More than 150 police involved in early-morning drug raids and arrests along the Costa del Sol

Some 150 members of Spain’s Guardia Civil have been involved in raids on properties since early this Wednesday morning, 19 October, in Fuengirola, Mijas and Torremolinos as part of an operation against a criminal organisation dedicated to marijuana trafficking.

According to sources, more than a dozen people - the majority from Eastern European countries - have been arrested for their alleged involvement in the network.