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Spain's top court orders end of height discrimination against female police force recruits

Massive bust sees arrest of corrupt police officers who helped gangs smuggle drugs into Spain

A HUGE investigation into drug trafficking has led to sixty arrests including a network of police officers who helped gangs smuggle their illicit wares into Spain. Five officers from the Guardia Civil,

6 Jun, 2022 @ 16:31

Crime & Law·National News

Young Gang Robbed Churches In Spain's Costa Blanca And Murcia Areas And Spent Proceeds On Luxury Hotel Stays And Gambling

Young robbers steal from churches in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Murcia areas to pay for luxury hotel stays and gambling

A gang of young thieves plundered churches across the Murcia and Alicante Province areas in a robbery wave that started in January. Nine people have been arrested by the Policia Nacional and

6 Jun, 2022 @ 15:20

Almeria·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·Murcia·Premium

Luxury Villa Turned Into Marijuana Farm In Spain's Valencia With Drugs Sent To Uk

Luxury villa gets converted into marijuana farm in Spain’s Valencia with drugs sent to UK

THE Policia Nacional have raided a luxury villa in Chiva, Valencia Province, that housed a marijuana farm. Products from the clandestine nursery were exported to the United Kingdom. A 31-year-old Albanian man

6 Jun, 2022 @ 13:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Premium·Valencia·Valencian Community

Drunk British groom spends wedding night in prison after hitting new wife on Spain’s Mallorca

A British man had a wedding night to forget on Mallorca after hitting his wife and being carted off to jail. The young couple flew to the island for a dream wedding

6 Jun, 2022 @ 13:00

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

Man Tries To Fly Out Of Spain's Valencia Airport With €400,000 In His Suitcase

Police find €400,000 in checked-in suitcase for flight from Spain’s Valencia to Turkey

A man tried to smuggle €400,000 out of Spain on a flight from Valencia Airport to Istanbul, Turkey. Guardia Civil officers at the luggage scanner were alerted to stacks of shapes inside

6 Jun, 2022 @ 12:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Unions call for special measures to tackle policing problems in Campo de Gibraltar

POLICE unions in Spain’s Campo de Gibraltar area are calling for more incentives to attract officers to work in the notoriously crime-ridden zone. The latest stats reveal that 40% of police officers

5 Jun, 2022 @ 12:00

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Swedish influencer arrested for stabbing man in the throat in Estepona on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A Swedish influencer has been arrested on the Costa del Sol for allegedly stabbing a 36-year-old man in the throat and narrowly missing his jugular. The 27-year-old man, who has not been

4 Jun, 2022 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Three German tourists sentenced over jet ski row in Spain’s Mallorca

A GROUP of German tourists have been jailed for six months, suspended for three years, for attacking jet-ski instructors and fellow holidaymakers after being told to stop swigging vodka. The three men,

4 Jun, 2022 @ 10:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

British man guilty of manslaughter of fellow Brit in drunken Ibiza row in Spain

A BRITISH man has been convicted of manslaughter during a drunken row in Ibiza. Mitchell Andrew Loveridge, 26, from Rhondda, Wales, killed his friend Harry Kingsland(pictured above), 21, from Solihull, in San

3 Jun, 2022 @ 18:15

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead

Thief takes surfboard-style La Manga sign from Mar Menor area of Spain and posts video of it in Madrid garden

THE Guardia Civil is looking for a Madrid man who stole one of the iconic surfboard-style kilometre signs from the Mar Menor in Murcia. The young thief posted a social media video

3 Jun, 2022 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Mar Menor·Murcia·Premium

Angry Neighbour Throws Bleach At Children Living In His Costa Blanca Apartment Block In Spain

Angry neighbour threatens police after throwing bleach at children in Costa Blanca apartment block in Spain

AN Elche resident threatened children in his apartment block and threw bleach at them before trying to stop police arresting him. The 37-year-old man lives in a building on Calle Capìtan Gasper

3 Jun, 2022 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

ETA member rearrested in Spain after brief release from 17 year sentence

A FORMER member of Basque separatist group ETA has been rearrested after losing an appeal to the Spanish Supreme Court. The Supreme Court refused the request of ETA member Xabier Atristain to

3 Jun, 2022 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Postman stored over 20,000 undelivered letters at his Alicante area home in Spain

A builder doing renovation work on an Alicante Province house discovered over 20,000 undelivered letters dating back to 2012. The Guardia Civil heard about the find in Biar and checked it out

