the Soto del Real prison in Madrid, and his lawyer, José Anibal Álvarez claims that the million € bail found in the Malaya case came from friends and family. The ex Deputy Mayor of Marbella, Pedro Román, is thought to be among those to have put up some of the case, but the judge also considers, and even said in his summary, that for sure Roca has large assets outside the country. Román also faces charges of bribery, money laundering and fraud, and other suspects in the case such as the lawyer Antonio Abril and Roca’s wife, Rosa Jimeno, are thought to have each put up 100,000 € of the total.

Mohamed Taieb Ahmen, has been on the run for five months after escaping from a Moroccan prison in Kenitra, he was thought to have been on the Costa

Spanish police arrests "El Nene" fugitive Moroccan citizen
Police say he had bribed his way out of jail and Moroccan authorities issued an international arrest warrant in December after discovering he was missing.A man known as ‘El Nene’, one of the most wanted hashish drug traffickers in the world, has been captured by the Spanish National Police in the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta.The Moroccan, Mohamed Taieb Ahmen, has been on the run for five months after escaping from a Moroccan prison in Kenitra, 40kms north of Rabat, where he was serving eight years for international drug trafficking. It seems he simply bribed six prison officers to help with his escape and he was thought to have been lying low on the Costa del Sol.The man who was arrested again on an Interpol warrant is said to have more millions than years; he is 32 years old.

Plane loaded with drugs crashes at Spanish banker Botin's estate

The plane was carrying 200 kilograms (441 pounds) of hashish when it missed the airfield and crashed into a nearby gully, Dmaz-Cano said. Two people were killed at the crash and a third one was arrested.
Police are investigating a small plane loaded with drugs that crashed Friday at the estate of one of the country's most prominent bankers, killing two people on board, an Interior Ministry representative said.The plane crashed around midday Friday as it tried to land at a private airstrip on the country estate of banker Emilio Botin, Maximo Dmaz-Cano said.The plane was carrying 200 kilograms (441 pounds) of hashish when it missed the airfield and crashed into a nearby gully, Dmaz-Cano said.A third person has been detained at the 11,000 hectare (27,180 acres) estate, located 230 kilometers (143 miles) southwest of Madrid. Police are combing the area in search of other people who might have been involved in the suspected smuggling.
Botin is president of Banco Santander Central Hispano, Spain's largest bank by market capitalization.

Frank Rijkaard, saw his home robbed while he was inside

Barcelona Manager, Frank Rijkaard, saw his home robbed while he was inside with his family on Sunday night. The thieves climbed up outside the front of the building to gain access through a bedroom window. They made off with luxury watches and jewellery and what is described by the regional Catalan police, Los Mossos d’Esquardra, describe as ‘a lot of money in cash’.Rijkaard lives in the Sarrià district of Barcelona, and only realised that the theft had taken place when he saw the upturned bedroom.Rijkaard’s son heard the dog barking and saw one of the thieves.
The police commented that they did not know whether the thieves were stupid, but they must realise attacking the home of someone so well known would not benefit them in the long run. They think the house was probably chosen therefore by chance.

National Policemen in Málaga have each been sentenced to two years in prison for carrying out thefts from 19 industrial warehouses in the city.

Two National Policemen in Málaga have each been sentenced to two years in prison for carrying out thefts from 19 industrial warehouses in the city.A cage with three parakeets, 41 boxes of olive oil, a lingerie display, electrical and other items all made up the booty for the policemen who were found guilty of the thefts carried out between 1999 and May 2000. Total value of the products taken has been estimated at 33,000, according to La Opinión de Málaga. The policemen always acted with four security guards who have already been served similar sentences.

Costa del Sol Health centre robber caught

Police finally caught the woman, named only with the initials, M.I.C.G. in the act at the Carlos Haya Hospital in the city where she was in the offices and taking personal items which belonged to health staff.A 42 year old woman who dressed up in a white lab coat and put a stethoscope round her neck so she could steal from health centres has been arrested in Málaga. Diario Sur reports that she had carried out thefts in Ambulance stations, hospitals and health centres along the Costa del Sol, such as Las Lagunas in Mijas, in the search for wallets and other items. She now faces four charges of theft, two of them violent, and another count of attempted theft.

