Ceuta  - Two more African would-be immigrants have died while attempting to cross to Spain, police said Friday in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on the Moroccan coast.

The bodies of the victims were found floating in the water at about 9 kilometres north-east of Ceuta late Thursday.

Autopsies showed the men, who were between 20 and 25 years old, died of hypothermia.

The victims wore life vests, which led police to conclude that they had tried to swim into Ceuta or had been on board a vessel smuggling migrants to mainland Spain.

Ceuta, Spain - Rainstorms wreaked havoc Monday in Spain's north African enclave of Ceuta, forcing the closure of schools, disrupting maritime traffic and damaging the border fence separating the autonomous city from surrounding Morocco, officials said. 

Police patrols were increased on the border to prevent the entry of undocumented immigrants, who have long used Ceuta as a gateway to Europe, climbing over the 
8-kilometre-long fence topped by barbed wire. 

Ceuta, Spain  - Spanish police have captured one of the world's top hashish traffickers, who escaped from a Moroccan prison five months ago, police said Thursday.