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Welcome to ‘Narco Village’: The drug traffickers’ paradise in southern Spain with rows of illegal villas featuring swimming pools, top notch security and secret tunnels

LAST Friday’s killing of two Guardia Civil officers off the coast of Barbate has served as a reminder of the power wielded by drug traffickers

16 Feb, 2024 @ 11:07

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Drugs·Lead·Must Read·Other News

WATCH: Gibraltar monkey dubbed ‘Sir Kingsway’ is returned to his home on the Rock after ‘invading’ Spain

THE Barbary macaque who ‘invaded’ Spain last week has been returned to his home on the iconic Rock of Gibraltar. The male monkey, newly christened

15 Feb, 2024 @ 14:20

Gibraltar·Lead

Gibraltar monkey is captured after enjoying a day trip to Spain

THE British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar has many charms, from its Botanic Gardens and Moorish Castle, to its Museum and Great Siege Tunnels. But every

7 Feb, 2024 @ 09:38

Andalucia·Cadiz·Gibraltar·Lead

Defiant Spanish fishermen vow to continue trawling near Gibraltar despite the threat of jail as they need to ‘provide for their families’

SPANISH fishermen ‘don’t care’ about British territorial waters, they have brazenly told the Olive Press. They insist they are more interested in ‘feeding their families’

10 Sep, 2023 @ 12:00

Andalucia·Gibraltar·Lead·Must Read·Politics

Spanish customs official accused of illegally boarding UK vessel in British waters off Gibraltar

Andalucia’s Junta asks Gibraltar to stop ‘harassing’ La Linea fishermen

ANDALUCIA’S Junta has asked Gibraltar’s Government to stop ‘harassing’ fishermen from La Linea when they are fishing near the Rock. Carmen Crespo, Junta’s Councillor for

25 Aug, 2023 @ 11:15

Andalucia·Gibraltar·Lead

Spanish fisherman charged for fishing near the Rock says he’s been ‘harassed’ by the Royal Gibraltar Police

A SPANISH fisherman who claims he is being ‘harassed’ by Gibraltar Police has been charged for fishing in the waters close to the Rock last

22 Aug, 2023 @ 17:15

Andalucia·Gibraltar·Lead

Birthday tears flow for Lisa Brown feared murdered in Spain, prime suspect still at large

Lisa Brown, feared murdered in Spain, would have celebrated her 40th birthday on Friday. Instead, tears flowed for the mother-of-one at the grave site of

18 Jan, 2023 @ 10:30

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Must Read·National News·Premium

Spain’s ‘cocaine queen’ faces 25 years jail, but insists she’s ‘just an ordinary person’

A WOMAN standing trial for the distribution of more than 100 kilograms of cocaine from La Linea de la Concepcion in 2014 and subsequent money

1 May, 2022 @ 09:15

Crime & Law·Lead

KINGS OF HASHISH: Trial begins for Castaña clan, alleged to have made €30 million from drug trafficking in southern tip of Spain

IT’S taken over a decade, but finally the ‘Kings of Hashish’ are on trial. Brothers Francisco and Antonio Tejon are facing 20 years in prison

23 Apr, 2022 @ 15:45

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Other News

Two teens admit crossing into Gibraltar to steal cars and motorbikes for sale in Spain

TWO teenagers from La Linea pleaded guilty to a series of thefts from motor vehicles on the Rock. The men, both aged 18 and resident

30 Jan, 2022 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Eight arrested in Spain’s La Linea after police seize massive haul of contraband tobacco

EIGHT people have been arrested and 38,000 packets of contraband tobacco have been seized in La Linea in five raids during the past week. Spanish

19 Nov, 2021 @ 10:30

Cadiz·Lead

Man behind spate of burglaries in Spain’s La Linea re-arrested by police

A 46-year-old man who was released with charges in October has been re-arrested for more robberies in the Spanish town of La Linea. The detainee,

18 Nov, 2021 @ 20:35

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

La Linea votes to leave Andalucia and Cadiz to become free, autonomous city

LA Linea town hall has voted to hold a referendum on breaking away from Andalucia. The historic move could see the town becoming free and

19 Jul, 2021 @ 19:15

Cadiz·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Two Gibraltar men ‘physically abused’ by Spanish police in La Linea

TWO men from Gibraltar have described the shocking treatment they suffered at the hands of Spanish police while on a night out across the border

2 Jul, 2021 @ 18:30

Gibraltar·Lead

Stay Away: Police tell people to avoid Gibraltar/La Linea as rioters take to the streets over sea deaths

RIOTERS took to the streets of La Linea to protest over the deaths of two men in the Strait of Gibraltar late Monday afternoon. Rubbish

11 May, 2021 @ 16:15

Gibraltar·Lead

Mother and son traffickers used cocaine and heroin profits to flip houses for profit near Spain’s Costa del Sol

A MOTHER and son have been arrested for allegedly laundering drug trafficking profits by flipping houses near the Costa del Sol. The 62-year-old woman and

22 Feb, 2021 @ 18:57

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Why residents of Gibraltar shouldn’t worry if they see more soldiers than usual this week

It's due to an annual event that sees British soldiers descend on the rock for war games

25 Nov, 2019 @ 14:54

Gibraltar·Lead

NEVER GONNA GIVE EU UP: Spain political group ‘wants UK back in EU’ even if Brexit happens on October 31

“We think Boris Johnson’s deal is a terrible deal and hope for a second referendum"

21 Oct, 2019 @ 11:07

Cadiz·Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

Thousands of British expats and Spaniards join forces for anti-Brexit protest on Spain-Gibraltar border

“Brexit, it affects Spanish people as much as British people, I just think it's really sad”

19 Oct, 2019 @ 23:22

Cadiz·Gibraltar·Lead·Politics

Man who brandished ‘loaded gun’ in hospital arrested before police find knives, crossbow and pistols at his home near Spain’s Costa del Sol

Police held the man on illegal weapon charges after he had originally tried to hide the gun, which a spokesperson said was ‘ready for use.’

15 Oct, 2019 @ 08:58

Cadiz·Lead

Anti-Brexit protests to hit La Linea and Spain’s Malaga as British expats defend their rights ahead of looming EU departure

The protests come after Boris Johnson manoeuvred to suspend Parliament for five weeks following his unsuccessful bid to call a snap general election

11 Sep, 2019 @ 12:03

Gibraltar·Lead·Malaga·Politics

Outrage as ‘harmless’ fruit seller allegedly banned from plying trade on Gibraltar border in southern Spain while ‘scammers defraud tourists every day’ with ‘fake crossing charges’

Known only as Mario, the man has reportedly been selling treats - known as cocitos - on the frontier in La Linea for years

6 Aug, 2019 @ 14:51

Cadiz·Gibraltar·Lead

APPEAL: Expat-run animal shelter near Costa del Sol needs help to save 800 animals from being culled

The public can help the Animal In Need Foundation by donating just €15 a time, which pays for 1m² of land

8 Jul, 2019 @ 10:35

Cadiz·Lead·Nature

VICTORY: British man FINALLY released without charge after being locked up with terrorists for over a YEAR near Spain’s Costa del Sol

e Chichester man was cuffed after he stayed at a rental apartment in San Roque, where police seized the €5.5 million worth of drugs from

5 Jul, 2019 @ 14:14

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

WATCH: Dramatic rescue after two ‘narco boats’ collide off Spain’s Costa del Sol

A Policia Nacional helicopter was already circling above at around 2pm yesterday when it picked up the collision on its video camera

15 May, 2019 @ 15:29

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Malaga

Corpse of woman aged 50-60 washes up in southern Spain port, she had not been in water long, police say

An autopsy is currently being carried out to determine the woman’s cause of death

7 May, 2019 @ 15:32

Cadiz·Lead