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Narco submarines, spider-men and a wave of arrests rock Spain’s cocaine underworld

SPAIN’S war on drug trafficking has exploded in dramatic fashion, as police smash two major cocaine-smuggling rings operating on opposite ends of the country. One

1 Oct, 2025 @ 10:30

crime·Crime & Law·Galicia·Lead·National News·Other News

Police catch international drugs gang boss who used helicopters to carry narcotics in Spain's Andalucia

SHOPLIFTING SHAME: Gang used kids to steal from Palma de Mallorca store

A SHAMELESS shoplifting gang has been busted in Palma after allegedly using children as decoys in a string of thefts that saw them swipe over

25 Sep, 2025 @ 15:00

Balearic Islands·crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·Other News

Spanish police catch narcos dumping drugs into the Strait of Gibraltar and seize almost seven tonnes

THE Guardia Civil has seized almost seven tonnes of hashish after stopping two drug shipments in the Strait of Gibraltar. The operation took place over

17 Sep, 2025 @ 15:13

Andalucia·Cadiz·Costa del Sol·crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Spanish professor who heads up Russian cyber terrorism cell named in Europe’s most wanted list

A SPANISH academic once welcomed as an expert on terrorism and extremism has now been branded a cyberterrorist and placed on Europe’s “most wanted” list.

17 Sep, 2025 @ 12:19

crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Politics

Maddie McCann chief suspect Christian Brueckner released from jail in Germany

THE main suspect in the Madeleine McCann case, and convicted sex criminal, Christian Brueckner could be set for a return to Spain or Portugal now

17 Sep, 2025 @ 11:21

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Three injured in brawl in Madrid’s Puente de Vallecas

THREE young men have been injured following a brawl on Wednesday in Madrid’s Puente de Vallecas. The brawl took place in a bar in Avenida

5 Sep, 2025 @ 13:00

crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

‘Champagne’ scammer who fizzed-up cheap Spanish wine jailed

A FRENCH winemaker has been jailed for selling fake champagne, which was in fact cheap Spanish plonk with fizz added. Didier Chopin, 56, spent 2022

4 Sep, 2025 @ 15:32

crime·Crime & Law·Food & Drink·Lead·Other News

Tranquil Costa del Sol resort town has seen a shocking rise in crime – with sex attacks jumping 133% in a year

ESTEPONA, long considered one of the quieter corners of the Costa del Sol, has seen crime rise sharply in the first half of 2025. The

4 Sep, 2025 @ 15:12

Andalucia·crime·Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Spanish tourist’s remains found on Indonesian beach as mystery turns to murder

SPANISH woman Matilde Muñoz, who went missing in Lombok, Indonesia two months ago, was killed inside her hotel room on the night she disappeared, according

1 Sep, 2025 @ 11:25

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Boy racer tries to outrun cops in Spain’s Malaga – smashes straight into them

A RECKLESS driver in Malaga tried to play Fast & Furious – but ended up looking more like Laurel & Hardy after ploughing straight into

31 Aug, 2025 @ 10:20

Andalucia·crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Man remanded in custody for allegedly setting six forest fires in Spain’s Malaga province

A SUSPECTED serial arsonist has been remanded in custody after allegedly setting six forest fires across Malaga this summer. The man was caught in the

29 Aug, 2025 @ 10:30

Andalucia·crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

‘Frail old lady’, 81, arrested for ‘burgling tourist apartments in central Malaga while guests were out sightseeing’

SHE looks like your nan, but don’t let the walking stick fool you – a frail-looking pensioner was actually a seasoned sneak-thief. In a plot

29 Aug, 2025 @ 09:15

Andalucia·crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Assassins waited until 'Brit finished playing football' before gunning him down and then torching the getaway car on Spain's Costa del Sol

‘Healer’ arrested in Spain’s Pontevedra for ‘curing’ women with intimate romps

A self-styled healer in rural Galicia has been arrested after allegedly telling patients they needed to have intimate relations with him to be cured. The

28 Aug, 2025 @ 10:15

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Two men, both 23, appear in court charged with stabbing 21-year-old to death in Malaga in the early hours

THE victim, named locally as Angel, was attacked just before 7:40am on the Alameda de Capuchinos, near a post office and a cafe where he

26 Aug, 2025 @ 12:39

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·crime·Lead·Malaga·Málaga

Police arrest ‘zimmerframe bandit’: Elderly local man targeted tourists arriving at Mallorca airport

AN elderly man has been arrested following a spate of thefts at Son Sant Joan airport this summer. Police forces from Policia Nacional worked with

25 Aug, 2025 @ 11:03

Balearic Islands·crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·Other News

Ex-employee and girlfriend sneak into warehouse and steal 65 barrels of beer in southern Spain

POLICE in Sevilla have arrested two people accused of stealing 65 barrels of Cruzcampo beer worth around €10,000. The theft took place in July from

20 Aug, 2025 @ 16:21

Andalucia·crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Sevilla

Man suffers brain damage after brutal assault by 'up to 20 mad men' outside Alicante nightclub

Brit arrested in Spain over £2m drug and gun supply plot

A BRITISH man has been extradited to the UK from Spain to face a string of drug and gun charges. Craig Bennett, 41, from Uxbridge,

19 Aug, 2025 @ 16:45

Andalucia·Barcelona·Catalunya·crime·Crime & Law·Lead

British crime boss Jamie Rothwell who ran UK shootings from Barcelona luxury apartment jailed for 43 years

