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Wanted drug importer Simon Dutton arrested near Benidorm Spain during first day of NCA fugitive campaign
A WANTED man on the new fugitives campaign launched by the National Crime Agency (NCA) and partners has been arrested in Spain. Following an investigation led by the Guardia Civil, Simon Dutton, 49, has been arrested today 14 May 2026 in La Nucia, near Benidorm. Dutton, who was one of 12 fugitives featured in the NCA's most wanted fugitive campaign launched today, is now in custody in Spain. Dutton is wanted for a re-call to prison. He was sentenced for organising large-scal
By JON AUSTIN
May 14


Kevin Parle and Coggins gang member Francis Parker top NCA most wanted in Spain on 20-year anniversary of Operation Captura
A new appeal has been launched to locate and bring to justice 12 of the UK’s most wanted fugitives, who are believed to be hiding in, or have links to Spain. The offenders, all men, are wanted for crimes including murder, drugs offences and money laundering. Publication of the latest list of fugitives marks the 20th anniversary of Operation Captura – a multi-agency campaign which has seen 98 fugitives apprehended out of 111 publicised. The NCA’s Most Wanted campaign is run in
By JON AUSTIN
May 14


Crackdown on drug sales by venues of Benidorm strip known as 'English Zone' to continue over peak summer say police
POLICE have continued to carry out drug operations across Benidorm's party strip. Raids were undertaken on Thursday, May 7, with two venues on Calle Gerona visited by the Policia Nacional. The visits resulted in reports concerning drugs, weapons and safety deficiencies, including the serving of a sanction to one establishment that allegedly did not have civil liability insurance. The Policia Nacional said the latest inspections were welcomed by customers and residents in the
By JON AUSTIN
May 12


EXCLUSIVE: Michael Riley Man accused of murders of Scottish gangsters Ross Monaghan and Eddie Lyons Jnr in Irish bar in Spain set to be extradicted
A man accused of executing two Scottish gangsters at an Irish bar in Spain has given up his battle against extradition in a surprise...
By JON AUSTIN
Oct 10, 2025


John 'Goldfinger' Palmer's former head of security Mohamed Jamil Derbah is arrested in corruption probe on Tenerife
The former head of security for one of Britain's most notorious gangsters has been arrested as part of a major corruption investigation...
By JON AUSTIN
May 10, 2025


EXCLUSIVE: Petition calls for inquiry into why MI5 'did not act on 7/7 Bomber intel it was handed a year before terror strike killed 52 people'
A FORMER accountant who passed intelligence on the 7/7 Bombers to MI5 before they carried out the terror atrocities has launched a...
By JON AUSTIN
May 1, 2025


ACCOUNTANT who Spanish cops 'made suspect after blowing his informant cover' wins extradition fight
AN accountant accused of laundering cash for the former henchman of late Brink's Mat gangster John Palmer has won a battle against...
By JON AUSTIN
Jul 5, 2021


EXCLUSIVE: Man arrested in Leeds over 'road rage murder' of teen on Costa Del Sol named
A MAN arrested in Leeds in connection with an international manhunt for the suspected killer of a teenager stabbed to death in an alleged...
By JON AUSTIN
Jan 4, 2021


DRUG WARS? Albanian shot dead in Costa Blanca restaurant in front of 'British girlfriend' named
THIS is the first picture of an Albanian shot dead as he ate a meal in a Spanish restaurant with his "British girlfriend." The victims...
By JON AUSTIN
Dec 20, 2020


CODENAME ISABELLA: Judgement due in extraordinary case of accountant turned 'supergrass' wan
A JUDGEMENT is due in an extraordinary extradition case concerning an accountant from North Yorkshire wanted in Spain to face money...
By JON AUSTIN
Jun 28, 2020









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