Kings of cocaine

AN incredible five tonnes of cocaine - worth €265 million - has been seized at a warehouse in Alicante.

Police arrested five Albanians over the haul that is the largest bust ever recorded in the province.

The confiscated drugs, concealed within a shipment of bananas, had an 87% purity.

The raid came after months of careful investigation centred upon Alicante's Llano del Espartal industrial estate. The gang members were extremely cautious, frequently travelling abroad and maintaining multiple residences to evade detection.

The criminals had registered both the warehouse and the vehicles used in their operations under seemingly legitimate companies.

One Spanish national also arrested has possible connections with other criminal groups in the Valencia region, utilising front companies for vehicle rentals and warehouse leasing.

Police swung into action when several containers arrived at Malaga port from Ecuador in June.

952 147 834 its biggest drop came in Castilla y Leon where the party lost five of its six deputies.

It came as the ruling PSOE party under Pedro Sanchez actually gained two seats taking its total to 122.

The new left wing Sumar group - expected to side with the PSOE to form a government - got 31 seats.

Neither of the two main parties however, can form a government alone and both will need support of their natural partners, plus some of the regional parties. Indeed the various regional parties, who have gained the remaining seats, now have the balance of power.

Most have already stated they will not consider working in a coalition with Vox.

They followed two of the containers to Alicante and only made arrests when they were unloaded at the warehouse. Inside the containers were 400 packages of cocaine, weighing a total of 4,800 kilograms.

Raids were then undertaken at various homes in Alicante and Elche, where €6,000 in cash and four high-end vehicles were seized.

Fish Death Probe

THOUSANDS of dead fish have appeared in Javea’s Canal de la Fontana marina.

The fish died as the high temperatures reduced oxygen levels in the canal. Water samples were taken after green group Ecologists in Action reported it, with the town hall later ruling out pollution being the cause of death.