A notorious British gang leader who hid out in a Barcelona apartment with sweeping city views while directing violent attacks in the UK has been

15 Aug, 2025 @ 12:07

Barcelona·Catalunya·crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Cops bust ‘holiday car jackers’ who stripped 50 motors from Madrid airport car park for black market in Morocco

BRAZEN thieves stole up to ten cars a week from airport and holiday parking spots – then stripped them in a secret rural chop shop

15 Aug, 2025 @ 11:45

crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Youth stabbed in front of shocked diners during mass brawl in Marbella’s Puerto Banus

A VIOLENT street fight in Puerto Banús, Marbella, left a teenager in hospital and one person under arrest in the early hours of Saturday morning,

11 Aug, 2025 @ 12:31

Andalucia·crime·Lead·Marbella

Tourist in Spain’s Ibiza busted after skipping €17,600 hotel bill and trying to flee with fake ID

A SHAMELESS holidaymaker has been arrested in Ibiza after racking up a €17,600 hotel bill – then doing a runner without paying a cent. The

8 Aug, 2025 @ 15:35

Balearic Islands·crime·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Other News

Guardia Civil rescues 18 migrants from illegal tobacco factory

EIGHTEEN men from Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia have been rescued from an illegal tobacco factory in Andalucia, where they were forced to roll up

7 Aug, 2025 @ 16:22

Andalucia·Cordoba·crime·Lead·Malaga·Sevilla

Police fined €16K for filming ill man defecating by the road and sharing it on WhatsApp

THREE Malaga cops have landed their force with a €16,000 bill after secretly filming a man taking a roadside poo – and sharing the video

5 Aug, 2025 @ 14:11

Andalucia·crime·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

ROBINSON ON THE RUN: Olive Press sources reveal he is ‘likely’ to be coming to Spain

BRITISH police are actively seeking far-right activist Tommy Robinson after he allegedly fled the UK this morning. Robinson – aka Stephen Yaxley Lennon – reportedly

29 Jul, 2025 @ 15:24

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BREAKING: British drug kingpin Brian Charrington dies on Costa Blanca before prison fate sealed

ONE of Britain’s most infamous drug traffickers, Brian Charrington, has died on Spain’s Costa Blanca – just as Spanish courts were deciding whether to throw

23 Jul, 2025 @ 13:32

Costa Blanca·crime·Crime & Law·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Could guns found in Madeleine McCann search in Portugal be connected to her and prime suspect Brueckner?

THE Olive Press can reveal more details of the guns and other items found in the recent searches for missing Madeleine McCann in Portugal. The

30 Jun, 2025 @ 10:57

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Narco submarines, spider-men and a wave of arrests rock Spain’s cocaine underworld

SHOPLIFTING SHAME: Gang used kids to steal from Palma de Mallorca store

Spanish police catch narcos dumping drugs into the Strait of Gibraltar and seize almost seven tonnes

Spanish professor who heads up Russian cyber terrorism cell named in Europe’s most wanted list

Maddie McCann chief suspect Christian Brueckner released from jail in Germany

Three injured in brawl in Madrid’s Puente de Vallecas

‘Champagne’ scammer who fizzed-up cheap Spanish wine jailed

Tranquil Costa del Sol resort town has seen a shocking rise in crime – with sex attacks jumping 133% in a year

Spanish tourist’s remains found on Indonesian beach as mystery turns to murder

Boy racer tries to outrun cops in Spain’s Malaga – smashes straight into them

Man remanded in custody for allegedly setting six forest fires in Spain’s Malaga province

‘Frail old lady’, 81, arrested for ‘burgling tourist apartments in central Malaga while guests were out sightseeing’

‘Healer’ arrested in Spain’s Pontevedra for ‘curing’ women with intimate romps

Two men, both 23, appear in court charged with stabbing 21-year-old to death in Malaga in the early hours

Police arrest ‘zimmerframe bandit’: Elderly local man targeted tourists arriving at Mallorca airport

Ex-employee and girlfriend sneak into warehouse and steal 65 barrels of beer in southern Spain

Brit arrested in Spain over £2m drug and gun supply plot

British crime boss Jamie Rothwell who ran UK shootings from Barcelona luxury apartment jailed for 43 years

Cops bust ‘holiday car jackers’ who stripped 50 motors from Madrid airport car park for black market in Morocco

Youth stabbed in front of shocked diners during mass brawl in Marbella’s Puerto Banus

Tourist in Spain’s Ibiza busted after skipping €17,600 hotel bill and trying to flee with fake ID

Guardia Civil rescues 18 migrants from illegal tobacco factory

Police fined €16K for filming ill man defecating by the road and sharing it on WhatsApp

ROBINSON ON THE RUN: Olive Press sources reveal he is ‘likely’ to be coming to Spain

BREAKING: British drug kingpin Brian Charrington dies on Costa Blanca before prison fate sealed

EXCLUSIVE: Could guns found in Madeleine McCann search in Portugal be connected to her and prime suspect Brueckner?

Archaeological gems and a historic sugar cane rum-making link make El Ingenio in Marbella province well worth a visit

How Spain’s priciest barber rose from poverty, hustle and heartache to the heady heights of the Golden Mile of Marbella

LIFE IN SPAIN: A work of art that offers a glimpse into some ancient Spanish traditions.

Andalucia has the highest rate of deaths from cardiovascular diseases – Spain’s biggest killer

MULLINS IT OVER: Learning to tango with Spanish bureaucrats… and when that fails, get back to work