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More than 100 police involved in Nerja drug raids on homes and businesses
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At least 12 people have been arrested in the Axarquia town this Wednesday morning
The Guardia Civil has dealt another blow to drug trafficking in Malaga province. More than 100 officers were involved in early-morning raids in Nerja this Wednesday (21 July), which resulted in the arrest of a least a dozen people.
Members of the force’s elite rapid action group (GAR) joined regular officers to carry out at least a dozen searches of homes and hospitality businesses in the Axarquia town.
The operation focused on the retail sale of drugs, mainly hashish and cocaine.
A police canine unit was also called on, and a Guardia Civil vehicle was parked near the Ermita de las Angustias taxi rank, to transfer the arrested people to the courts in Torrox.
The anti-drug operation remains open and more arrests have not been ruled out in the next few hours.
