Revealed: How a wanted Dutch fugitive blended into the expat community in Spain by taking up dog walking, odd jobs and therapeutic massages – before his arrest for a €70m diamond heist almost 20 years ago

IT was one of the most audacious and daring heists of all time, with up to €70 million in diamonds and jewellery snatched from Amsterdam

9 Feb, 2024 @ 17:00

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead

Dutch fugitive mastermind, 59, who stole €70m worth of diamonds in the infamous Schiphol Airport heist is arrested in Spain almost 20 years later – but where’s the money?

A DUTCH fugitive wanted for the notorious 2005 Schiphol airport heist that made off with €70 million worth of diamonds has been arrested in Ibiza.

7 Feb, 2024 @ 14:31

Balearic Islands·Ibiza·Lead

PICTURED: Albanian ‘kingpin’, 48, who ‘tried to smuggle cocaine into Spain’s Costa del Sol by hiding three tonnes of the drug in BANANA shipments from Ecuador’ – as police make 30 arrests

YET another international drug trafficking cartel operating between the Costa del Sol and Ecuador has been smashed in a ‘mega operation’ that intercepted 3.2 tonnes

7 Feb, 2024 @ 13:30

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Other News

British Holidaymaker Dies After Plunging From Seventh Floor Magaluf Hotel Balcony On Spain's Mallorca

British tourist who confessed to raping his son’s friend in Spain’s Mallorca is jailed

A BRITISH man who raped a woman his son had chatted up at the hotel pool in his in Mallorca has been sent to jail

6 Feb, 2024 @ 07:00

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

Anti-drugs police chief faces 15 years in prison for being part of massive cocaine gang on Spain’s Costa Blanca

PROSECUTORS want the former head of the Policia Nacional’s anti-drug unit in Alicante jailed for 15 years for his role in the biggest-ever cocaine distribution

2 Feb, 2024 @ 11:02

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Galicia·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

End of the road for brutal but highly-sophisticated Costa del Sol heist gang who ‘used sports cars to hijack narco drug stashes’

A BRUTAL Costa del Sol stick-up gang notorious for targeting fellow drug traffickers has been arrested in a complex operation by the Policía Nacional in

24 Jan, 2024 @ 05:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencia

While Tyson Fury dodges Marbella for Morecambe, Oleksandr Usyk searches for sparring partners at his Valencia training camp to prepare for Saudi Arabia clash

TYSON Fury’s opponent for his upcoming undisputed title fight has been canvassing for sparring partners at his Valencia training camp. Oleksandr Usyk, who holds the

17 Jan, 2024 @ 10:34

Andalucia·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Sport·Valencia

Key figure linked to record-breaking cocaine seizure is arrested on Spain's Costa Blanca

Three Brits are arrested for ‘trafficking 300kg of Balkan mafia cocaine’: Hair-raising police chase ends in a supermarket car park of popular expat town on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THREE British men and two Albanians have been arrested after a motorway chase ended in a Costa Blanca supermarket car park with 300 kilos of

11 Jan, 2024 @ 12:45

Castellon·Costa Blanca·Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

British expat and son are dramatically arrested at a Marbella restaurant for ‘trafficking €100m worth of cocaine across the Atlantic’

THREE British nationals have been arrested as part of an international operation against drug trafficking across the Atlantic, which has seen around 1.2 tonnes of

22 Dec, 2023 @ 16:24

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

British gangster who ‘cut off young man’s fingers and subjected him to a lie detector test’ in a bid to recover a €3m cocaine debt is arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A BRITISH man has been arrested on suspicion of torturing an alleged drug trafficker over the loss of a €3million cocaine shipment. The 24-year-old victim

22 Dec, 2023 @ 12:32

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

‘Migrant taxis’: How illegal immigrants pay drug lords up to €5,000 each to be ferried from Africa to Spain ‘in 20 minutes’

DRUG traffickers are believed to be turning their ‘narco boats’ into ‘migrant taxis’, promising a ride to Spain in just 20 minutes. It comes after

1 Dec, 2023 @ 11:34

Andalucia·Cadiz·Lead

Human and drug trafficking gang which brought illegal immigrants to Spain by boats is brought down in Alicante

Human and drug trafficking gang which brought illegal immigrants to Spain by boats is busted in Alicante

FIVE members of a human and drug trafficking gang that operated between Spain and Algeria have been arrested in Alicante. Several homes and a warehouse

