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Robbery Gang Based In Spain's Valencia Stole From At Least 40 Homes Across The Country

Robbers with base in Spain’s Valencia plundered at least 40 homes across seven provinces

SEVEN people have been arrested for robbing at least 40 homes across Spain- netting money and valuables worth around €800,000. The Albanian gang based themselves

8 Dec, 2022 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

WATCH: Costa del Sol sex-trafficking gang that kept its victims high on drugs and made them work 24 hours a day busted and seven women rescued

A monstrous sex-trafficking ring that operated on the Costa del Sol and forced its victims to get hooked on drugs and work every hour of

7 Dec, 2022 @ 20:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Deranged Estepona man arrested wandering the motorway for the murder of his own mother

A DISTURBED young man has been arrested for the apparent murder of his own mother in Estepona after her body was found beaten and strangled

7 Dec, 2022 @ 13:47

Crime & Law·Lead

British Man With Suitcase Full Of Drugs Is Caught At Spain's Valencia Airport

British man with suitcase full of drugs gets caught at Spain’s Valencia Airport

A British man, 38, has been arrested at Valencia Airport for trying to smuggle drugs onto a Balearic Islands-bound flight. The Brit was charged with

7 Dec, 2022 @ 12:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Drink driver loses license for 18 months after slurred speech grabbed Gibraltar police attention

A GIBRALTAR man who drove down a local road over the alcohol limit last weekend lost his licence in court. Magistrates banned David Pillinger, 37,

6 Dec, 2022 @ 17:56

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Other News

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

Police officer jailed and sacked after issuing bogus fines against disliked neighbour in Spain’s Almeria

A Guardia Civil officer has been stripped of his job and jailed for four years, after issuing unfair fines against a neighbour he did not

6 Dec, 2022 @ 12:45

Almeria·Crime & Law·Lead

Serial sex attacker who 'dressed up as a police officer to approach and assault six women' arrested in Valencia

British man arrested for killing wife who several times accused him of domestic abuse in Spain’s Murcia

A British man, 69, has been arrested by the Guardia Civil in the Murcia region for allegedly killing his wife. The British couple lived on

5 Dec, 2022 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Police in Barcelona make two arrests after headless torso discovered in rubbish container

TWO arrests have been made in Barcelona after a headless torso was discovered last week in a suitcase that had been left in a rubbish

5 Dec, 2022 @ 17:15

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Dozens arrested on Costa del Sol for trafficking weed inside ‘humanitarian aid’ packages for Ukraine

Dozens of people in Andalucia have been arrested for pretending to deliver ‘humanitarian aid’ to Ukraine as a way to sell cannabis across Europe. Guardia

5 Dec, 2022 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News

Robbers use convoy of rented vehicles in warehouse robberies across Spain’s Costa Blanca

FOUR men have been arrested by the Policia Nacional for robbing eight industrial warehouses in Alicante Province and three premises in the Valencia and Murcia

5 Dec, 2022 @ 12:06

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia·Valencia·Valencian Community

Explosive Detonated In Envelope Sent To Ukraine Embassy In Spain's Madrid

Police investigators think that series of letterbombs sent to targets in Spain may have come from Valladolid province

INVESTIGATORS in Spain believe that a series of letterbombs sent to embassies and the prime minister last week may have come from Valladolid province. So

4 Dec, 2022 @ 15:35

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·National News

Man tries to suffocate his partner and threatens her with gun in Spain's Valencia

Man stuffs blanket down girlfriend’s mouth and points gun at her in Spain’s Valencia

A Spaniard, 24, has been jailed after threatening his girlfriend with a gun and trying to suffocate her in front of their nine-month-old son in

2 Dec, 2022 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Man Threatens To Shoot Police Officer Inside Nightclub Toilet On Spain's Costa Blanca

Man threatens to shoot police officer in nightclub toilet on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 47-year-old Spaniard assaulted a Policia Nacional officer in an Elche nightclub and threatened to shoot him dead. He’s been charged with attempted murder, assault,

2 Dec, 2022 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Twelve-year Operation Shovel fizzles out with ‘Dapper Don’ Christy Kinahan Sr facing just four years in jail over passport fraud

Christy Kinahan Sr, the alleged head of a drug trafficking empire, is facing a return to Spain to stand trial and a potential four-year jail

2 Dec, 2022 @ 13:23

Crime & Law·Lead

Bogus Physiotherapist Accused Of Raping Female Clients At His Murcia Home In Spain

Fake physiotherapist accused of raping female clients at his Murcia home in Spain

A bogus physiotherapist from Totana, Murcia, has been jailed after he was arrested for raping at least three women. He was denied bail after a

2 Dec, 2022 @ 11:41

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Illegal Horse Meat Gang Banked €4.5 Million Selling Sick Animals From Farm In Spain's Valencia

Horse meat gang banked €4.5 million by selling sick animals from Valencia farm in Spain

A joint Guardia Civil and Europol operation has dismantled a criminal gang that illegally marketed horses to be slaughtered for meat that was not fit

1 Dec, 2022 @ 19:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Victim allegedly shot 12 times with steel BB gun in horrific attack in San Pedro de Alcantara

Police have arrested two people for allegedly punching a person in the face and then shooting them 12 times with a BB gun on a

1 Dec, 2022 @ 19:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Booze Bust With Over 20,000 Bottles Carrying Fake Tax Labels Seized From Costa Blanca Distillery In Spain

Booze bust with over 20,000 bottles missing tax labels seized from Costa Blanca distillery in Spain

AN Alicante Province distillery and warehouse has been raided and 20,231 bottles of wine seized for not having official tax seals on them. It followed

1 Dec, 2022 @ 18:23

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

Valencia’s largest ever bust nets entire roomful of 5.5 tonnes of cocaine

Valencia has set a new – if unwelcome – record for its largest ever seizure of cocaine. A staggering 5.5 tonnes of Colombia’s finest –

1 Dec, 2022 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

New letter bombs discovered in Spain at arms factory in Zaragoza and Madrid area air force base

A third suspected letter bomb has been found in less than 24 hours in Spain. The latest incident involves a device mailed to a European

1 Dec, 2022 @ 11:38

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·National News

Cursach case: Sobbing prosecutor begs forgives and drops all lurid corruption charges against Mallorca’s king of the night

In the latest sensational twist to the long-running Cursach saga, a sobbing prosecutor begged forgiveness and dropped all the lurid corruption charges against the nightclub

30 Nov, 2022 @ 19:30

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Bright Green Coloured Swimming Pools Catch Out Marijuana Farm Owners With Two Homes On Alicante Area Urbanisation In Spain

Bright green swimming pools catch out marijuana farmers in Alicante area of Spain

TWO indoor marijuana farms have been raided on an Aigues urbanisation in Alicante Province, with 100 kilos of the drug seized by the Guardia Civil.

30 Nov, 2022 @ 18:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Letter bomb explodes at Ukraine Embassy in Spain’s Madrid

AN employee at the Ukraine Embassy in Madrid suffered minor injuries after a letter bomb detonated on Wednesday lunchtime. The letter had been addressed to

30 Nov, 2022 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

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

Teenage children threaten young victims with gun during street thefts in Spain’s Valencia

TWO children aged 15 and 17 have been charged with a series of violent robberies after threatening victims with a gun in Valencia. The thefts

30 Nov, 2022 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Spain’s government unveils new plan to fight human trafficking

SPAIN’S Justice Minister, Pilar Llop, has unveiled plans for a bill to fight human trafficking and to help victims of it. A draft bill was

29 Nov, 2022 @ 19:21

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Politics

Man jailed for 54 years for trying to kill stepdaughter and five others in Valencia house fire in Spain

A man has been jailed for 54 years on six counts of attempted murder after setting fire to an apartment in the Cabanyal district of

29 Nov, 2022 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

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Robbers with base in Spain’s Valencia plundered at least 40 homes across seven provinces

WATCH: Costa del Sol sex-trafficking gang that kept its victims high on drugs and made them work 24 hours a day busted and seven women rescued

Deranged Estepona man arrested wandering the motorway for the murder of his own mother

British man with suitcase full of drugs gets caught at Spain’s Valencia Airport

Drink driver loses license for 18 months after slurred speech grabbed Gibraltar police attention

Police officer jailed and sacked after issuing bogus fines against disliked neighbour in Spain’s Almeria

British man arrested for killing wife who several times accused him of domestic abuse in Spain’s Murcia

Police in Barcelona make two arrests after headless torso discovered in rubbish container

Dozens arrested on Costa del Sol for trafficking weed inside ‘humanitarian aid’ packages for Ukraine

Robbers use convoy of rented vehicles in warehouse robberies across Spain’s Costa Blanca

Police investigators think that series of letterbombs sent to targets in Spain may have come from Valladolid province

Man stuffs blanket down girlfriend’s mouth and points gun at her in Spain’s Valencia

Man threatens to shoot police officer in nightclub toilet on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Twelve-year Operation Shovel fizzles out with ‘Dapper Don’ Christy Kinahan Sr facing just four years in jail over passport fraud

Fake physiotherapist accused of raping female clients at his Murcia home in Spain

Horse meat gang banked €4.5 million by selling sick animals from Valencia farm in Spain

Victim allegedly shot 12 times with steel BB gun in horrific attack in San Pedro de Alcantara

Booze bust with over 20,000 bottles missing tax labels seized from Costa Blanca distillery in Spain

Valencia’s largest ever bust nets entire roomful of 5.5 tonnes of cocaine

New letter bombs discovered in Spain at arms factory in Zaragoza and Madrid area air force base

Cursach case: Sobbing prosecutor begs forgives and drops all lurid corruption charges against Mallorca’s king of the night

Bright green swimming pools catch out marijuana farmers in Alicante area of Spain

Letter bomb explodes at Ukraine Embassy in Spain’s Madrid

Teenage children threaten young victims with gun during street thefts in Spain’s Valencia

Spain’s government unveils new plan to fight human trafficking

Man jailed for 54 years for trying to kill stepdaughter and five others in Valencia house fire in Spain

BREAKING: Montejaque ‘ghost dam’ begins spilling water after reaching capacity for first time in a century

Barcelona wind storm claims first casualty as woman, 46, dies after roof collapses on her

Andalucia storm warning: More fears for Grazalema and Montejaque dam as up to 180mm of rainfall expected – yellow alerts for Ronda and Costa del Sol

Spain tops 10 million foreign-born residents for the first time as demographic landscape continues to shift

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