Spanish have gone public with an operation against a drug trafficking gang smuggling cocaine and marihuana into Ireland from Spain which has led to 20 arrests

They also revealed they had found a revolver wrapped in plastic inside a hideaway on an outside wall.

Friday evening’s drama occurred near to the village of El Chorro close to the famous Caminito del Rey pathway.

Garda Robert Comerford, attached to the garda extradition unit, told the court that he and colleagues attempted to extradite Salah on December 9th 2022, on the foot of a European Arrest Warrant.

Police in Spain have arrested eight people following an investigation which early on discovered a large amount of cannabis had been sent to Ireland