MARBELLA – In the heart of Spain’s Costa del Sol , at the glitzy Marbella marina packed with luxury yachts bearing British flags, a violent crime wave is unfolding right under tourists’ noses.

Last week, masked men dumped a dying man at the dock in Puerto Banus just metres away from holidaymakers visiting the high-end shops and restaurants of this millionaires’ playground, before speeding off in their vessel.

Twenty-four hours earlier, another body was found dumped on a road in the mountains above Marbella , in what police believe may be another drug-related murder. New Feature

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The area – known as the “Costa del crime” in the 1980s after it became a popular refuge for British criminals – has faced a rise in murders and kidnap

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