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Alleged right-wing extremist Kristofer Kearney, who was extradited to the UK from Spain, enters guilty pleas

AN ALLEGED right-wing British extremist who used to live in Spain’s Alicante has admitted to a UK court that he shared a stash of terrorist

1 Mar, 2023 @ 19:15

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Care home worker steals €6,000 from deceased British resident on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Alicante province care home worker has been charged with fraud after racking up charges of over €6,000 on a bank card belonging to a

1 Mar, 2023 @ 16:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

One Of Europe's 'most Wanted' Criminals Is Arrested At Murcia Area Shopping Centre In Spain

One of Europe’s ‘most wanted’ criminals arrested at Murcia shopping centre in Spain

A violent Dutch fugitive who escaped from a court-ordered mental institution in June 2021 has been arrested in a Murcia City shopping centre. Sherwin W

1 Mar, 2023 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Shop Robber Arrested Over 100 Times Finally Gets Jailed In Spain's Valencia

Shop robber arrested on over 100 occasions finally gets jailed in Spain’s Valencia

A serial shop robber operating in Valencia City has finally been jailed after notching up over 100 arrests. The 45-year-old Spaniard at one stage racked

1 Mar, 2023 @ 14:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

British expat is bludgeoned to death with a gardening hoe ‘for walking his dog near neighbour’s home’ in southern Spain

Driver causes chaos by driving on wrong side of busy Valencia area motorway in Spain

THE Guardia Civil have tracked down a motorist who caused chaos in early January by driving on the wrong side of the AP-7 motorway in

28 Feb, 2023 @ 13:11

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Sacked Malaga worker assaults and kidnaps boss before driving him 500 kilometres to Spain's Benidorm area

Sacked Malaga worker assaults and kidnaps boss before driving him for hours to Spain’s Benidorm area

A SACKED Malaga farm worker assaulted his boss and forced him to go on a 500 kilometre car journey to the Benidorm area. The victim,

28 Feb, 2023 @ 12:01

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

Court in Spain gives man one-year jail term for slapping wife during live TikTok stream

A MAN who assaulted his wife during a live broadcast via the social network TikTok has been sentenced to a year in prison by a

27 Feb, 2023 @ 20:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Two men and a girlfriend arrested for kidnapping and torture over missing drugs and weapon stash in Spain’s Malaga

Three people have been arrested for kidnapping and torturing two men for four hours over a missing stash of drugs and weapons. The two victims

27 Feb, 2023 @ 19:29

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Spain's top court orders end of height discrimination against female police force recruits

Drug lord wanted by UK police finally arrested in Spain

A UK drug lord wanted over smuggling cocaine, ketamine, heroin and cannabis into the country has been arrested in Spain. Policia Nacional agents arrested the

27 Feb, 2023 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News

Pharmacist Gets Cheap Medicine For Illegal Sale By Cloning Health Cards In Spain's Alicante Area

Pharmacist clones health cards to get cheap medicine for sales racket in Spain’s Alicante area

A pharmacist, 39, in the Cocentaina area of Alicante province has been arrested for illegally obtaining prescription medicines and selling them off to elderly customers.

27 Feb, 2023 @ 15:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

British woman dies after pit bull dog attack on road in Spain's Valencia

British expat dies after being ravaged by pit bull dog on road in Spain’s Valencia

A British woman, 67, died in Valencia’s La Fe Hospital on Saturday after being attacked by a pit bull dog that she took into safe-keeping

27 Feb, 2023 @ 12:58

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Patient dies after man sets fire to bed in psychiatric unit of Valencia hospital

Men brandishing weapons threaten to kill doctors at Valencia’s La Fe Hospital in Spain

TWO brothers walked into Valencia’s La Fe Hospital on Wednesday and shouted that they were ‘going to kill the doctors’. One of the Spaniards brandished

24 Feb, 2023 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Illegal Weapons Factory Closed Down And 79 Guns Seized In Alicante Area Of Spain

Illegal weapons factory closed down with 79 guns seized in Alicante area of Spain

AN illegal weapons manufacturer has been shut down by the Guardia Civil in Alicante province. Officers raided a workshop in Hondon de las Nieves and

24 Feb, 2023 @ 14:15

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Costa Blanca people smuggling gang charged €5,000 for dangerous boat journey to Spain

THE Policia Nacional has arrested a Costa Blanca gang that ran dangerous boat journeys for illegal migrants from Algeria to Spain. At least 88 people

24 Feb, 2023 @ 11:36

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

150 Police Officers Bust Large Costa Blanca Drugs Gang That Sent Marijuana From Spain To The Uk

150 police officers bust Costa Blanca drugs gang exporting marijuana from Spain to the UK

SIMULTANEOUS Guardia Civil raids early on Tuesday morning involving 150 officers have brought down a Teulada-Moraira gang that exported marijuana to the United Kingdom 17

23 Feb, 2023 @ 19:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Mass Arrests In Spain's Malaga Over Fraudulent Residency Applications For British Citizens Including Criminals

Mass arrests in Spain’s Malaga over fraudulent residency applications for British nationals including criminals

THE Policia Nacional have arrested 47 people in the Marbella area over scams involving British citizens applying for Spanish residency in 2021 before a Brexit

23 Feb, 2023 @ 14:16

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Robbers who stole Rolex watch from elderly man on Mallorca street in Spain are caught by police

TWO members of a Mallorca robbery gang have been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Palma and Barcelona, with a third person still at large.

