Spanish National Police capture French hitman in Halloween devil mask

A notorious French hitman was nabbed at a Halloween party in Malaga, southern Spain, while wearing a devil's mask and a black cape and wig.

Photo courtesy Policia Nacional

Hammid Hakker, 47, a fugitive on France's most-wanted list, was arrested together with two Spaniards who police suspect were helping him to hide in the country. According to a statement by the National Police, the man was disguised as a devil,in order to blend in with the other party-goers.

According to a report by The Local, Hakker is wanted for drug trafficking, murder and money-laundering and was sentenced by a French court back in 2005 to 15 years in jail for the murder of a minor drug trafficker. However after the jail in northern France granted him a temporary leave of absence in November 2013 Hakker has been on the run.

Prison Break: Hakker has escaped from jail before

He had previously escaped from a jail in Paris back in 1998, taking the place of another man in the visiting area of the prison and was re-arrested in 2003. 

Detenido en #Halloween, y disfrazado de diablo, un líder de sicarios reclamado por homicidio, tráfico de drogas... https://t.co/xMMQZRhWcR pic.twitter.com/6p5UvzvHvl

— Policía Nacional (@policia) November 4, 2016

Reportedly the Spanish police began investigating Hakker in mid-October, after they discovered a "hitman's kit" with two guns, ammunition, a silencer, false ID documents and eight mobile phones, along with 5,000 in cash in a house in Malaga.

UK's 'coke king' busted on the Costa Blanca, Spain

Benidorm - Britain's criminals might just start thinking twice about moving to Spain to continue plying their "trade," as Spanish police have arrested a notorious UK drug dealer and "coke king," Brian Charrington, and several accomplices.

On Monday, Spanish National Police arrested Charrington, who is suspected of running an international trafficking racket involving cocaine from Venezuela.

Overall, police arrested 13 people in both Spain and Venezuela, including Charrington, who police describe as "one of the 10 criminals most investigated by European police and leader of an international drug-trafficking organization."

According to a statement, officers seized 220 kilos (485 pounds) of cocaine from an apartment in L'Albir, close to Benidorm on the Costa Blanca, and also impounded property and bank accounts worth more than €5 million ($6.5 million).

The organization used a group of drug mules to fly cocaine into Spain using commercial flights, and officers intercepted at Barajas Airport, Madrid a man carrying five kilos of cocaine in eight packages distributed across specially adapted underwear, pictured above.
 The Daily Mirror reports that the arrests have also smashed a further plot to smuggle tons of cocaine into Europe via "an armada of yachts."

57-year-old Charrington, who has his own Wikipedia page, used to operate in the North East of England during the 1980's. He rose to fame as a major drug baron in 1992, when a raid at his Middlesbrough home unearthed almost €2.3 million in cash, which was all allegedly linked to drug dealing. While arrested in 1992, he was never formally charged, due to faulty police procedures.

It seems he moved to the sunny Costa Blanca to avoid any further UK problems only to finally meet up with the Spanish National Police.

This news comes shortly after the arrest of yet another notorious UK criminal, Mark Alan Lilley, a convicted drug trafficker who had been on the run for 13 years. As Digital Journal reported, the man was caught by Spanish police in his villa in southern Spain, hiding away in his safe room.

To the source: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/354498

Woman rescued from suicide attempt off the beach in Fuengirola, Spain

After receiving an emergency call on the 091 number, National Police officers, with the aid of a fisherman and his boat, managed to rescue a women who was attempting to commit suicide.

The call was received at 7.00 am on Tuesday, alerting police to the fact that a woman was drowning in the sea close to the beach in Los Boliches, Fuengirola on the Costa del Sol.

After notifying the Salvamento Marítimo branch of the Civil Guard, National Police officers headed immediately to the scene and with the help of a fisherman who was working in the area, went out a few hundred meters from the shore to rescue the woman.

The woman is said to be of Indian nationality and around 33 years old. She has been taken to hospital and is undergoing psychiatric observation due to the attempted suicide.

To the source: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/354501

Spanish policeman delivers baby in a car near Seville Airport

A couple were zooming along, en route to the hospital, when they got snarled up in traffic. An officer had to intervene and assist with the birth. As the baby was tangled in the umbilical cord, without his swift action the child might not have survived.

On June 27, while the National Police officer was conducting foot patrol in the airport area in Seville, he saw a vehicle travelling at high speed towards him.

 

The car became snarled up in stopped traffic in a tunnel at the airport. The man inside the car called to the officer, "Help, please help, my wife is in labor."

 

The officer then found the woman was actually in the process of giving birth and could even see the baby's head crowning.  He was then forced to intervene, as the baby was tangled in the umbilical cord. If not for his quick action, the newborn may have suffered some kind of injury.

 

The agent first notified the Health Services of the San Pablo airport that the woman was giving birth, but realized there was no time, and that he had to intervene himself.

 

First of all he needed to free up space in the vehicle, as the couple's two other children were in the car. He then reassured the mother, who was naturally in quite a state.

