Italian and Spanish police have arrested 11 people after breaking up an international gang allegedly passing off cheap olive oils as virgin and extra virgin.
A joint police operation between Spain’s Guardia Civil, Italy’s Carabinieri and Europol, seized more than 5,000 litres of adulterated oil, as well as four luxury cars and €91,000 (£78,000), following a raid on eight properties, including oil-bottling plants in three towns in central southern Spain.
