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Foreign police join patrols in busy tourist areas of Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE POLICIA NACIONAL have welcomed their French and Italian counterparts once again this summer to patrol tourist areas of the Costa Blanca during the summer. The European Commissaries Project started in 2008

9 Jun, 2023 @ 15:00

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Briton, 43, accused of raping his son's friend at a hotel in Spain's Mallorca faces up to nine years in jail if convicted

Mother and son exploited Alzheimer’s sufferer for cheap house purchase on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A DENIA mother and son have been convicted by an Alicante court of hoodwinking an Alzheimer’s sufferer into selling her house at over half the market value. The duo also convinced the

9 Jun, 2023 @ 12:45

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Couple accused of buying young boy as mother in Spain's Madrid says husband ordered sale to distant relatives

Madrid police discover ‘dark room’ for orgies in the back of a local cafeteria

FROM THE outside, it looked like just another of Madrid’s many cafés. But inside this venue in the working-class neighbourhood of Usera, in the south of the capital, there were some very

9 Jun, 2023 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Hostel in Spain’s Benidorm in trouble for not telling police about criminals staying there

A HOSTEL in the Levante beach area of Benidorm had over a dozen criminals as guests with the Policia Nacional not being told about their presence. Benidorm has 52,000 rooms for hire

9 Jun, 2023 @ 11:15

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Online scammer sells non-existent cut price cars to people around Spain

A 32-YEAR-OLD scammer conned people out of €82,400 by selling them cut price cars they never received. The Guardia Civil arrested the Columbian man after getting a complaint from a Valencia province

9 Jun, 2023 @ 10:00

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Chief inspector in Spain’s Basque Country offers extra days off for officers who arrest immigrants

A PROBE has been opened in the Basque Country after it emerged that a chief inspector from the National Police offered his officers days off work according to the number of immigrants

8 Jun, 2023 @ 15:00

Crime & Law

Three Latin gang members set free after shooting a 15-year-old rival in Madrid

THREE members of a Latin gang will not be remanded in custody after murdering a 15-year-old in Villaverde (Madrid). The accused, two men and a woman in their early 20s, are members

8 Jun, 2023 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

‘Love Hug’ robber who struck across Spain is finally jailed by Costa Blanca court

A ‘love hug’ robber and her getaway driver have been arrested in Elche after an elderly woman had a gold chain snatched in broad daylight. The man and woman, aged 27 and

8 Jun, 2023 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Neigbours alert police to mysterious rotting smell and discover dead body in flat that lay there for at least ten days on Spain's Costa Blanca

Man stabs girlfriend but gets hit by taxi during police chase on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A MAN stabbed his girlfriend five times in a Guardamar del Segura street on Tuesday before he ran in front of a taxi as he tried to avoid being arrested by the

8 Jun, 2023 @ 10:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Spain’s Supreme Court backs sentence reductions for sex offenders under ‘only yes means yes’ law

THE SUPREME COURT has ratified the decisions of lower tribunals to reduce the prison sentences of some convicted sex offenders after the Spanish government’s so-called ‘only yes means yes’ consent law came

8 Jun, 2023 @ 09:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Arrested the three squatters accused of brutally assaulting British homeowner in Costa del Sol

THE three squatters who allegedly brutally assaulted a British man near Marbella have been arrested today (Wednesday June 7). Guardia Civil have conducted a search at the occupied property in Manilva (Malaga)

7 Jun, 2023 @ 15:34

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Body of a woman who disappeared almost 10 years ago found in Spain’s Torremolinos

THE body of a woman who disappeared almost 10 years ago in Torremolinos was found yesterday (Tuesday June 7) at the flat where she used to live. The corpse of Sibora Gagani,

7 Jun, 2023 @ 13:30

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Clandestine cannbis club goes to pot on Spain's Costa Blanca

No dope: Man absolved of cannabis possession in Spain because the drugs ‘were to be shared with friends’

A MAN who was arrested in Spain in March 2020 in possession of more than two kilos of cannabis has been absolved of his crime because the drugs were to be shared