 

Finally, because of the strong contractions the women was experiencing, the agent was determined to deliver the baby safely.

 

He then untangled her from the cord and wiped the infant's airways clear of fluids, using the father's jersey. The agent, holding the baby girl in his arms, then gently massaged her back to encourage her to breath and cry.

 

He then wrapped up the baby and placed her in the arms of her mother.

 

The agent did not, however, have suitable tools to cut the umbilical cord, and had to await the arrival of the ambulance to complete the process and transfer both the mother and the newborn baby to the Hospital Virgen de Macarena.

 

While the health services transferred mother and baby, the agent took it on himself to deliver the couple's other two children to their grandparents' home.

 

The medical services from Seville airport commended the officer for his swift actions, which almost certainly saved the life of the newborn.

 

The mother and her new daughter were healthy and hearty, and recovered in the Neonatal Unit of the Hospital Virgen del Rocio.

To the source: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/354084

Police find hashish stuffed sardines in a luxury villa in Marbella

Police discovered the frozen sardines in a truck en route from Morocco this week, and found them to have a rather unusual herbal stuffing — around 900 kilos of hashish.

The operation, which was codenamed "Maria," was run by customs officials, who tracked the cargo from Morocco to a dockside warehouse in Cádiz, from where it traveled to a luxury villa in Marbella

 

Reportedly, police had been monitoring the gang for over a month, since the syndicate leader arrived in Spain from Morocco to plan the shipment. The operation led to the arrest of 14 suspected traffickers, together with the confiscation of cannabis worth more than €3.6 million.

 

A police spokesman told the media, “Officers found 325 kilos of hashish hidden inside the frozen sardines in the refrigeration truck.” “A further 570 kilos was intercepted in a warehouse of El Puerto de Santa María in Cádiz,” he added. 

 

Another hashish bust just down the coast: 

 

It seems this wasn't the only hashish bust in the past week, as apparently a luxury pleasure craft off Almuñécar’s Velilla beach was seized by the Guardia Civil with 300 kilos of hashish on board.

 

Two men, aged 36 and 31, both Spaniards and both from Málaga, were arrested in the bust. One of the men has been arrested before for drug running.

 

That particular action was part of Plan Telos, a police operation started at the beginning of the year to heighten land, sea and air vigilance over the North African drug route.

 

The proximity of Morocco to the Costa del Sol invites many illegal incursions of this kind and police have to keep up the fight constantly.

Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/353945

 

Spanish police detain owner of Nazi hate crime blog

On July 4, National Police agents arrested a 40-year-old man in Sabadell, Catalunya for running a blog able to publish ideas likely to cause discrimination, hatred and violence, on racist, anti-Semitic or ideological grounds.

The investigation started in the middle of November last year after agents detected the existence on the network of an online publication, participating in the national socialist ideology and strongly propagating the supremacy of the white race over all others. 

The man used his blog to disseminate ideas that can cause discrimination, hatred or violence against groups on ideological, racist and anti-Semitic grounds, taking advantage of the anonymity and speed of social networks.

There were more than one hundred weapons found in his home, including knives of different types and sizes, machetes, Samurai swords, axes, a cane stylet, ninja stars and daggers, baseball bats, mallets, American cuffs, wood, rubber and extendable tonfas, shackles, nunchakus (otherwise known as Japanese chain-sticks), and others.

Police also seized 3 revolvers, 4 guns and 1 air rifle, 40 cartridges of different calibers, self-defense sprays, Nazi-themed films and CDs, as well as 2 laptops, 3 hard drives and several mobile phones.

Research has been conducted by officials assigned to the Provincial Information Brigade of the Police Headquarters of Catalonia, in collaboration with the General Information Office, National Police.

To the source: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/353912

Cost cutting exercise: Spain's national police buy own bullet-proof vests

Due to lack of government funding, many members of the Spanish national police are being forced to cough up around €1,000 each for bullet-proof vests and slash-resistant clothing.

There are several branches of the police force in Spain, and the National Police Corps are those responsible for dealing with high-risk situations, such as armed robberies.

However, with the current austerity measures and budget cuts in the country, they are digging deep in their own pockets for their protection in such dangerous incidents.

José María Benito Celador, a spokesperson for the Unified Police Union (SUP) told the Local: “On average each national policeman has to pay €1,000 for bullet-proof vests, slash resistant gloves and other equipment that can be the difference between life and death.”

“A lot of this kit is only guaranteed to be effective for ten years, so the investment has to be made again.”

According to police sources, a lot of the equipment given to officers is in disrepair, and this can only worsen with the current economic crisis. SUP has warned that only half of Spain’s national police force have their own slash-resistant gloves and even fewer are equipped with bullet-proof vests. 

Each individual officer is also expected to buy other routine equipment, including boots, holsters, new uniforms and torches. 

“The government has to invest in the safety of the people who are fighting to protect Spanish citizens,” Celador said.
 
 “Other police forces like the local police, who don’t have to deal with such dangerous situations, get their funding from regional governments and are far better equipped, and paid, than Spain’s national police."

To the source: http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/351505