Canary Islands News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

The seizure of 10 tonnes of cocaine from a rust-bucket ship reveals how the cartels resurrect ‘ghost ships’ to smuggle drugs into Spain

RUSTING against the dock in Santa Cruz de Tenerife sits the United S, a vessel that looks like it belongs in the scrapyard. Instead, it

12 Jan, 2026 @ 17:00

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·EXPLAINER·Lead

WATCH: Elite Spanish police storm cargo ship off Canary Islands and uncover record-breaking 10 tonnes of cocaine buried under mountain of salt

ELITE officers from the Policia Nacional have seized the largest high-seas cocaine haul in the force’s history after storming a merchant ship in the Atlantic

12 Jan, 2026 @ 14:40

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

‘Stay alert’ warning for British tourists targeted by pickpockets in Spanish holiday hotspot

HOLIDAYMAKERS have been given a stark new reminder to watch their wallets and phones after bright ‘stay alert’ signs began appearing in Tenerife’s busiest tourist

12 Jan, 2026 @ 11:53

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Tenerife

Pope Leo will make first trip to Spain as pontiff this year with three ‘recommended’ destinations revealed

BARCELONA, Madrid, and the Canary Islands have been suggested as possible parts of Spain that Pope Leo could visit later this year. There has been

9 Jan, 2026 @ 17:00

Barcelona·Canary Islands·Lead·Madrid·National News

Revealed: More than 3,000 migrants died trying to reach Spain on small boats in 2025

A NEW report has laid bare the severity of the migrant crisis after it was revealed that more than 3,000 people have died attempting to

29 Dec, 2025 @ 15:54

Canary Islands·Lead

Cult tricked members with expensive animal sacrifices and illegal drugs- coupled with threats and manipulation in Spain

FIVE people have been arrested in the Canary Islands for their involvement in a cult that ripped off members with charges for animal sacrifice rituals

24 Dec, 2025 @ 10:00

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Tenerife

Orange alert in Spanish holiday islands for ’10 metre waves’ just one week after tourists were swept away at rock pool

METEOROLOGISTS have issued a severe weather warning for the Canary Islands this weekend. AEMET is predicting a dangerous ‘cocktail’ of adverse conditions, including strong winds,

11 Dec, 2025 @ 16:11

Canary Islands·Lead·Weather

Three tourists dead after ‘powerful wave knocks them into the sea’ at popular swimming spot in Spain – despite repeated warnings to avoid the coast

THREE people have died in Tenerife after a group including foreign tourists were dragged into the sea when an enormous wave caught them by surprise

8 Dec, 2025 @ 12:05

Canary Islands·Lead·Tenerife

British youngster dies after ‘deliberate hit-and-run’ while riding bike in Spain’s Canary Islands

A YOUNG British tourist has died in Tenerife after a suspected hit-and-run while riding his bike. The victim, named only so far as Harry, was

8 Dec, 2025 @ 11:27

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Tenerife

Search abandoned for British cruise ship passenger, 76, who fell overboard into Atlantic Ocean near the Canary Islands

THE search for an elderly British man who fell from an adults-only cruise ship near the Canary Islands has been called off with the passenger

2 Dec, 2025 @ 15:25

Canary Islands·Lead·Tenerife·Travel News

WATCH: Two Italian mafia members wanted for extortion, murder, and kidnapping are arrested in Spain

WATCH: Two Italian mafia mobsters wanted for extortion, murder, and kidnapping are arrested in Spain

TWO members of a notorious Italian mafia gang have been arrested in Spain by the Policia Nacional. The fugitives were wanted for an array of

28 Nov, 2025 @ 15:00

Almeria·Andalucia·Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Tenerife

‘Man overboard’: Huge search underway for Brit cruise ship passenger who fell into the Atlantic near the Canary Islands

A FRANTIC search is underway near the Canary Islands after an elderly British passenger on an adults-only cruise ship fell overboard. The alarm was sounded

