THE Policia Nacional have donated six tonnes of Columbian coffee seized during a drugs bust to a Murcia City food bank.

137 kilos of marijuana with a market value of €2.5 million were placed among the coffee containers with the Netherlands as a final destination.

Six British nationals were arrested in a joint operation with UK authorities, with investigations still continuing in Spain and the UK.

No further details about the detentions were given including where they happened.

Murcia’s Policia Nacional chief, Ignacio del Olmo, said: “The marijuana came from Columbia and was hidden amongst the coffee to hinder the work of sniffer dogs, as well declaring it illegally as a foodstuff.”

He also praised the cooperation with the UK National Crime Agency.

Del Olmo and the government delegate for Murcia, Caridad Rives, handed over the large coffee stash to the Banco de Alimentos de Segura and its president, Jose Garcia Galbis Marin.

The coffee will be distributed to needy local people with some of it being sent out to Ukraine.

“This is a premium product which is really good for us,” said Galbis Marin.

“We normally send out basic food items which does not normally include coffee because it is so expensive,” he added.

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A MOTORIST had a day to forget when police pulled him over in El Altet- close to Alicante-Elche airport.

The 41-year-old man was spotted by an Elche Policia Local patrol behind the wheel of a car that appeared to be in poor condition.

Officers stopped the vehicle to check it out and saw that the ITV vehicle safety test sticker was out of date.

That was just the start of the driver’s problems as a strong smell of marijuana was detected in his vehicle.

The man was given a breath test which showed him over the limit for alcohol as well as confirming that he had consumed narcotics, with 26 grams of marijuana discovered on him.

The charge list lengthened when the motorist was asked to produce his driving licence and gave police a document from a Balkan country.

The officers suspected that it was a forgery and the driver admitted that he had bought it.

He was arrested and taken to a police station ahead of a court appearance.

THE POLICIA NACIONAL in Barcelona have arrested two men who stole two high-end watches from tourists in Ibiza.

A holidaymaker filed a complaint last Sunday after he had his €70,000 watch wrenched off him in the Marina Botafoch area of the island.

A man approached from behind and ran off after grabbing the watch and then jumped onto a motorcycle with a rider already waiting for him.

Police discovered that a similar incident happened the previous day but the victim did not report the incident.

In that case, he was inside his convertible vehicle parked in Marina Botafoch and had a similar brand of watch snatched off him.

Officers identified the two robbers and they were arrested in the port area of Barcelona and both stolen watches were recovered.

The men have been charged with two counts of robbery with violence.

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