MADRID: Spanish police on Thursday said they had shut down a gang charging migrants 5,000 euros each to bring them across from Morocco via the Strait of Gibraltar on jet-skis.
The smugglers were making almost daily trips to Spain, taking around 10 minutes to cover the 18-kilometre (11 miles) crossing, said a police statement.
Landing on beaches in the Cadiz or Malaga regions in southern Andalusia, the migrants were then driven to Algeciras. There, they would be held until their relatives on Ceuta, the Spanish territory…
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PARIS: World champions Germany laboured to a 4-0 win over Gibraltar in Euro 2016 qualifying Friday as Cristiano Ronaldo became the tournament's all-time leading scorer and Scotland edged Ireland 1-0 in a blood and thunder clash.