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CHARO MÁRQUEZ
A French citizen, born in Oman, who was wanted in connection with murder and drug trafficking offences was arrested following a car chase on Tuesday last week in Marbella. The police pursuit began when a BMW with three occupants accelerated away
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Eugenio Cabezas
A Torre del Mar resident was arrested last Friday night for driving a quad bike while drunk in the town. After a police chase, the suspect; a middle-aged man, was caught and tested positive for alcohol. He was arrested for drink driving and
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ALVARO FRÍAS / FERNANDO TORRES / IGNACIO LILLO
A 50-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the killing of his mother, 81, in the Puerto de la Torre neighbourhood of Malaga on Thursday afternoon. The events took place at around 1pm on Calle Escritor Atienza Huertos. SUR sources
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ÁLVARO FRÍAS / JUAN CAÑO
The convicted boss of a mafia-style organisation, born in Italy in 1968, and with initials P. G. F., was arrested by Fuengirola police last week, after being caught using his mobile phone while driving. Plain-clothes officers became suspicious of
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CHARO MÁRQUEZ
arrested at the scene and 600 kilos of hashish seized, according to sources. Neighbours, who had smelled marijuana, said it was strange that the house hadn't been discovered before. A house in Marbella was also searched.
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Álvaro Frías
Two men and a woman, aged between 29 and 42, have been arrested over their links to a weapons factory in Campanillas. The group built weapons using components from various sources and sold the new products on the black market. After receiving a
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SUR
National and Local Police have closed down a smokers' club in the Fuengirola area, which had allegedly been facilitating the dealing of marijuana and hash. A 19-year-old Irish-born man, who had been in charge of the premises, has been arrested
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DEBBIE BARTLETT
...overlooking the harbour in Porto Pi, where the royal yacht was berthed. Late at night on 9 August, the security forces swooped on the apartment and arrested three men, who were later named as Juan José Rego Vidal, his son, Iñaki Rego, and Jorge García ... been watching the suspects closely. In a statement to the press the following day, the Secretary of State for the Interior, Margarita Robles, said the men had been arrested for allegedly plotting an attack on the royal family. Suspicions had been
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A. PELÁEZ.
A 16-year-old boy was arrested last Friday in relation to the recent racist attacks aimed at Benajarafe's priest, Jesús Ramesh Babu Gudapati. A court sentenced the boy, who is Spanish and from the area, to six months in a youth detention centre
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JUAN CANO
A private-hire vehicle driver has been arrested and charged with filing a false report of a kidnapping, reportedly concocted to hide the truth behind a night of drugs and orgies. The driver had reported the supposed kidnapping at Fuengirola police ... had driven the two companions to sell the motorbike, offered a very different version of the story. Witnesses said that the driver had not been forced to act against his will at any point during the night. The driver has since been arrested over