44 arrests in Costa del Sol drug busts
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By h.b. - Oct 5, 2008 - 11:56 AM
The gang were controlled by a Moroccan man based on the Costa del Sol.

A total of 44 members of an International drug trafficking gang which operated in many European countries have been arrested in Málaga province. 34 of those arrested are Spanish, with 13 Moroccans, four French, two Dutch, a Palestinian and a Gibraltarian.

In the operation the Civil Guard recovered three tons of hashish and three kilos of cocaine, together with 16 vehicles, four boats, two jet skies, two pistols and more than 6,800 € in cash with other documents.

The group is thought to have been made up of three cells all controlled by the Moroccan boss based on the Costa del Sol, one which brought the drug over from Morocco and two others which distributed the drugs in Spain and across Europe.

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