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VARICOSE VANDAL: Spaniard, 79, arrested for 12th time after damaging 1,000 cars and ‘causing €500,000 in damage’

AN elderly Spanish ‘vandal’ has been arrested for the 12th time in a year for ‘scratching’ 1,000 cars. José Antonio Vázquez Vázquez, 79, is accused

9 Feb, 2019 @ 11:52

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Man in Spain arrested as police find his girlfriend chopped up in freezer

If this case is confirmed as gender violence, it would mark the 8th killing of a woman by a partner or ex-partner in 2019

8 Feb, 2019 @ 11:39

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‘WE MISS YOU’: Family of Amy Fitzpatrick who vanished in Spain mark birthday with heartbreaking picture of her as child

Accompanying the picture was a message: “27 today…… We miss you with all our hearts”

7 Feb, 2019 @ 16:56

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

THANKS ELTON: Tributes for Spanish police dog who retires after decade solving murders and disappearances

When the Spanish police took him on over 10 years ago, he was the only dog of his kind in the force

7 Feb, 2019 @ 12:25

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Other News

HASH AND GRAB: Cannabis bales that washed up on Gibraltar beach in storm valued at £14 million

All available units of the RGP and Gibraltar Defence Police were scrambled to cordon off the area and recover the bales

6 Feb, 2019 @ 13:37

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

‘Trial date set’ for missing Agnese Klavina four years after vanishing from Spain’s Costa del Sol

A TRIAL date has reportedly finally been set for missing Agnese Klavina. It comes four years after the young woman disappeared from Aqwa Mist nightclub

6 Feb, 2019 @ 11:32

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Jose Mourinho convicted of tax fraud in Spain but won’t serve any of one-year prison sentence

It comes after fellow ex-Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo was given a 23-month prison sentence and an €18.8m fine for tax evasion

5 Feb, 2019 @ 18:33

Celebrity·Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Sport

Irish hitman James Quinn WILL serve 22-year sentence after losing appeal to overturn conviction for Gary Hutch murder on Spain’s Costa del Sol

According to the judges, the baseball cap found inside the car had ‘without a doubt’ been worn by Quinn

5 Feb, 2019 @ 17:50

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: British man arrested in Spain as police seize 2,500 banned ‘Viagra pills’

The pills seized have exciting names, like ‘Boner Gold’ and ‘Maxx Blue’

5 Feb, 2019 @ 17:09

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Brits being probed for connections to violent Italian mafia after 14 arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol

The operation led to 14 arrests and the seizure of half a tonne of hashish

5 Feb, 2019 @ 14:31

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Woman who exposed John of God religious cult leader for running ‘baby farms’ kills herself at hideaway in Spain

Over 600 women reported sexual abuse by the Brazilian faith leader, who was interviewed by Oprah Winfrey in 2010

5 Feb, 2019 @ 13:59

Barcelona·Celebrity·Crime & Law·Lead·National News

MOST WANTED: The British fugitives who could be hiding among expats and locals in Spain, have you seen them?

THE UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) has released its list of the most wanted British criminals on the run. Among them are an alleged murderer,

5 Feb, 2019 @ 12:33

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Costa del Sol police search for ‘couple’ who torched car homeless man asleep in

Neighbours claimed the vehicle is a hub for drug users and that people can enter the site via a section of fence that has been

5 Feb, 2019 @ 11:42

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Murdered Irish drug dealer who had €200k debts found buried next to Costa Blanca motorway

Marie, Carl’s mother, claimed her son’s death was the result of a love triangle and has ‘nothing to do with drugs’

4 Feb, 2019 @ 12:50

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Costa del Sol policeman gets 18-month sentence for drink driving and faces charge for fatal accident

Police said he had booze on his breath, but that he sped away in a car on the other side of the road to avoid

31 Jan, 2019 @ 11:31

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Dog walker finds dead ‘narco’ washed up on Costa del Sol beach after high speed police chase

Neither chase resulted in a collision or anyone falling from the boat, according to police

30 Jan, 2019 @ 12:11

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Thousands more illegal wells like one little Julen died in scattered across Malaga, experts warn

Environmental group Ecologistas en Acción, estimate that 60% of Malaga wells are dug illegally

29 Jan, 2019 @ 11:50

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News

PICTURED: Man and pet dog who plunge to death in Malaga well just 30km from where little Julen’s body recovered

It comes after Julen Roselló Jiménez, 2, was pulled out of a 107m-deep well in Totalan on Saturday morning

28 Jan, 2019 @ 15:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News

How drones helped drug trafficking gang in Cadiz smuggle six TONNES of hashish from Morocco to southern Spain

Two of the 12-strong gang were experts in the use of state-of-the-art drones

28 Jan, 2019 @ 14:51

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

ANOTHER person found dead in Malaga well just 48 hours after little Julen’s body recovered

The site of the latest tragedy to hit Andalucia lies just 30km north of Totalan, where Julen died 48 hours earlier

28 Jan, 2019 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News

UK Foreign Office updates website to say terrorists ‘very likely to carry out attacks in Spain’

There was no reason given for the update, but the FCO say Brits ‘should be vigilant and follow the instructions of the local authorities’

23 Jan, 2019 @ 14:23

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Travel News

DOUBLE TROUBLE: Ronaldo gets 23-month jail sentence and €18.8m fine for tax evasion in Spain as Alonso maintains innocence

Unlike Ronaldo, Alonso did not accept a deal put forward by prosecutors

23 Jan, 2019 @ 12:34

Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

Alleged hitman cuffed after failed mafia hit on Costa del Sol

The suspect fled the scene of the crime and has been in hiding for the last year by squatting in numerous buildings across Malaga

23 Jan, 2019 @ 11:26

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DON’T JUDGE: ‘Fake lawyer’ on Costa del Sol arrested after she charged clients €2000 a minute

“When you go to court nobody asks for your credentials,” veteran Marbella lawyer Antonio Flores told the Olive Press

22 Jan, 2019 @ 17:22

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Expats pay tribute to Marbella businessman ‘linked to TOWIE stars and Mohamed Al-Fayed’ after he was brutally gunned down on doorstep

Brits who knew Marco say they are baffled by the murder and fear it has taken Costa del Sol violence to a 'new level'

22 Jan, 2019 @ 14:03

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Man arrested on Costa del Sol for robbing computer shop dressed as unicorn

The young man is believed to be linked to another eight robberies in Malaga city

22 Jan, 2019 @ 13:46

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