Lady in the lake identified

The Guardia Civil are searching for the ex boyfriend of the young woman whose body was found on Monday floating in an irrigation reservoir in Pilar de la Horadada.
She has now been identified as a 19 year old from the town, L.J.J. who vanished on April 10th. Her aunt had reported her missing to the authorities on the 15th, thinking that she could have run off with her ex boyfriend. She was found floating with both her hands and legs tied and a heavy metal belt around her which is thought to have initially caused the body to sink.Her ex Ecuadorian boyfriend is now being searched for, with the tragedy of the case being that she had denounced him for ill-treatment back in December.

Million Euros siezed from drug-traffickers in Estepona

Nearly a million € cash has been recovered by police from a gang of drug-traffickers in Estepona. Four French people of Algerian origin have been arrested, accused of moving more than 825 kilos of haschis in a car which was intercepted in France.
The first phase of the operation was on the 16th of this month in Estepona port when the four arrests took place and 820,400 € in cash was recovered from the gang. This was not reported in the media at the time as the case remained open, and in the second phase now it has been confirmed that the group was linked to the French traffickers. The arrested men have been named as 34 year old Salim B. A., 28 year old Boulaiche H., 30 year old Jaouad M., and 44 year old Latreche J. A large amount of documentation and two top of the range cars have been seized in the National Police operation. All the accused will appear before the National Court in Madrid shortly.

Body found in pond Evidence points to the woman meeting a violent death about a week ago.

The body of a woman has been found floating in an irrigation pond in Alicante. The find at Pilar de la Horadada, Alicante, close to Murcia, came just after 8am this morning. Divers were needed to recover the body, in an advanced state of decomposition, some ten metres out of reach.
Once recovered a metal belt was found round the body, thought to have weighed it down initially under the water.
As yet there are no details on the identity of the victim, or the cause of death, but she has been described as being in her 20’s and blonde, possibly from Eastern Europe.The case is in the hands of Instruction Court One in Orihuela, which has placed reporting restrictions in place, given that the evidence points to the woman meeting a violent death about a week ago.

Juan Antonio Roca investigated where he has obtained his bail money

Juan Antonio Roca, who was controversially released on 1 million € bail last week, has given an interview to the El Mundo newspaper.He told the paper that he became the cashier and money collector for the Town Hall, and claimed that he did not have any of the money which had been stolen from the town. He said that he did not give any money to the local councillors as had been claimed, but merely lent it to them. He said it was up to the Municipal Treasurer to sat what had happened to the missing 10 billion pesetas – some 60 million €.After two years in prison on remand, Roca has had plenty of time to reflect on his future which now sees more than 50 judicial procedures on the horizon. His current freedom has come at a price – 1 million € bail in the Malaya case and 450,000 in the saqueo case. He also told the paper that he was considering in reclaiming his work post at the Town Hall.Meanwhile the instruction judge in the Malaya case, Óscar Pérez, has asked the police money laundering unit to investigate where Roca has obtained his bail money.

British woman arrested in Benidorm on an international arrest warrant

45 year old British woman, named with the initials A.H., has been arrested in Benidorm on an international arrest warrant. The arrest was carried out at a hotel in the town on the request of the Italian authorities who want to talk to the woman about her alleged connections to the Sicilian Mafia. She is alleged to have carried out extortion, drug trafficking and even a killing for which she faces 24 years in an Italian prison.She will appear before Instruction Court 3 in the National Court in Madrid shortly according to National Police sources in Alicante.

Baggage handlers arrested at Airport

Four workers at Barajas airport in Madrid have been arrested for allowing cocaine into Spain. Three of the workers come from the baggage handling department, and unloaded the suitcases from the planes. They would then hide the drugs in rucksacks where they also put their lunch, and then sent it out of the airport later in found luggage.17 kilos of cocaine was intercepted when the airport’s own anti-drug force intervened.Those arrested have been named as 31 Clara A.R. from Madrid, 27 year old Luis Ismael C.M. from Cádiz, 33 year old Luis Pablo S. from Argentina, 26 year old Julian Yasid G.L., 30 year old Jimmy Darío M.B., 30 year old Alejandra María Z.O., 39 year old Maria Clemencia L.R, 38 year old John Jairo V.F, all from Colombia and Sergio Stalin M.M. from Ecuador.

