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Ex-footballer arrested on suspicion of running Spain drugs ring

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Former Spanish forward Sergio Contreras Pardo, seen here while playing for Aris Thessaloniki in 2009, is suspected of heading a drugs ring. [Courtesy]

Former Spanish footballer Sergio Contreras, who played for Marseille, was arrested on Tuesday on suspicion of heading a drugs ring, police said following a string of raids in southern Spain.

The 36-year-old was arrested in the seaside town of Estepona during a string of simultaneous police raids which also took place in Malaga, Granada and Sevilla, police said.

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