28 Nov, 2025 @ 11:05

Canary Islands·Lead·Tenerife·Travel News

Paedophile gangs are ‘picking off’ migrant children left to roam unattended on a Spanish tourist island

PAEDOPHILE gangs are targeting unaccompanied migrant children in the Canary Islands as overwhelmed care homes struggle to keep track of thousands of new arrivals. Youngsters

27 Nov, 2025 @ 16:00

Canary Islands·Lead

WATCH: Female MMA fighter overpowers Spanish cops trying to remove her from a Ryanair flight to Ireland

THIS is the shocking moment a female Irish MMA fighter injures two Guardia Civil officers who had come to remove her from a Ryanair flight

25 Nov, 2025 @ 21:43

Canary Islands·Lead·Other News

Revealed: Spain’s cheapest and most expensive areas for a traditional ‘Menu del Dia’

THE Canary Islands offer the country’s cheapest Menu del Dia coming in at an average price of €13 per head, according to a study conducted

25 Nov, 2025 @ 16:00

Balearic Islands·Canary Islands·Food & Drink·Lead·National News

WATCH: Horrifying moment crowd of tourists are swept off pier by deadly wave in Tenerife

VIDEO footage shared on social media shows the horrifying moment a crowd of tourists were swept into the Atlantic Ocean after a tidal surge struck

11 Nov, 2025 @ 13:58

Canary Islands·Lead·Tenerife·Weather

African leopards- including three cubs- are removed by police after being kept in a caged area on a farm in Spain

African leopards- including three cubs- are removed by police from fenced enclosure on a farm in Spain

FIVE African leopards- including three newborns- have been seized by the Guardia Civil after they were found on a Gran Canaria farm. Three people are

5 Nov, 2025 @ 16:15

Animals·Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

British tourist suspected of taking his own life on a Lanzarote beach

Fatal Lanzarote balcony collapse leaves a British man dead and another critically injured

A BRITISH man has died and another has been left critically injured after a Lanzarote hotel balcony railing is reported to have given way. The

29 Oct, 2025 @ 10:27

Canary Islands·Lead

WATCH: Spanish special forces board Vigo-bound cargo ship and seize 6.5 tonnes of cocaine after tip-off from American DEA

SPANISH special forces have made a major drugs seizure near the Canary Islands from a cargo ship bound for Galicia. Authorities discovered 6.5 tonnes of

27 Oct, 2025 @ 15:30

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Galicia·Lead

Fugitive Brit wanted for ‘repeatedly sexually assaulting a child’ is arrested on Spanish holiday island

A BRITISH man who fled the UK before a trial over alleged sexual offences has been arrested in the Canary Islands following a joint investigation

7 Oct, 2025 @ 14:01

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Police in Spain float new hypothesis over Brit, 34, who vanished off Gran Canaria coast during round-the-world trip – but family suspect foul play

SPANISH police hunting for a British sailor who disappeared off the coast of Gran Canaria during a solo round-the-world trip have revealed a new line

3 Oct, 2025 @ 10:50

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Police arrest 19 for murder after ‘50 migrants accused of witchcraft are thrown overboard’ on way to Spain’s Canary Islands

POLICE in Spain have arrested 19 alleged people smugglers accused of torturing and murdering up to 50 would-be migrants on board a small boat heading

17 Sep, 2025 @ 18:18

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Brit, 53, dies after plunging 10 metres from airport car park on Spanish holiday island

A 53-year-old British man has died after falling from a car park at Gran Canaria airport. The man plunged approximately 10 metres – equivalent to

12 Sep, 2025 @ 11:46

Canary Islands·Lead

Spain’s Tenerife to carry out largest-ever volcano eruption drill – days after ‘unusually shallow’ earthquakes recorded near Mount Teide surface

OVER 1,000 residents will be evacuated from their homes later this month when authorities in Tenerife carry out the island’s largest-ever volcano eruption drill. The

8 Sep, 2025 @ 12:32

Canary Islands·Environment·Lead·Tenerife

Desperate search underway after Brit sailor, 34, vanishes 50 miles off Gran Canaria coast during round-the-world trip

