The Police have broken up a gang of drug traffickers on the Costa del Sol.

Five arrests have been made and 1,600 kilos of hashish impounded in an operation called ‘Sarco’.

Although the five, aged between 32 and 67, were based on the Costa del Sol they often changed their address to avoid being localised.
The operation remains open, as police analyse documents taken and a 9mm pistol which was loaded. 

The investigation started at the end of last year when the police became aware of the group and started to indentify its members.

The gang of several nationalities moved the drugs from Spain to Holland, Great Britain and Ireland, according to a Ministry of the Interior statement on Saturday.