Man, 61, fails to exit Spain via Murcia’s Corvera airport with underage girl who defied her parents
A man has been arrested at Murcia’s Corvera airport for trying to leave the country with an underage girl. The youngster told her mother and
Benidorm warehouse stamped top brand names on clothes for local shops to fool tourists in Spain
The Policia Nacional in Benidorm have busted a criminal gang that distributed fake-branded clothes to local retailers. The hub of the illegal enterprise was a
Swindlers ran online custom-made sofa shop that never delivered from empty warehouse in Spain’s Valencia
THREE fraudsters ran a online ‘made-to-order’ sofa shop in Valencia Province that netted €543,095 in orders which were never fulfilled. The Guardia Civil have arrested
Boy, 5, rushed to Costa Blanca hospital in Spain for drug poisoning including cocaine
A five-year-old boy was rushed to Alicante General Hospital and treated for poisoning after taking benzodiazepine tablets. The number of pills he ingested was not
Property owner stung with massive fine for bogus registration of immigrants in Spain’s Valencia
A Valencia area man has picked up a €105,000 penalty for breaking Spain’s immigration laws. The 52-year-old Pakistani national from Mislata was fined €525 each
Supermarket thieves took ‘cut-price’ orders from Costa Blanca bars and restaurants in Spain
SIX people have been arrested for stealing from Costa Blanca supermarkets and passing on the items at discount prices to Elche bars and restaurants. The
Home robbers made weekly 300 kilometre round-trips to Costa Blanca in Spain
A member of a Murcia-based home robbery gang has been arrested in Alicante Province over 11 break-ins. The 25-year-old man was part of a crew
Man arrested in Spain’s Almeria for “obsessive” cyber-bullying of 23 kids after mum discovers pornography on daughter’s phone
FOLLOWING the shock discovery of pornographic images on her daughter’s phone, a mum’s report led to the arrest of a 26-year-old man in La Mojonera
Illegal drone sprays banned chemicals close to homes and river on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN illegal crop-spraying drone using dangerous chemicals has been brought down to earth in Orihuela. The Policia Local were told about the drone operating just
Supermarket sweep as serial robber is caught shopping after police spend months trying to catch him in Spain’s Murcia area
AN eight-month probe to capture a serial robber has culminated in his arrest in a Murcia region supermarket. The Guardia Civil swooped on the shop
British gang grew marijuana and ran drugs mail-order service from Costa Blanca area of Spain
A British trio of marijuana farmers who ran a mail-order service out of the Costa Blanca have been busted by the Guardia Civil. The illegal
Online Costa Blanca scammer tricked people across Spain into buying expensive video game consoles that he never sent
A Denia scammer tricked at least 17 online customers to pay for a video game console that he never sent. The Spaniard, 44, has been
Knife-wielding father kills son, 11, just two days after youngster’s birthday in Spain’s Valencia area
AN 11-year-boy died after his father stabbed him with a kitchen knife at his Sueca home on Sunday. The young victim, named as Jordi, had
€3 million fake saffron gang busted in Spain’s Malaga, Alicante and Barcelona
POLICE have arrested 11 people in Malaga, Barcelona, Alicante, Granada and Almeria for a €3million scam that passed off gardenia extract as saffron, making 800%
Notorious matriarch of drug dealing clan among 50 arrested in massive police bust in Spain’s Mallorca
A NOTORIOUS drug dealer known as La Paca has been arrested in Mallorca during raids on the shanty town Son Banya. The Guardia Civil operation
Power company Iberdrola admits personal details of 1.3 million customers in Spain were hacked
PERSONAL data of 1.3 million Iberdrola customers were hacked in a cyberattack on March 15 according to the El Pais newspaper. The criminals seized information
British robber caught stealing 21 brass taps from old hospital building in Spain’s Valencia
A British man has been arrested by the Policia Nacional for stealing 21 brass taps from a building formerly used by a Valencia hospital. The
Network of overcrowded unhygienic flats housed trafficked migrants on Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE Policia Nacional have raided six flats crammed with trafficked migrants in the north of Alicante City. The living conditions were described as ‘very poor’.
Man jailed for child sex offences in Gibraltar
A Gibraltarian man has been handed a 15 month jail sentence after pleading guilty to a string of child sex offences. Karl Bassett, 26, a
Woman from Spain’s Valencia endures 56 years of hell from abusive husband before barricading herself in room
A Valencia woman suffered 56 years of abuse from her husband and eventually resorted to barricading herself in a room. Officers from Valencia’s Policia Local
Son ‘hacked at his own father with an axe and left him with serious injuries’ in Spain’s Granada
A TROUBLED son has been arrested after attacking his father with an axe during a heated argument at a family home in Granada. The pair
Zaragoza hamburglar strikes again just days after jail release
A RESTAURANT bill dodger has once again proved there is no such thing as a free lunch. Hamburglar Antonio Miguel Grimal fell back into his
Father arrested for ‘abusing daughter for years’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol
POLICE on Spain’s Costa del Sol have arrested a man accused of sexually abusing his own daughter. He allegedly abused his daughter, now a teen,
Costa Blanca pensioner gets stolen mobility scooters back after same thief struck twice within weeks in Spain
AN octogenerian has been reunited with his two stolen mobility scooters taken by the same thief in less than two months in San Juan de
Ex-King of Spain, Juan Carlos, looks to Court of Appeal to delay or stop London trial over surveillance of ex-mistress
LAWYERS acting for Emeritus King, Juan Carlos, say they are going to the Court of Appeal over a key immunity ruling made last week. Justice