FEARS are growing for a British sailor embarking on a solo round-the-world trip after his abandoned boat was discovered drifting off the Canary Islands. A

3 Sep, 2025 @ 11:06

Canary Islands·Lead

Tommy Robinson avoids charge over alleged St Pancras assault – hours before far-right activist fled to Spain

TOMMY Robinson will not face charges over assault allegations that led the British far-right extremist to flee the UK for the Spanish island of Tenerife,

29 Aug, 2025 @ 12:43

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Canary Islands

The seizure of 10 tonnes of cocaine from a rust-bucket ship reveals how the cartels resurrect ‘ghost ships’ to smuggle drugs into Spain

WATCH: Elite Spanish police storm cargo ship off Canary Islands and uncover record-breaking 10 tonnes of cocaine buried under mountain of salt

‘Stay alert’ warning for British tourists targeted by pickpockets in Spanish holiday hotspot

Pope Leo will make first trip to Spain as pontiff this year with three ‘recommended’ destinations revealed

Revealed: More than 3,000 migrants died trying to reach Spain on small boats in 2025

Cult tricked members with expensive animal sacrifices and illegal drugs- coupled with threats and manipulation in Spain

Orange alert in Spanish holiday islands for ’10 metre waves’ just one week after tourists were swept away at rock pool

Three tourists dead after ‘powerful wave knocks them into the sea’ at popular swimming spot in Spain – despite repeated warnings to avoid the coast

British youngster dies after ‘deliberate hit-and-run’ while riding bike in Spain’s Canary Islands

Search abandoned for British cruise ship passenger, 76, who fell overboard into Atlantic Ocean near the Canary Islands

WATCH: Two Italian mafia mobsters wanted for extortion, murder, and kidnapping are arrested in Spain

‘Man overboard’: Huge search underway for Brit cruise ship passenger who fell into the Atlantic near the Canary Islands

Paedophile gangs are ‘picking off’ migrant children left to roam unattended on a Spanish tourist island

WATCH: Female MMA fighter overpowers Spanish cops trying to remove her from a Ryanair flight to Ireland

Revealed: Spain’s cheapest and most expensive areas for a traditional ‘Menu del Dia’

WATCH: Horrifying moment crowd of tourists are swept off pier by deadly wave in Tenerife

African leopards- including three cubs- are removed by police from fenced enclosure on a farm in Spain

Fatal Lanzarote balcony collapse leaves a British man dead and another critically injured

WATCH: Spanish special forces board Vigo-bound cargo ship and seize 6.5 tonnes of cocaine after tip-off from American DEA

Fugitive Brit wanted for ‘repeatedly sexually assaulting a child’ is arrested on Spanish holiday island

Police in Spain float new hypothesis over Brit, 34, who vanished off Gran Canaria coast during round-the-world trip – but family suspect foul play

Police arrest 19 for murder after ‘50 migrants accused of witchcraft are thrown overboard’ on way to Spain’s Canary Islands

Brit, 53, dies after plunging 10 metres from airport car park on Spanish holiday island

Spain’s Tenerife to carry out largest-ever volcano eruption drill – days after ‘unusually shallow’ earthquakes recorded near Mount Teide surface

Desperate search underway after Brit sailor, 34, vanishes 50 miles off Gran Canaria coast during round-the-world trip

Tommy Robinson avoids charge over alleged St Pancras assault – hours before far-right activist fled to Spain

How a shoot-out in the marshes of Spain’s cocaine superhighway led crack investigators to track down two narco hitmen living lives of luxury on the Costa del Sol

Digital sex crimes against children increase in Spain, new report finds

Benidorm applies for €55m government loan to stave off bankruptcy risk over €350m land compensation payment

Police in Benidorm’s ‘English Zone’ intercept luxury car carrying large slab of cocaine

Spanish scientists cure pancreatic cancer in mice – raising hopes for a breakthrough in humans