Spanish customs officials confiscated 440 pounds of cocaine found inside pineapples that traveled from Central America, according to UPI.
The shipment arrived at the southern port of Algeciras from an undisclosed location in Central America.
"Among (...)
A Spanish maritime safety agency on
Monday intercepted nine inflatable toy boats carrying 59 African
migrants, officials said, according to dpa.
That brought the number of migrants rescued from boats trying to
cross from Africa to Spain to nearly (...)
Several hundred metres of Spain's
southern coastline have been polluted with diesel oil spilled from
two freighters over the weekend in heavy storms, DPA reported.
The two freighters, both under Liberian flag, ran aground in the
Bay of Algeciras (...)
A wildfire Thursday forced the
preventative evacuation of about 1,000 people from urban areas near
the south-western Spanish port of Algeciras, rescuers said, according to DPA.
More than 200 people using 17 aircraft or helicopters managed (...)
