Claims extracted
22
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
9%
2 of 22 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
Daily Mail's corrections and
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Outlets on this story
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Crime & Law
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Three British teenagers arrested on Spain's Costa del Sol with an arsenal of weapons had planned to steal drugs from a gang in a violent raid, it is understood.
asserted
it → arrest → raid
Two of the suspects were aged 17 and the third was 18, according to Spanish news outlet ABC.
uncertain
third → accord → ABC
Police arrested the group of youths on September 21 after an investigation uncovered five semiautomatic pistols, machetes, baseball bats, clown masks and masks resembling human faces.
asserted
investigation → arrest → faces
It is understood the teenagers were planning a violent attack or a raid to steal drugs from other criminals.
asserted
teenagers → understand → criminals
The group, which included two brothers, were known to authorities and had police records involving fights and assaults.
asserted
which → include → fights
One of the boys' fathers is believed to have a criminal record in the UK linked to organised crime before settling in the area with his family.
asserted
One → believe → family
Two of the teenagers grew up on the Costa del Sol.
asserted
Two → grow → Sol
Spanish authorities launched an investigation in July after a car was reported as stolen in Portugal.
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car → launch → Portugal
Police arrested the group of youths on September 21 after an investigation uncovered five semiautomatic pistols, machetes, baseball bats, clown masks and masks resembling human faces
The vehicle was tracked to the Benabola car park in the luxury marina district of Puerto Banus in Marbella, where it was fitted with cloned Swedish number plates.
asserted
it → arrest → plates
Officers spotted weapons and disguises packed into shopping and travel bags inside the car - and placed it under surveillance.
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Officers → spot → surveillance
Investigators told ABC that the suspects wore latex gloves while handling the car and kept their heads covered.
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heads → tell → car
The vehicle was believed to have been used to store the drugs.
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vehicle → believe → drugs
The teenagers were also seen selling drugs and regularly visiting cannabis clubs.
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teenagers → see → clubs
During the investigation, police raided two houses and found 827 grams of ketamine, 670 grams of a substance described by police as tusi, 52 grams of MDMA and 425 ecstasy tablets.
asserted
police → raid → MDMA
Officers also seized €21,975, £410 and $100 in cash.
asserted
Officers → seize → cash
Swedish gangs are suspected to have supplied the weapons, while the sheer number of weapons seized sparked concerns of a planned drug robbery.
asserted
number → suspect → robbery
It is understood the teenagers were planning a violent attack or a raid to steal drugs from other criminals with the use of the weapons
Weapons, including machetes and baseball bats, were seized from the group of teenagers
A group of alleged drug smugglers unloaded a shipment from a large speed-boat in front of stunned beachgoers on Spain 's Costa del Sol
The 18-year-old has been remanded in custody.
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old → understand → custody
The two 17-year-olds have been placed in a juvenile detention centre.
asserted
olds → place → centre
Drug traffickers have long held an advantage over law enforcement along Spain's southern coast.
Gangs are able to evade detection by using drones, radar and thermal cameras.
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Gangs → hold → drones
They also use powerful high-speed boats which outpace many police vessels.
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which → use → vessels
Juan Luján, head of the Spanish National Police organised crime unit in the Costa del Sol region, told The Wall Street Journal that authorities could not allow hundreds of smuggling boats to operate openly from ports and bays or unload drugs while families swam nearby.
uncertain
families → organise → drugs
Yet despite their efforts, he said security forces have effectively lost control over parts of the coastal waters.
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forces → say → waters
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