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Teenage 'Spiderman' thief scaled walls to rob from upmarket holiday homes on Spain's Costa Blanca

Teenage ‘Spiderman’ scaled walls to steal from upmarket holiday homes on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN elusive teenage thief who robbed 17 holiday apartments in Javea has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. The 19-year-old man showed loads of agility and no vertigo issues to scale apartment

30 Dec, 2022 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Fugitive Tiktok Preacher Who 'cured' Covid 19 Patients Is Jailed After Fleeing Long Prison Term For Child Sex Abuse In Spain's Costa Blanca

Number of sex offenders whose sentences have been reduced thanks to new law in Spain hits 129

A TOTAL OF 129 convicted sex offenders have now benefitted from the Spanish government’s ‘only yes means yes’ law, which was aimed at putting consent at the heart of sexual assault cases

30 Dec, 2022 @ 10:15

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Politics

Farce of Costa Blanca kidnap plot leader surrendering to police in Spain's Cadiz but gets bail from local judge

Spain’s constitutional court backs down on opposition to four new judges put forward by government

SPAIN’S constitutional court has finally allowed the appointment of four new judges proposed by the country’s centre-left government. The PSOE-Podemos coalition in Madrid called the news a triumph for democracy as it

30 Dec, 2022 @ 09:39

Crime & Law·Madrid·National News·Other News

Vat Scammers Selling Imported Cars Defraud Over €14 Million From Tax Authorities In Spain's Valencia

Scammers selling imported cars defraud €14 million from tax authorities in Spain’s Valencia

A Valencia-based tax scam involving cars imported from Germany defrauded over €14 million from Spain’s tax coffers. 23 people- Spanish and Romanian nationals- have been arrested across Valencia Province in Torrent, Betera,

29 Dec, 2022 @ 19:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Farce of Costa Blanca kidnap plot leader surrendering to police in Spain’s Cadiz but local judge bails him

ALICANTE authorities are said to be astonished after a wanted kidnap gang leader turned himself in to police in Cadiz province, only for a judge to bail him. The Guardia Civil made

29 Dec, 2022 @ 19:00

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

Benidorm Moves To Phase Two Of Major Energy Efficient Street Light Switchover On Spain's Costa Blanca

Man arrested in Spain’s Benidorm after partner plunges to death from sixth-floor window

THE NATIONAL Police have detained a 22-year-old man in Benidorm after his partner fell to her death on Thursday from the window of a sixth-floor flat. The suspect insisted that the tragic

29 Dec, 2022 @ 18:30

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

20221229 Foto Papelinas Intervenidas En Un Falso Techo Ronda

Pair of alleged low-level Ronda crack houses selling cocaine and heroin to neighbours raided by police in Spain’s Malaga area

A pair of crack houses have been raided by police in Ronda where cocaine and heroin was sold to the neighbours. Police arrested two men and one woman for alleged drug trafficking

29 Dec, 2022 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Mallorca homeowners in Spain surprised by naked man who used their shower

A couple from Manacor in Mallorca heard noises coming from their kitchen on Saturday night and found a naked man helping himself to food and drink. They saw a trail of water

29 Dec, 2022 @ 12:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Dog bites several police officers trying to arrest drug-trafficking gang leader on Spain's Costa Blanca

Police dog sniffs out hash in tyres of luxury Merc going from Spain’s Ceuta to Algeciras

A POLICE dog foiled an attempt to smuggle over 28 kilos of hashish hidden inside the tyres of a luxury car in Spain’s Ceuta driven by two men as they tried to

29 Dec, 2022 @ 10:30

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Other News

BUSTED: Police arrest gang who allegedly sent drugs to UK from Spain’s Andalucia hidden in containers

POLICE arrested six members of a gang that allegedly sent drugs to Britain in specially prepared secret compartments inside maritime containers. Guardia Civil agents raided a farm in Alhaurin de la Torre

29 Dec, 2022 @ 10:00

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

Online seller of endangered toads is punished in Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Alicante man has been fined €1,080 for selling natterjack toads on the internet. He’s also been banned from breeding or trading wild animals for 18 months in addition to hunting and

28 Dec, 2022 @ 17:00

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

Son Abused Father, 80, For Years By Hitting Him In House Full Of Excrement In Spain's Valencia

Son abused elderly father for years in house full of excrement in Spain’s Valencia

A 51-year-old Betera man has been arrested after neighbours claimed he systematically abused his 80-year-old father. They said the elderly resident suffered harassment, beatings, and verbal abuse for years, but he never

28 Dec, 2022 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Two Brits Caught Out During Storm When Sailing With Over Four Tonnes Of Hashish Off Spain's Anadalucia Coast

Stormy weather catches out two Brits off Spain’s Andalucia coast with South America-bound drugs stash

