Eleven sub-Saharan migrants have been intercepted as they tried to make their way across the Strait of Gibraltar in a small inflatable dinghy.
Police detain tobacco smugglers
Guardia Civil officers from Algeciras intercepted a vehicle carrying 3,250 packets of contraband tobacco.
Industrial fatality at power plant in Algeciras
A diver has died while performing maintenance work at a power plant in Los Barrios, the second industrial fatality in Algeciras within twenty-four hours.
Tax Office seizes 263 kilos of cocaine in Algeciras
The authorities in Algeciras have seized 263 kilos of cocaine hidden in a shipment of goods from South America.
Huge cocaine bust in Algeciras
The National Police and Guardia Civil in Algeciras have arrested six people and seized 2,500 kilos of cocaine hidden in a container of pineapples from Costa Rica.
Homage to Paco de Lucia
The central access to the port of Algeciras, the most important port in Spain, is to be named after Paco de Lucia, the most internationally well-known algericeño.
Large hashish haul on Algeciras beach
Guardia Civil officers have seized 1,650 kilos of hashish on El Chinarral beach in Algeciras, Cádiz.
227 kilos of cocaine seized in Algeciras
The authorities in Algeciras have seized 227 kilos of cocaine hidden in a shipment of bananas in transit from Ecuador to Saudi Arabia.
Man seriously injured in industrial accident in Algeciras
A 43-year-old workman was seriously injured on Christmas Eve while working at a scrapyard in Algeciras, Cádiz province.
Six injured in fire in Algeciras
Six people had to be treated at the scene for smoke inhalation and an entire block in Urbanisation Carteya, in avenida Ramón Puyol, Algeciras, had to be evacuated after fire broke out in one of the dwellings.