Wednesday 16 April 2008

'Martin the Bag' Lance from Marbella arrested suspected of being the Cocaine boss of Marbella.


Spanish police have arrested a British man suspected by French authorities of being the head of a cocaine trafficking network, the interior ministry said Monday.
It identified the man as Martin Lance N., 40, also known as "Martin the Bag", born in the central English town of Oadby near Leicester and a resident of the southern Spanish resort of Marbella.It said he was detained in the northeastern city of Barcelona.He is the object of an international arrest warrant issued by French authorities."He is suspected of being the head of a group involved in importing, manufacturing, producing, providing or acquiring narcotics, specifically cocaine," an interior ministry statement said. In particular, French police believe he was involved in smuggling 144 kilogrammes (317 pounds) of cocaine hidden in four mattresses that were found in Paris in June 2006.



The British man, Martin Lance N (40), known as 'Martin the Bag', who lives in Marbella and who is believed to be the leader of a gang which imported, manufactured, and distributed cocaine, was arrested in Barcelona. In separate raids in Barcelona, Mallorca and Málaga, Spanish police have arrested a German man, a British man, an Italian man and a Spanish man wanted by judicial authorities in Germany, France, Italy and Holland for drug-trafficking and fraud.
The investigation started in June 2006 when French police discovered 144kg of cocaine in four suitcases, which enabled them to identify the British and French members of the gang.

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