Police in Madrid have arrested five people allegedly linked to the Leónidas case. Leónidas Vargas was the Colombian drug trafficker who was assassinated in his hospital bed in Madrid on January 8.Vargas was considered to be one of the most importing 19 drug traffickers in the world, and those now arrested in connection with the killing are also Colombian and aged between 22 and 34. The alleged head of the gang is among those being held, and at the time of arrest had a loaded gun in his possession.Police searched several premises across the Spanish capital on Thursday night.

Spanish National Police have broken up what they describe as a military group of 25 people who dedicated their time to robbing from shops and homes across the country.
The arrests of the group, all Romanians, were made in Madrid, Valencia and on the Balearic Islands.Police say they had a network of spies who would first identify possible targets to be burgled, while another part of the group would set up a security cordon round the site when the theft was taking place. Police say they acted across the country and had frequency inhibitors to block alarms and ultrasound devices to deal with guard dogs.Investigations started in the Valencia region and the alleged head of the gang was detained as he was trying to board a plane from Madrid back to Romania. He was carrying 24,000 € cash at the time.

Guardia Civil have broken up an international network specialists in the theft of luxury top of the range cars. 19 people have been arrested in the provinces of Madrid, Alicante and Málaga, and at least a dozen properties have been searched.
Spanish police say the group was one of the most active in Europe and could have carried out vehicle thefts in as many as ten provinces. Codenamed ‘Operación Lujo’, the nationalities of those arrested are Spanish, Bulgarian, and Peruvian.GUARDIA CIVIL have arrested 22 people in connection with the theft of luxury cars on the Costa Blanca and all over Spain.Operation ‘Lujo’ was set up at the end of 2007 after police identified a pattern in the number of luxury cars being stolen.
They centred their investigations on Alicante, Madrid and Málaga and this led to the identification of a number of individuals.A police spokesman said that the gang was divided into three groups, each with its own responsibilities. The first group would identify the cars to be stolen, they were followed by specialist car thieves who used electronic devices to record central locking codes on the target vehicles and neutralise their alarm systems.Once the vehicles had been stolen the third group produced false documentation for the cars, which included changing the number plates and altering chassis number details.Of the 22 people detained, 16 are Bulgarian, five are Spanish and one is a Peruvian.Two of the arrests were made in Alicante and Polop de la Marina and police recovered 83 stolen vehicles in searches of properties in Alicante, Madrid and Málaga.All 22 detainees have been remanded in custody while the police investigation continues.