23 Feb, 2023 @ 13:03

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Two thieves jailed for 14 years after committing four robberies in a day in Spain’s Mallorca

TWO Mallorca robbers have been jailed for 14 years after staging four hold-ups in less than a day in April 2022. The men- with a

23 Feb, 2023 @ 11:57

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Minister in Spain laughs off accusations that government is ‘legalising bestiality’

SOCIAL RIGHTS Minister Ione Belarra has laughed off accusations that the Spanish government is ‘decriminalising bestiality’. The leader of the leftist Podemos party said during

22 Feb, 2023 @ 20:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Politics

New evidence emerges in murder case of high-profile Brit killer Kenneth Noye

Police may reopen an investigation into how the UK’s ‘Public Enemy No 1’ was easily able to escape and live in Spain for two years.

22 Feb, 2023 @ 18:30

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News

8 arrested for defrauding 73-year old pensioner

73-year old man in Malaga takes his own life after being defrauded of over €58,000

POLICE in Malaga have arrested 8 people for defrauding a 73-year old man of €58,210 who subsequently took his own life last year. Three have

22 Feb, 2023 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

Ibiza-bound smuggler hides big drugs stash in car bumper on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A drug-smuggler’s cunning plan failed after the Guardia Civil discovered a big stash of hashish in his car’s back bumper, as he was about to

22 Feb, 2023 @ 15:45

Balearic Islands·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Valencian Community

Father of daughters slain in ‘honour killings’ is arrested in Spain’s Barcelona area

A man suspected of being involved in the ‘honour killing’ of his two daughters when they were visiting Pakistan, has been arrested in Terrassa on

22 Feb, 2023 @ 12:35

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Wanted terrorist is arrested at a hotel in Spain’s Benidorm

Dishonest Benidorm and Alicante employees flushed out on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 31-year-old gaming saloon worker in Benidorm stole €18,992 from her employer and shoved most of it back into the establishment’s machines. The saloon owner

22 Feb, 2023 @ 11:57

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

Man exploited 40 migrants by cramming them into his flat in Spain and charging €100 per month in rent

Woman in Madrid arrested after leaving four-year-old daughter alone at night to go to work

A WOMAN has been arrested by police in Madrid after leaving her four-year-old daughter home alone at night so that she could go to work.

21 Feb, 2023 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Travelling Thieves Steal 51 Phones During Big Event On Spain's Costa Blanca

Travelling thieves steal dozens of phones during big event on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO travelling thieves stole dozens of mobile phones from people enjoying last weekend’s Alicante Carnival celebrations. The men, aged 20 and 35, kept a notebook

21 Feb, 2023 @ 15:17

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

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Alleged right-wing extremist Kristofer Kearney, who was extradited to the UK from Spain, enters guilty pleas

Care home worker steals €6,000 from deceased British resident on Spain’s Costa Blanca

One of Europe’s ‘most wanted’ criminals arrested at Murcia shopping centre in Spain

Shop robber arrested on over 100 occasions finally gets jailed in Spain’s Valencia

Driver causes chaos by driving on wrong side of busy Valencia area motorway in Spain

Sacked Malaga worker assaults and kidnaps boss before driving him for hours to Spain’s Benidorm area

Two men and a girlfriend arrested for kidnapping and torture over missing drugs and weapon stash in Spain’s Malaga

Drug lord wanted by UK police finally arrested in Spain

Pharmacist clones health cards to get cheap medicine for sales racket in Spain’s Alicante area

British expat dies after being ravaged by pit bull dog on road in Spain’s Valencia

Men brandishing weapons threaten to kill doctors at Valencia’s La Fe Hospital in Spain

Illegal weapons factory closed down with 79 guns seized in Alicante area of Spain

Costa Blanca people smuggling gang charged €5,000 for dangerous boat journey to Spain

150 police officers bust Costa Blanca drugs gang exporting marijuana from Spain to the UK

Mass arrests in Spain’s Malaga over fraudulent residency applications for British nationals including criminals

Robbers who stole Rolex watch from elderly man on Mallorca street in Spain are caught by police

Two thieves jailed for 14 years after committing four robberies in a day in Spain’s Mallorca

New evidence emerges in murder case of high-profile Brit killer Kenneth Noye

73-year old man in Malaga takes his own life after being defrauded of over €58,000

Ibiza-bound smuggler hides big drugs stash in car bumper on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Father of daughters slain in ‘honour killings’ is arrested in Spain’s Barcelona area

Dishonest Benidorm and Alicante employees flushed out on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Woman in Madrid arrested after leaving four-year-old daughter alone at night to go to work

Travelling thieves steal dozens of phones during big event on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Horror on the Costa del Sol as woman’s legs are crushed beneath reversing bus bound for Marbella

‘We’re all really worried’: Every centimetre added to full Montejaque dam could cause 20 million litres of water to overflow

Bargain boom in Spain: Low-cost supermarkets grab record market share with more shoppers hunting for cut-price deals

Mystery solved after human skull found in Malaga drain identified as 59-year-old man who disappeared during Covid pandemic

WATCH: Iconic Barcelona tower shakes violently as Catalunya is battered by 160km/h hurricane-force gusts