It was a scene that could have been lifted straight from a gangster film.
As stunned sunbathers looked on and children played in the sand, a speedboat roared up to a busy Marbella beach - its masked crew leaping ashore to unload bulging packages before racing back to sea.
The brazen landing last month, captured on mobile phones and shared across social media, has once again exposed the dark underbelly of Spain's sun-soaked Costa del Sol - now ground in Europe's spiralling cocaine trade.
One notorious as a bolthole for Britain's most wanted criminals, the 'Costa del Crime' has become the front line in a battle between ruthless narco gangs and increasingly overwhelmed Spanish police.
Shootings, high-speed chases and gruesome punishments are now alarmingly common along the country's southern coastline.
