Sunday, 26 September 2010

alleged ringleader Raymond John Whelehan, 55, an Irish national, was arrested in a Spanish jail where he is already serving a sentence for trafficking

Seven Britons have been arrested after a raid on a boat sailing to the UK from Spain loaded with cannabis worth £10million.

The catamaran was boarded in the Straits of Gibraltar and 3.2 tonnes of hashish discovered.

Two men and two women were seized by Spanish police on the Costa Del Sol while three men were arrested in Britain after £500,000 in cash was found in house raids.

The alleged ringleader Raymond John Whelehan, 55, an Irish national, was arrested in a Spanish jail where he is already serving a sentence for trafficking.



Read more: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2010/09/26/drugs-boat-brits-held-115875-22588630/#ixzz10eUWBUkf

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