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Five members of the British mafia have been arrested and tracked down for their involvement in an attack on a police vehicle in Ibiza in broad daylight that released a British prisoner.
Three suspects were arrested on Ibiza. Two of them in Portugal and one in the UK.
In the original incident, armed attackers wearing bulletproof vests pointed their guns at Guardia Civil agents on a busy central Ibiza street during the morning hours as they escorted a British prisoner towards a dental appointment.
The prisoner was busted and fled with the gang. He was serving time in Ibiza for international drug trafficking, money laundering and other crimes.
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But his freedom would not last. Spanish police captured him just hours after he was found.
The attackers were armed and arrived in a stolen vehicle from the UK, a high-end motorcycle and a car with a false number plate. They later set fire to it to destroy evidence.
After a lengthy investigation, arrests have been made in three different countries.
All five faces charges, including aiding a prison escape, assaulting law enforcement officers with a weapon, drug trafficking as well as membership in a criminal organisation. They also face charges for causing injury, being affiliated to gangs and illegal gun possession.
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The investigation revealed that 2023 was meticulously planned and executed by a UK criminal gang deeply involved in the drug trade and theft of luxury cars.
Some of the perpetrators were convicted in other countries for murder, weapons trafficking and drug dealing.
Initial searches immediately after the breakout yielded approximately €80,000 in cash, another stolen vehicle from the UK with false plates, large quantities of drugs, and documents including plans for the assault.