TWO British men crewing a boat packed with drugs have been arrested by the Policia Nacional off the Andalucia coast. The 16-metre-long and five-metre-wide vessel, called the Ivy Rosa, was boarded in

28 Dec, 2022 @ 09:15

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Police open fire on man as he tries to attack officers with a large machete in Spain’s Malaga

POLICE shot a man in the leg as he allegedly tried to attack an officer with a large machete in Spain’s city of Malaga. National Police officers, who rarely fire their side

28 Dec, 2022 @ 09:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

SOff-duty policeman chase supermarket thief around car park after leaving with €400 of unpaid goods in Spain's Costa Blanca

Off-duty policeman chases supermarket robber around car park on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Elche supermarket thief was caught by two off-duty policemen doing their shopping at the same time. They restrained him after he ran off with a trolley crammed with meat-based items like

27 Dec, 2022 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Teenager's Excavator Prank Goes Wrong As Church Wall Gets Damaged On Spain's Mallorca

Teenager’s excavator prank backfires as church wall gets damaged on Spain’s Mallorca

A teenage boy damaged a church wall in the centre of Pollenca after starting up an excavator as a prank. The machine started to spin round much to the amusement of his

27 Dec, 2022 @ 14:15

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Catalytic Converter Gang Stole Units From Parked Cars On Costa Blanca Streets In Spain

Thieves stole dozens of catalytic converters from cars in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia areas

THREE people have been arrested for stealing 39 catalytic converters from parked cars in Alicante and Valencia Provinces. 28 units were taken at night in the Alicante city area and a further

27 Dec, 2022 @ 12:00

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

Girl, 10. falls to death from eighth-floor of Valencia apartment block in Spain

Police use forensic clues to track down young people who threatened victims with a gun in Spain’s Malaga

POLICE arrested five suspects in the city of Malaga who allegedly threatened some people they knew with a gun. Forensic police tracked down five young people, two of them minors, who they

27 Dec, 2022 @ 10:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Police nab 90,000 kilos of drugs, mainly hashish, in Spain’s Malaga in 2022

POLICE seized 90,000 kilos of drugs in Malaga and arrested more than 4,000 people for trafficking offences in 2022. This past year the Policia Nacional beat the Guardia Civil in terms of

27 Dec, 2022 @ 09:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Phone scam extorts bars and restaurants over ‘unpaid’ electricity bills on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE Guardia Civil has broken up a Madrid gang who said they’d cut off electricity to 26 Alicante Province hotels and restaurants after falsely claiming that bills had not been paid. Ten

26 Dec, 2022 @ 19:15

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Granada·Jaen·Lead·Madrid·Murcia·Valencian Community

José Antonio Griñán Top corrupt politicians

Disgraced Junta de Andalucia President Jose Griñan ‘has cancer’

DISGRACED former President of the Junta de Andalucia Jose Antonio Griñan who was given 10 days to surrender himself to jail is still not behind bars. On Friday (December 23) a judge

26 Dec, 2022 @ 18:30

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Hero Police Dog Pounces On Gunman To End Armed Siege In Spain's Murcia

Heroic police dog pounces on gunman to end armed siege in Spain’s Murcia

ONE of Spain’s top police dogs helped to bring an end to a 36-hour armed siege in Murcia on Saturday. Elko works for the Policia Nacional’s Special Operations Group(GEO) on assignments across

26 Dec, 2022 @ 15:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Terra Natura Benidorm Manager In Spain And Two Staff Members Admit Reckless Homicide After Tiger Killed Worker

Manager at Benidorm’s Terra Natura on Spain’s Costa Blanca admits reckless homicide after tiger killed worker

THE manager of Benidorm’s Terra Natura wildlife park and two employees have plead guilty to reckless homicide after a zookeeper was killed by a tiger in July 2016. A Benidorm court gave

26 Dec, 2022 @ 13:30

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

Daughters save mother from certain death after ex-partner stabs her eight times in Spain’s Andalucia

POLICE arrested a man in Spain’s Estepona who allegedly stabbed his ex-partner eight times before his daughters stopped him from killing their mother. The man, 48, who had recently split up with

24 Dec, 2022 @ 11:00

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

Police arrest four gang members after catching them with 440kg of hashish in Spain’s Andalucia

POLICE officers arrested four people after finding 440kg of hashish hidden in a secret compartment of a trailer in Spain’s Granada. National Police officers of the Udyco Drugs and Organised Crime Unit

24 Dec, 2022 @ 10:00

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

Spain’s National Police arrest one of the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Criminals in Madrid

SPAIN’S National Police force has detained one of the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, Michael J. Pratt. The suspect, a 40-year-old from New Zealand, was given life imprisonment in the United States

23 Dec, 2022 @ 15:25

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·National News

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