Cocaine ‘pedallers’ made home deliveries by bike

'Tele-coke' gang operated out of Estepona house, taking orders by phone

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Drugs and other items seized by officers in the operation

By Oliver McIntyre

POLICE have arrested three alleged drug dealers in Estepona who officials say made home-deliveries of cocaine, sometimes on bicycle.

The investigation was launched in September when officers learned of the possible operation of what police refer to as a ‘tele-coca’ (‘tele-coke’) drug-dealing scheme, named after popular food delivery services such as Telepizza.

National Police officials said the three people arrested – two men and one woman – operated the drug delivery service out of a house in Estepona, taking orders from customers by phone. In addition to the house where they lived they had a second house which they used for cutting the cocaine and preparing it for sale.

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