22 Nov, 2023 @ 14:15

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

EXCLUSIVE: Mijas fire which destroyed hundreds of hectares of land ‘was most likely set deliberately’

A FOREST fire which destroyed 250 hectares of land and at least one property while forcing hundreds to evacuate was ‘most likely deliberate’, it has

17 Nov, 2023 @ 10:19

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Almost 40,000 ecstasy tablets are found stashed in car en route to Spain’s Murcia

TWO MEN transporting 37,950 ecstasy pills with a €433,000 retail value from France to the Murcia region have been arrested by the Policia Nacional in

10 Nov, 2023 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Ibiza’s biggest drug cartel is busted: How Colombian-led gang introduced 10kg of Nazi-branded cocaine into the Balearics each week from network of drug labs in Barcelona

A SPRAWLING Colombian-led narcotics ring that flooded the Balearics with cocaine from its base in Barcelona for the past six years has been brought down.

20 Oct, 2023 @ 14:57

Balearic Islands·Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Bouncers give brutal beatdown to biker outside popular bar in Spain’s Mallorca: Gang ‘plotting revenge’

TENSIONS in Mallorca over the proliferation of biker gangs seem to be coming to a head after one member got a savage beating from a

19 Oct, 2023 @ 16:30

Lead·Mallorca

Russian warship and submarine are intercepted off the coast of Spain’s Mallorca

THE Spanish Navy has intercepted a Russian warship and submarine off the coast of Mallorca. The Spanish ship known as ‘Rayo’ stopped the vessels in

19 Oct, 2023 @ 14:14

Balearic Islands·Lead·Mallorca

British vegan ‘narco boss’ and ‘cocaine kingpin’ are hiding among expats on the Costa del Sol: THESE are the UK’s most wanted fugitives in Spain

A VEGAN drug trafficker and a cocaine kingpin are among the four most wanted Brits currently hiding in Spain, it has emerged. Asim Naveed and

15 Oct, 2023 @ 13:25

Crime & Law·Lead·Must Read

Police in Spain’s Andalucia seize massive 68 kilos of almost pure cocaine in Cadiz operation

POLICE seized 68 kilos of very pure cocaine in the Andalucia province of Cadiz and arrested 16 people after tracking down a dealer that operated

6 Oct, 2023 @ 09:34

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law

Flight crew are forced to call Ibiza State security forces on drunk and aggressive passenger on flight from Bristol

A DRUNK passenger behaving aggressively on a flight from Bristol to Ibiza has compelled help from the state security forces. The commotion, luckily, did not

6 Sep, 2023 @ 20:30

Balearic Islands·Ibiza

THE MAD BALEARICS: Disruptive Brit latest to be arrested after ‘pawing’ flight attendant’s behind and spitting on her boss on flight from Manchester to Ibiza

THE summer of sin refuses to end as yet another Brit is arrested in the Balearics, this time for sexually assaulting a flight attendant during

25 Aug, 2023 @ 15:38

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

BREAKING: Irish tourist accused of drug dealing arrested in Spain’s partying hotspot Magaluf

ANOTHER Irish tourist accused of drug dealing has been arrested in Spain’s Balearic Islands, the second in less than a week. The Irishman, who is

23 Aug, 2023 @ 17:30

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

COVID certificate could lead to full indoor capacity returning for late bars and nightclubs in Murcia area of Spain

Scottish student to recieve €300,000 in compensation from Magaluf nightclub

A nightclub in Magaluf has been ordered to pay €300,000 in compensation to scottish man after being blinded by paint gun in 2018 Dillion Connery

23 Aug, 2023 @ 14:30

Mallorca

Drunken Dutch tourist arrested after brutally assaulting German holidaymaker in Mallorca

A DUTCHMAN who brutally assaulted a German tourist by kicking him on the head has been arrested in the Mallorcan municipality of Llucmajor. The 26-year-old

17 Aug, 2023 @ 15:07

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Spain’s National Police and Colombian authorities deal major blow to Mexican Zetas drug gang

THE BOSS in Europe of the notorious Zetas Mexican drug gang has been arrested in Madrid, in an operation that netted the authorities 400 kilos

1 Aug, 2023 @ 10:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Five men imprisoned for an illegal marihuana plantation in a luxury chalet in Alicante

An illegal marihuana crop was discovered by the Guardia Civil on July 24 in a luxury urbanization in Alicante. The men are all between the

25 Jul, 2023 @ 20:30

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

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