7 Jun, 2023 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead

Torrevieja wants tough police action against illegal street sellers on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TORREVIEJA council had made a new appeal for tough police action to clear pavements of illegal street sellers ahead of the summer season. The unlicensed hawkers, who frequently sell fake goods, often

6 Jun, 2023 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Premium·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

‘Sharpen your knife’: Anti-squatter group Desokupa to kick out three men that brutally assaulted a British man on the Costa del Sol

Desokupa has announced they will be coming to Costa del Sol to kick the squatters who brutally assaulted a British man near Marbella. The controversial anti-squatter group intends to help the 52-year-old

6 Jun, 2023 @ 12:12

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Russian hackers target Spanish government websites to disrupt Granada immigration summit

Benidorm cybercrooks steal €50,0000 in bank ‘phishing’ con on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO MEN have been arrested in Benidorm for illegally obtaining bank account and credit card details via phone text messages, which netted them around €50,000. The Spaniard and Italian, aged 31 and

5 Jun, 2023 @ 16:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

EXCLUSIVE: British man badly beaten by squatters at his holiday home on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A BRITISH man claims he has been brutally assaulted by squatters at his holiday home near Marbella. The family man, from Liverpool, was attacked after flying over to sort out the problem

5 Jun, 2023 @ 16:11

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Kinahan Gang Fugitive Wanted By Uk Police Is Arrested On Spain's Mallorca

Key member of Kinahan Gang wanted by UK police is arrested on Spain’s Mallorca

A KEY member of the Kinahan Organised Crime Gang wanted by UK police on gun-running charges has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Mallorca. Liam Byrne, 42, was detained at a

5 Jun, 2023 @ 14:22

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·Premium

Photo Man Stabbed In Marbella In The Neck

19-year-old arrested for allegedly stabbing a shop manager in the neck in Marbella

A 19-YEAR-OLD who allegedly stabbed a food shop manager in the neck in Marbella has been arrested. The young man is accused of assaulting the worker to rob him of the cash

5 Jun, 2023 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

‘Love Hug’ robber with eight year trail of crime is arrested yet again on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 30-YEAR-OLD Romanian woman who has arrest warrants dating back to 2015 for committing ‘love hug’ robberies has been arrested in the Alicante area. A ‘love hugger’ approaches mainly elderly non-Spanish victims

5 Jun, 2023 @ 13:30

Alicante·Almeria·Andalucia·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

British drugs gang arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca for exporting marijuana to Ireland

A BRITISH drug trafficking gang operating out of southern Alicante province has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. Two properties in San Miguel de Salinas and the Orihuela Costa were raided, resulting

5 Jun, 2023 @ 11:28

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Two men who allegedly stole a €70,000 watch by chewing off the strap arrested in Barcelona

TWO thieves who allegedly stole a luxury watch by biting its strap have been arrested in El Born (Barcelona). One of the accused reportedly restrained the victim while the other one chewed

5 Jun, 2023 @ 11:15

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Guardia Civil in custody after having 8 kg of hash allegedly seized from her storage room in Albacete

A GUARDIA Civil officer has been remanded in custody after she was allegedly found in possession of 8 kg of hash in Albacete last week. The agent is accused of keeping the

3 Jun, 2023 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Spain’s Civil Guard busts gang who stole €1m thanks to identity theft

THE CIVIL GUARD has busted a gang who was using stolen ID cards to fraudulently apply for credit, racking up €1 million of ill-gotten gains in the process. A total of 13

3 Jun, 2023 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Ground Zero – the ‘druidic’ circle hideaway of Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner

IT was his secret camp that he called his ‘little paradise’. A copse of trees overlooking the expansive Barragem do Arade reservoir, it conveniently had a flat stretch of land to park

2 Jun, 2023 @ 19:15

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·Must Read·Other News·Premium

Police Smash Drug Smuggling Gang Hiding Narcotics In Potato Lorries Travelling From Spain To Poland

Police smash drug traffickers hiding stashes in potato lorries travelling from Spain to Poland

POLICE in Spain and Poland have brought down an international drug trafficking gang that shipped in large amounts of drugs hidden in lorries transporting potatoes. On 23 April a series of simultaneous

1 Jun, 2023 @ 16:30

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News

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