Six Hell's Angels bikers arrested in Tenerife drug bust
Six Hell's Angels bikers arrested in Tenerife drug bust

Six Hells Angels bikers have been arrested in a major drug bust on the popular Spanish holiday island of Tenerife, the Spanish Civil Guard has announced.The coordinated, large-scale operation, which took place "just recently" saw six members of the notorious Hells Angels motorcycle club arrested on charges of production and distribution of cannabis, Inmaculada Gonzalez, spokeswoman of Guardia Civil in Santa Cruz, Tenerife, told Real Press in an interview.Six houses and two crops of cannabis plants were raided simultaneously by officers of the Civil Guard and Agencia Tributaria, the Spanish tax agency, in the towns of Guargacho, Garachico and Adeje on the the island, which is located in the Spanish region of the Canary Islands.Ms Gonzalez said the Civil Guard had relied on cooperation from authorities in other European countries, as international arrest warrants and extradition requests had already been issued for several of the arrested men.