The husband of the mayoress of Marbella, Lars Broberg, dies

LARS Broberg, husband of the mayoress of Marbella, Ángeles Muñoz, has died at the age of 80.

The Swedish businessman, who had been ill for some time, passed away at the Costa del Sol hospital on Saturday (March 4).

He had been accused by the National Court of Spain of belonging to a criminal organization and of laundering the proceeds of drug trafficking, but the case was suspended due to his “serious physical and mental deterioration.”

Broberg and his son, Joakim, were among 71 people arrested in a massive police operation, which spanned both Spain and Sweden. The investigation, which was dubbed Operación Mueble, began in 2018 when Swedish authorities called in the National Police in Spain to investigate a group of drug traffickers on the Costa del Sol.

In the raid, authorities broke up the alleged gang, which exported large amounts of marijuana and hashish from Andalusia to Sweden and other European countries.

Broberg senior was arrested in February 2021 and released unconditionally. In July, Joakim was arrested in Brazil.

Lars was accused of money laundering through his real estate company.

When Broberg and her son were first arrested, the mayoress of Marbella, Ángeles Muñoz, of the conservative Popular Party, said that the innocence of her husband and stepson would be proven once the judicial investigation was revealed. She also claimed that the police operation was an attempt to tarnish the image of Marbella.

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