Armed British gang rival leader murder thwarted in Marbella
Monday, February 22, 2016 @ 10:27 PM
A BRITISH organised crime gang plotting to kill the leader of a rival racket has been arrested in Marbella.
The gang – five men and a woman – were based in Manchester, UK, and were known as The A Team, but had travelled to the Costa del Sol to murder the ringleader of a rival tribe called The Anti-A Team.
Both gangs were involved in drug-trafficking and settling of scores, and had been behind a series of armed confrontations in the UK.
Huge knives hidden under sofa cushions, handguns, gloves, a loaded 9mm Parabellum pistol, baseball bats, knuckle-dusters, balaclavas, a straitjacket and mobile phones, among other weapons and protective clothing were seized during raids on two properties in Marbella.
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