Chief Inspector of the UDYCO specialist anti-drug and organised crime unit of the police in Málaga has been arrested.

Chief Inspector, named only in reports with the initials V.I.T. was arrested in the Málaga main police station by members of the Civil Guard on Saturday as part of an on-going operation based in Melilla against drug trafficking from North Africa.member of the UDYCO specialist anti-drug and organised crime unit of the police in Málaga has been arrested.Reports indicate that this latest arrest is not linked in any way to other arrests made of four UDYCO officers on the Costa del Sol last month.It’s understood the latest officer to be arrested faces charges of revealing confidential information and failing to report a crime.

Malian national living in Germany was arrested

A Malian national living in Germany was arrested Thursday, , at the port of Tangier, in possession of 1.2 kg of cocaine that he was trying to smuggle to Morocco aboard a car registered in Germany. The banned substance was concealed in a bag placed in the trunk of the car.

Liberian national has been arrested in the Moroccan city of Casablanca with 1.5 kg of cocaine

A Liberian national has been arrested in the Moroccan city of Casablanca with 1.5 kg of cocaine, police sources said in Rabat on Friday. The Liberian, whose identity was not indicated, was caught red-handed in a boule vard in Casablanca, while he was selling the drug. According to the police, the culprit confessed that he decided to sell the drug in Morocco instead of smuggling it into Europe and had been dealing in it between Rabat and Casablanca.

Spanish Police seized a suitcase full of fake $100 notes which they say was used to convince some victims who came to Spain

Law enforcement officers seized a suitcase full of fake $100 notes which they say was used to convince some victims who came to Spain in person to collect their "prize money". Spanish police have arrested 87 Nigerians suspected of defrauding at least 1,500 people in a postal and internet lottery scam. The arrests were made in and around Madrid in an operation co-ordinated with the FBI. Police said millions of euros were taken from the victims, most of them in the United States and European Union. Those targeted were wrongly told they had won a lottery and asked to send a payment before prize money could sent. Thousands of letters and e-mails, most in ungrammatical English, were sent out to prospective victims every day, police said. The faked documents asked them to make an initial payment of 900 euros ($1,400, £720) in taxes or administrative costs.
The scam is estimated to have netted around 20 million euros, but the actual sum could be many times that, say police.
Police said the number of those defrauded could run into many thousands, as most of them probably failed to report the crime out of embarrassment. Police estimate that only one in 1,000 recipients of the letters needed to fall for the fraud for it to make a profit. An Anglican bishop was among those duped, according to Spanish officials. The operation to track down the gang began in May 2007 when a huge number of identical letters destined for addresses in the US was discovered at Madrid's Barajas airport. Police confiscated hundreds of computers, mobile phones and 60,000 letters in a raid on more than 30 homes and businesses.

Stepfather of 18 year old Yulisa Antonia Pérez re-arrested and charged with her murder

stepfather of 18 year old Yulisa Antonia Pérez from the Dominican Republic, whose corpse was found on a rubbish tip near Arrecife (Lanzarote) at the end of last year, five days after she was reported missing, has been re-arrested and charged with her murder. The suspect was first taken into protective custody on the day Yulisa's body was found after being accused of her murder by some within the local Dominican community, who were threatening to lynch him. Yulisa's partially-buried body was found by a local man out walking his dog on November 13th and the autopsy revealed that she died of ashpyxiation. However, apart from having her hands tied behind her back, there were no other signs of violence, and she had not been raped. It seems that Yulisa's mother, Irma had moved in with the suspect around six months before Yulisa was killed. The family lived in the Los Geranios district of the island's capital.

70 year old Russian woman has been arrested for murder

70 year old Russian woman has been arrested for the murder of an elderly man of the same nationality who was found on Saturday evening at his home on the Los Altos de Torrevieja residential estate. The woman, who reportedly suffers from schizophrenia, is under arrest at Torrevieja Hospital, where she is being treated for a barbiturate overdose. She was found unconscious next to the body of her former husband at around 8pm last Saturday by one of the couple's grandchildren, who had gone to check that everything was okay after a couple of days without news.
The woman, who seems to have tried to take her own life after murdering her former husband, was arrested after her fingerprints were detected on the murder weapon - an axe - that was found next to the dead man's body.