Gang storms hospital in Spain to release arrested drug suspect

Police holding suspect did not use guns ‘to prevent situation from turning into a drama’

About 20 people stormed a hospital in southern Spain and freed a suspected drug trafficker who had been injured in a motorcycle crash as he tried to escape arrest, officials said on Wednesday.

The two policemen who were guarding the suspect at the hospital in La Linea de la Concepción did not use their guns “to prevent the situation from turning into a drama”, the town hall of La Lina said in a statement.

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from The Guardian http://ift.tt/2Et0D1g