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Narcoboat and money laundering gang broken up in Costa Blanca and Almeria areas of Spain

A drug smuggling gang used high-speed boats to ship narcotics from North Africa to Spanish beaches and marinas before resorting to money laundering to...

2 bedroom Townhouse for sale in Mojacar – € 179,000

TownhouseMojácar, Almería   2 beds   1 baths € 179,000 Impeccable town house for sale on a quiet urbanisation just a couple of minutes’...

Hi-tech electronic scam foiled to give written driving test answers on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A written driving test candidate went to extraordinary lengths to pass the exam by using hi-tech gear at the Alicante test centre. Driving tests in...

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

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...

2 bedroom Terraced Villa for sale in Vera – € 143,000

Terraced VillaVera, Almería   2 beds   1 baths € 143,000 • Terraced house in "Urbanización Las Marinas", Vera (year 1991), with beautiful garden...

From shanty town to supermarket shelf: The shocking truth behind Spain’s vegetable growing industry

The region of Andalucia in southern Spain that attracts two very different kinds of foreigners to two very different kinds of seas, writes Heather Galloway.

MUST READ: British drug mules flew from Spain to UK with suitcases full of marijuana grown on Costa Blanca...

A drugs gang including British citizens who took suitcases of narcotics to the UK and across Europe, has been arrested by the Policia Nacional. Police...

2 bedroom Apartment for sale in San Juan de los Terreros – € 135,000

ApartmentSan Juan de los Terreros, Almería   2 beds   1 baths € 135,000 First-floor property with lift access. Perfect choice for holidays and...

EXCLUSIVE: Expat couple vow to leave Spain after beloved dog shot by hunters and police ‘did nothing’

AN expat couple have slammed police inactivity after their dog was shot dead by hunters on an evening stroll. Jennifer and Victor Gebhardt, 67 and...

Police bust Almeria and Alicante gang who falsified documents to help foreigners gain residency in Spain

SPAIN’S Policia Nacional have arrested 23 people involved in a scheme to provide foreign citizens with fake documents in the Spanish towns of Almeria...

2 bedroom Townhouse for sale in Mojacar – € 159,950

TownhouseMojácar, Almería   2 beds   2 baths € 159,950 Invierno Azul is a small complex of 14 properties built around an inviting swimming...

2 bedroom Apartment for sale in Garrucha – € 131,500

ApartmentGarrucha, Almería   2 beds   2 baths € 131,500 "Corporación Inmobiliaria Vera - Mojácar sells this fantastic Apartment in Garrucha, in the best...

Dozens of scammers arrested over €10 million fraud selling stolen rental cars across Spain and abroad

A scam of selling-off rental and lease vehicles netted a gang over €10 million, according to the Policia Nacional. 82 people, including 33 in Alicante...

Injured couple in “selfie” plunge off cliff edge attended by FIVE different rescue crews on Spain’s Almeria Coast

PERSONNEL from five different rescue crews were called to rescue a couple after they fell from a cliff edge in Almeria. The man and woman...

La Liga player Santi Mina gets four-year prison term for raping woman inside camper van in Spain’s Almeria

LA LIGA footballer Santi Mina has been given four years in prison after raping a woman in 2017. The Celta Vigo player, 26, has also...

Ferry routes between Spain and Morocco resume after two year stop

FERRY crossings between Spain and Morocco were resumed this week after stopping more than two years ago as the pandemic hit. The first ferries crossed...

British pensioner found dead on waste tip in southern Spain three weeks after he went missing

POLICE in Almeria are investigating the death of a British man whose body was found on a waste tip more than two weeks after...

‘Highly specialised’ Costa Blanca and Murcia robbery gang plundered dozens of homes and shops in five provinces of Spain

FOUR members of a Costa Blanca and Murcia-based gang have been jailed over 35 robberies in five Spanish provinces. The seven-strong crew, with previous arrests...

2 bedroom Apartment for sale in Vera with pool – € 123,000

ApartmentVera, Almería   2 beds   1 baths € 123,000 This lovely first floor south facing apartment with elevator access is within a gated...

Spain’s Almeria covered by eerie orange dust whipped up by strong winds 

TOURISTS and locals in Almeria woke to a surreal scene on Tuesday morning with the coastal city covered in a plume of orange dust. Images...

2 bedroom Apartment for sale in Vera with pool – € 89,000

ApartmentVera, Almería   2 beds   1 baths € 89,000 SUPER, VERY WELL PRICED CONTEMPORARY 2 BED APARTMENT ON THE BEAUTIFUL TORRELAGUNA COMPLEX JUST...

Government headquarters in Spain’s Almeria evacuated after hand grenade discovered inside

A CITIZEN discovered an old hand grenade at a government headquarters in Almeria, causing the building to be evacuated, police have said. Officers were called...

Almeria on a plate: Fruit farms, the best market and a Spanish family’s top table

I AM standing outside a jumble of small shops and apartments on a busy street in the centre of Almeria. My boyfriend, a Spanish...

Highway to hell: The tragic story of how thousands of people were slaughtered by Franco’s forces as they fled...

IN one of Spain’s darkest chapters, thousands of civilians were massacred whilst fleeing from Malaga to Almeria in what has been dubbed ‘southern Spain’s...

Police arrest parents in Spain’s Almeria for faking kidnap of son, 13, in sick drug revenge plot

PARENTS of a 13-year-old in Almeria staged a fake kidnapping in a sick revenge plot against drug thieves, police said. The mother of the...

Tobacco shop robbers use stolen cars as battering rams during ‘moon-landing’ crime spree in Spain’s Murcia

A Murcia robbery gang who used stolen cars to ram tobacco store windows has been brought down in a joint Guardia Civil-Policia Nacional operation. Eight...

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