3 Jun, 2022 @ 12:45

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Premium

German tourists accused of setting fire to Mallorca bar in Spain by throwing fag ends from balcony are jailed

A Palma judge has got tough with a group of German tourists accused of setting fire to a bar terrace that was destroyed in s’Arenal de Llucmajor last month. As previously reported

3 Jun, 2022 @ 12:11

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Mallorca·Premium

Fugitive captured in Madrid after tip off within 48 hours of Spain’s most wanted appeal

POLICE swooped in on one of the most wanted fugitives in Spain on Wednesday, capturing him within 48hours of a nationwide appeal in which his photograph was widely distributed. On Monday the

3 Jun, 2022 @ 11:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Repsol Oil Company President In Spain 'in The Clear' Over Spying Charges

Repsol oil company boss in Spain cleared over hiring security firm for illegal phone-tapping

THE National Court in Madrid has scrapped investigations into the president of the Repsol oil company, Antonio Brufau, over industrial spying going back a decade. Investigating judge, Manuel Garcia-Castellon also threw out

2 Jun, 2022 @ 18:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·National News·Premium

‘Mafia boss’ at centre of €30m probe released from prison on bail in Spain’s Mallorca

AN ALLEGED mafia boss has been released on bail from prison in Palma on the Spanish island of Mallorca. Bashkim Osmani was arrested in February at a hotel he owns in Croatia

2 Jun, 2022 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Online scams, thefts, and physical assaults leap up to produce big rise in Spain's crime rate after pandemic kept criminals at home

Online scams and robberies fuel big rise in Spain’s crime rate after Covid-19 pandemic kept criminals at home

ONLINE scams, thefts, and violent assaults have driven a big rise in Spain’s crime rate over the first three months of 2022. Interior Ministry figures say crime was up by nearly 28%

2 Jun, 2022 @ 14:29

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Premium

Lettuce lorry carrying marijuana worth €3.7 million pulled over in Spain’s Bilbao before boarding Ireland-bound ferry

OVER half a ton of marijuana has been seized from a lorry officially taking lettuce to Ireland. The truck had travelled from southern Spain to Bilbao in the Basque Country and was

2 Jun, 2022 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead

Human trafficking and sex exploitation gang brought down in Spain’s Murcia region

ONE of the biggest-ever police operations against human trafficking in the Murcia region has produced 22 arrests. 19 women were freed by the Policia Nacional. They acted on a victim’s complaint that

1 Jun, 2022 @ 17:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

British woman arrested after ATM customer is sprayed in bungled robbery on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THREE people, including a British woman, have been arrested after an ATM user was sprayed in a failed robbery. A man and woman of Spanish nationality plus the Brit hovered around a

1 Jun, 2022 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Premium

Cat shot in school playground in Spain’s Malaga raises security concerns

A CAT has allegedly been shot with an air weapon inside the grounds of a public school in Alhaurin de la Torre. The incident took place yesterday, Tuesday, May 31, during school

1 Jun, 2022 @ 12:24

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Child thieves lead wave of racing pigeon robberies in Alicante area of Spain

Child thieves lead wave of racing pigeon robberies in Costa Blanca area of Spain

SIX people, including two children, have been charged over a spate of racing pigeon robberies in the Alicante and Valencia areas. Stolen birds worth €50,000 have so far been recovered. The situation

1 Jun, 2022 @ 11:25

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Premium·Valencia

Deadly month: Three women murdered by partners in Andalucia during last ten days of May

THREE women have been murdered at the hands of their partners over the last week in Andalucia. The first victim Florina, a 26-year-old seasonal worker from Romania who was working picking garlic

31 May, 2022 @ 15:00

Almeria·Cordoba·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Belgian who kidnapped young son is caught driving around Spain's Costa Blanca

Belgian man kidnaps young son and brings him to Spain’s Costa Blanca

A Belgian man has been arrested for child abduction after fleeing with his two-year-old son to Spain. The man, 50, was detained by the Policia Nacional in Alicante and had a European

31 May, 2022 @ 11:42

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Premium

Have you seen them? Police appeal for help to find top ten most wanted fugitives in Spain

A BRITISH murderer and a Belgian drug dealer are included in a list of the top ten most wanted fugitives in Spain. The Policia Nacional launched a campaign on Monday (May 30)

30 May, 2022 @ 19:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Premium

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