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Week-long blitz underway to stop drunk and drugged up motorists on Spain's Costa Blanca

Week-long blitz against drunk and drugged-up motorists on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE Guardia Civil has started a week-long campaign to catch drink-drivers on Valencian Community roads. The push- focusing on Alicante province- will also target drugged-up

14 Jul, 2025 @ 15:16

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Burglar behind mini-crimewave as he robbed empty Costa Blanca holiday homes

A MOLDOVAN national has been charged with robbing 15 homes and breaking into two cars in Benissa, Teulada, and Calpe in the north of Alicante

11 Jul, 2025 @ 12:41

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

One of Europe's 'Most Wanted' behind €1.2m fraud is arrested on Spain's Costa Blanca

€1.2m fraudster on Europe’s ‘Most Wanted’ list is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A CONMAN who pocketed €1.2 million and made it onto Europol’s ‘Most Wanted’ list, has been arrested on the Costa Blanca. Hungarian authorities issued a

11 Jul, 2025 @ 11:29

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Gang pocketed €69m by not paying sales tax on alcoholic spirits in Spain

Alcohol importers in Spain swerved €69m in sales tax – and blitzed the proceeds on yachts, Porsches and Rolexes

SPANISH tax authorities were defrauded of almost €69 million in IVA which was not paid on alcoholic drinks purchased by a network of firms and

10 Jul, 2025 @ 16:37

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Spate of burglaries on Marbella’s Golden Miles solved: Cat burglar disguised himself as jogger to scale walls unnoticed

A FAKE jogger who used his disguise to burgle luxury villas across Marbella’s Golden Mile has been arrested after stealing more than €200,000 worth of

10 Jul, 2025 @ 16:37

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Irish knifeman arrested for slashing neck of fellow countryman in Costa Blanca street

Irish knifeman arrested for slashing throat of fellow countryman in Costa Blanca street

A 58-YEAR-OLD Irish national has been arrested for attempted murder after using a box cutter to slash the throat of another Irish man in La

10 Jul, 2025 @ 13:44

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Son of popular Costa Blanca hotel owner arrested for her 2022 murder after lying about ‘home invasion’

THE son of a Guardamar del Segura hotel owner who died at her home in December 2022, has been arrested for her murder. 77-year-old Rita

10 Jul, 2025 @ 11:27

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Spanish court gives ex-Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti one-year prison sentence for tax fraud

THE former Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has been sentenced to one year in prison for tax fraud for not declaring income linked to image

9 Jul, 2025 @ 17:02

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Bank robbers executed 13 lucrative heists across Spain by fooling security guards with ‘front-door’ ruse

A BANK robbery crew behind at least 13 heists has been brought down in a joint operation by the Guardia Civil and Policia Nacional. Nine

9 Jul, 2025 @ 15:41

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Key figure linked to record-breaking cocaine seizure is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AUTHORITIES have busted an international criminal gang linked to the largest cocaine shipment made in Europe- 16 tonnes- which was seized at the Port of

8 Jul, 2025 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Narcos burn boat at sea and cook cocaine worth millions as Spanish cops close in

DRUG traffickers deliberately torched and sank their yacht off of Tenerife after being cornered by Spanish customs patrol boats. The two crew members, one French

8 Jul, 2025 @ 16:51

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Anti-drug trafficking boss at Spain’s troubled Barcelona port is arrested just days before retirement

SPANISH customs authorities have arrested a senior anti-drug trafficking official just days before his scheduled retirement, marking the latest corruption scandal to hit Barcelona’s troubled

7 Jul, 2025 @ 15:30

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

17 traders caught red-handed selling fake goods at popular Costa Blanca market

17 TRADERS at a Denia street market have been arrested for selling 1,344 fake items with a retail value of over €346,000. The detainees- all

7 Jul, 2025 @ 13:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Sneaky thief robs foreign tourists at motorway service areas in Spain

A THIEF pretended to be a lost tourist to rob holidaymakers at motorway service areas in the Valencian Community and Murcia. The Romanian national, 52,

7 Jul, 2025 @ 12:30

Crime & Law·Lead

How two brothers oversaw a ‘forced prostitution empire that enslaved 500 South American women’ on the Costa del Sol

TWO Ecuadorian brothers are facing a staggering 256 years behind bars for allegedly running one of the largest human trafficking networks ever to operate on

7 Jul, 2025 @ 09:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

EXCLUSIVE: Crying cop tipped off parents of Brit killed in Spain after police dismissed death as ‘blood clot’

A SOBBING female detective tipped off the parents of a British expat who had died under suspicious circumstances to look at their son’s body with

4 Jul, 2025 @ 18:30

Almeria·Crime & Law·Lead

Assassins waited until 'Brit finished playing football' before gunning him down and then torching the getaway car on Spain's Costa del Sol

Man, 90, arrested on suspicion of murdering his 86-year-old wife in northern Spain

A 90-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly murdering his 86-year-old wife at their home in northern Spain on Wednesday morning. The Guardia Civil detained

2 Jul, 2025 @ 16:21

Asturias·Crime & Law·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Could guns found in Madeleine McCann search in Portugal be connected to her and prime suspect Brueckner?

THE Olive Press can reveal more details of the guns and other items found in the recent searches for missing Madeleine McCann in Portugal. The

30 Jun, 2025 @ 10:57

crime·Crime & Law·Lead

Luxury pad of Marbella mayor’s son could be seized as Swedish mafia trial continues

A LUXURY home belonging to Marbella mayor Angeles Muñoz’s son could be confiscated as part of an ongoing Swedish mafia trial in Madrid. The Anti-Drug

27 Jun, 2025 @ 17:27

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

WATCH: Police bust gang selling weight-loss drug Ozempic and anabolic steroids in Spain

A GANG that illegally sold medicines and pharmaceutical products across Spain – including the Ozempic weight-loss and diabetes drug- has been brought down by authorities.

27 Jun, 2025 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Health·Lead

'Carer' uses elderly woman's cash card to empty out her bank account in Spain

‘Carer’ uses elderly woman’s cash card at ATM to clear out her bank account in Spain

A MAN who worked for an elderly woman has been arrested in Elche for clearing out her bank account. The non-Spanish victim was hoodwinked while

25 Jun, 2025 @ 17:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Luis Rubiales avoids jail over ‘non-consensual kiss’ after judge throws out appeal

LUIS Rubiales, the disgraced former chief of the Spanish football federation (RFEF), will avoid jail over the ‘non-consensual kiss’ he planted on footballer Jenni Hermoso

25 Jun, 2025 @ 16:09

Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

Another Costa del Sol shooting wounds young girl after gunman targets family home

A YOUNG girl is amongst three family members wounded after gunmen opened fire on their home in Mijas in the early hours of Monday morning.

25 Jun, 2025 @ 14:44

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Former police chief on trial in Spain for claiming ‘many who arrive in small boats are criminals just out of prison’

A FORMER Valencia police commissioner is facing three years behind bars for inflammatory statements claiming that most immigrants arriving by boat in Spain are criminals.

25 Jun, 2025 @ 14:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia