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

Dutch tourist is attacked and robbed by a man and two women while cleaning his car in southern Spain

A DUTCH man was assaulted and robbed last Wednesday in Algeciras in a parking lot behind the San Bernardo bus station. The victim was cleaning

20 May, 2025 @ 11:05

Algeciras·Crime & Law·Lead

Police make multiple arrests to bring down family-led drugs gang in Spain

A SEVEN month probe into a family-led drugs trafficking gang has produced 40 arrests in Valencia and Madrid. The Policia Nacional described the operation as

19 May, 2025 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

PSpanish police officer is arrested 'for groping a young woman's buttocks' at the Malaga feria

Spanish police make huge haul of contraband tobacco ‘smuggled in from Gibraltar’

MORE than 22,000 packs of unmarked tobacco have been seized by the Guardia Civil during a major anti-smuggling operation in the municipality of Los Barrios,

19 May, 2025 @ 16:00

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Drone flew into protected airspace over nuclear power plant in Spain

Pilot arrested after flying drone over protected nuclear power plant in Spain

A DRONE pilot has landed himself in trouble after flying his unit over a nuclear power plant in Valencia province. The incident happened last Tuesday.

19 May, 2025 @ 12:33

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

British expat arrested for running ‘sophisticated’ indoor marijuana farm on Costa Blanca

A BRITISH man has been accused of running a marijuana farm inside a warehouse in an Alicante province town. The 37-year-old expat has been arrested

19 May, 2025 @ 11:28

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Corrupt mayor gets jailed over 'sweet deal' private health clinic on Costa Blanca

Corrupt ex-mayor is jailed over ‘sweet deal’ private health clinic on Costa Blanca

A FORMER Santa Pola mayor has been sentenced to prison for corruption over a private health clinic that didn’t have to pay any bills and

16 May, 2025 @ 18:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: TikToker faces €200k fine for hurling rock into ravine in Spanish national park

A YOUNG man is facing a €200k fine after he threw a large rock down a ravine in Picos de Europa national park, in the

16 May, 2025 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·Lead

Spain’s first-known illegal opium farm is closed down by police in Murcia

POLICE have dismantled the first-known illegal opium farm in Spain and arrested two men. It was being operated by two brothers in the Cartagena area

16 May, 2025 @ 08:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

WATCH: Car ploughs through crowd of football fans in Barcelona – at least 15 injured

AT least 15 football supporters have been injured after a car drove through a crowd prior to last night’s crunch Catalan derby between Espanyol and

16 May, 2025 @ 07:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

Bogus email demands ‘immediate’ €850 tuition fee payment from parents in Spain’s Valencia

VALENCIA region parents have been warned about an email scam demanding tuition fee payments. The Valencian Education Ministry says the bogus message requests an ‘immediate

15 May, 2025 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Fruit warehouse could be fined €3m over massive banana scam in Spain

AN Alicante fruit and vegetable distributor could be fined up to €3 million for a scam involving bananas. The company has been accused of passing

15 May, 2025 @ 16:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Real Madrid star, 22, ‘will face criminal proceedings’ over alleged distribution of child pornography

REAL Madrid star Raul Asencio is set to be hauled before court for allegedly sharing a sex tape involving a minor, a judge declared on

15 May, 2025 @ 15:03

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Sport

Emergency services considered sending DANA alert an hour and a half before it was sent- court reveals

THE Valencian government considered sending the emergency DANA alert an hour and a half before it was actually sent, an emergency services employee has confirmed.

15 May, 2025 @ 14:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

The rising murder and kidnapping rate in Spain’s Malaga blamed on ‘more and better weapons’

IN the first quarter of 2025, the Province of Malaga has seen six intentional homicides, according to an announcement of the Ministry of the Interior.

15 May, 2025 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Girl, 3, suffers genital mutilation causing irreversible injuries with parents arrested in Spain

THE parents of a three-year-old girl have been arrested in Elche after she was genitally mutilated in a procedure done outside Spain. The man, 38,

15 May, 2025 @ 12:03

Crime & Law·Health·Lead

Naked female German tourists perform sex acts on city highway in Spain

Female German tourists strip naked and perform sex acts on motorway – then flee from police in Spain

TWO naked female German tourists performed lewd sex acts on a Murcia City highway before leading police on a motorway chase for several kilometres. The

15 May, 2025 @ 07:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Spain's crime rate falls but serious sexual offences and attempted murder cases rise

Spain sees drop in crime – but sex attacks spike and attempted murders rocket 20%

REPORTED crimes in Spain fell by 2.8% in the first quarter of 2025, compared to the same period last year. Figures released on Wednesday by

14 May, 2025 @ 16:22

Crime & Law·Lead

Police raid huge €20 MILLION Chinese and Arab 'mafia crypto bank' based in Spain

Police raid €20m Chinese and Arab ‘mafia crypto bank’ based in Spain

AN international criminal gang which ran one of the world’s biggest clandestine crypto banks has been busted by the Policia Nacional. There were two distinct

14 May, 2025 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Body of man, 30, discovered with ‘multiple stab wounds’ near Costa del Sol village

THE body of a man that has been discovered on Monday afternoon has multiple stab wounds in the chest, presumably from a knife. The body

14 May, 2025 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead

TOWIE star James Argent arrested for ‘pushing Miss Sweden girlfriend down steps’ in Spain’s Costa del Sol

FORMER reality TV star James Argent has been handed a six-month suspended prison sentence after admitting to a case of domestic violence against his model

14 May, 2025 @ 13:17

Celebrity·Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

'Traumatised' dog walker in Mallorca discovers bludgeoned body of a man in a ditch: Police arrest his boyfriend

Body found in southern Spain may be fugitive husband who murdered wife

LOCAL police in Spain have found the body of a man in an advanced state of decomposition hanging from a tree on Monday. Police suspect

14 May, 2025 @ 12:15

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Spain probes cyber weaknesses of small generators amid investigation into nationwide blackout

SENIOR officials in the Spanish government have expressed ‘concerns’ about the cyber defence capabilities of small electricity generators as investigators continue to search for the

13 May, 2025 @ 18:54

Crime & Law·Environment·Lead

Gang threatens victims with gun to steal luxury watches before fleeing on motorbike in Spain

Gun-toting muggers steal luxury watches before fleeing on motorbike in Spain

A GANG who stole luxury watches from people in the Alicante and Valencia areas has been arrested by the Policia Nacional. Five people- of undisclosed

13 May, 2025 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Bars closed in Benidorm’s ‘English zone’ after police purge against drug trafficking

FOUR bars have been closed in Benidorm’s ‘English Zone’ after police discovered drugs inside them. Seven people of British, Pakistani, and Moroccan nationalities have been

13 May, 2025 @ 17:00

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead