The Spanish Guardia Civil and the Italian Carabinieri have arrested a group of suspects of the Italian Camorra on the Costa de Sol in connection with large-scale hash traffic and violent crimes.

It concerns members of the Marranella clan. The Guardia Civil says that the suspects were engaged in organizing rip deals, hostage taking and extortion. The hash transports had Rome as their destination.

In Spain, 14 people were arrested and another seven suspected. Half a ton of hash have been confiscated, in addition to, among other things, six expensive cars. Apart from Spain, there were raids in Italy and France and a total of some millions of euros worth of property was confiscated. 42 people were arrested in Italy.

According to the Guardia Civil, the Camorra clan worked with a group of British criminals from the area of ​​Gibraltar.