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Why a Benidorm restaurant owner got arrested after three burglars were caught red-handed by police

Why a Benidorm restaurant owner got arrested despite three burglars being caught red-handed by police

A BENIDORM restaurant owner was arrested after his business was robbed because French authorities wanted him extradited for a money laundering conviction. It was a

7 Mar, 2025 @ 17:00

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Narco mafia caught red-handed transferring nearly a tonne of cocaine in a Marbella shopping centre car park

THE latest Marbella-based international drug-trafficking mafia to bite the dust is a Dutch Mocro Mafia-linked gang caught red-handed in a shopping centre car park. The

7 Mar, 2025 @ 13:35

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Luis Rubiales ‘kiss’ saga takes dramatic turn with prosecutors demanding new trial due to ‘biased’ judge

THE Public Prosecutor’s Office wants the Luis Rubiales ‘kiss’ case retried and sentencing revoked because the judge was ‘biased’. Rubiales was convicted in February for

6 Mar, 2025 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Triple A sanctuary in Marbella is CLEARED of horrific animal abuse charges

A MALAGA judge has cleared multiple members of the Triple A charity of all animal abuse charges. Five workers from the Marbella animal sanctuary, including

6 Mar, 2025 @ 14:46

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

WATCH: Hells Angel fugitive on the run for five years who paid for killing of rival gang member is arrested in Madrid

WATCH: Hells Angel fugitive who ordered contract killing of rival gang member is arrested in Madrid

A NEW ZEALAND Hells Angels member who was on the run for five years has been arrested in Madrid. The detainee had ordered the murder

6 Mar, 2025 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Luxury Cars Towed Away As Major European Cryptocurrency Fraudster Is Arrested In Valencia Area Of Spain

Here’s how to pick up a luxury car for just one euro: The catch? They’ve been confiscated in Spain’s war on the narcos

CAR enthusiasts and bargain hunters have a unique opportunity to own high-end vehicles at an unbelievably low price. But what’s the catch? Well, they were

5 Mar, 2025 @ 19:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

'Cowboy mechanic' accused of swindling British expats out of thousands of euros flees Spain

‘Cowboy mechanic’ accused of swindling British expats out of thousands of euros quits Spain

AN alleged ‘cowboy mechanic’ accused of swindling dozens of British expats out of thousands of euros has left Spain for a new life in the

5 Mar, 2025 @ 16:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Watch: Narco boat washes up on tourist beach in Estepona

ONE of the Strait of Gibraltar’s notorious narco boats was discovered washed up on a tourist beach in Estepona province yesterday The vessel was found

5 Mar, 2025 @ 10:26

Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead

Stolen €400k Aston Martin rams police car during high-speed Madrid chase as officers leap to safety

A MOVIE-STYLE car chase in Madrid involving a stolen €400,000 Aston Martin saw the driver ram a Guardia Civil vehicle with officers jumping out to

4 Mar, 2025 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Drugs gang copied 'Breaking Bad' TV series by laundering money via a car wash business in Spain

Drugs gang copied ‘Breaking Bad’ narco TV drama by laundering money via a car wash business in Spain

A BULGARIAN drugs gang took a leaf out of the hit US TV drama Breaking Bad by laundering the profits of a marijuana operation via

28 Feb, 2025 @ 16:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Breeders accused of toy poodle scam by charging over €6,000 for a puppy with fake pedigree documents in Spain

A VALENCIA gang that sold toy poodle puppies with bogus claims over their pedigree has been busted by the Guardia Civil. Seven people were allegedly

28 Feb, 2025 @ 11:54

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Swedish ‘beauty’ and ‘mafia boss’ Tania Gomez ‘is arrested in Spain’ after making Europe’s ‘most wanted’ list

TANIA Gomez, born to a Swedish mother and Spanish father, was one of the most wanted fugitives in Europe. That is until last week, when

27 Feb, 2025 @ 15:50

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Police find killers of two British tourists struck by loose 'narco boat' on a Mar Menor road

Police arrest suspected killer of two British tourists struck by loose ‘narco boat’ on a busy road in Spain

POLICE have arrested a man over the death of two British tourists who were killed in November after an inflatable boat used to smuggle drugs

27 Feb, 2025 @ 12:46

Crime & Law·Lead·Mar Menor

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Members of Spain’s infamous ‘Wolf Pack’ have their sentences reduced

OUTRAGE in Spain as members of the infamous ‘Wolf Pack’ have their sentences slashed. A Navarra court has reduced the sentence of two of the

27 Feb, 2025 @ 12:02

Crime & Law·Lead·Navarra

Man arrested for sending bomb warnings to schools in four Valencia towns with threat to 'kill as many people as possible'.

Man gets psychiatric treatment after sending bomb threats to schools in four Valencia towns to ‘kill as many people as possible’.

A MAN suffering with mental health problems has been arrested by the Guardia Civil for sending bomb warnings via email which claimed devices were going

27 Feb, 2025 @ 12:01

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Watch: Most wanted German fugitive is arrested in Estepona after hiding among the expat community

A GERMAN fugitive has been arrested in Estepona after hiding amongst expats since last year. The Guardia Civil has arrested a 36-year-old German fugitive in

26 Feb, 2025 @ 13:58

Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead·Malaga

Thieves buy cheap plane tickets just to steal tobacco and perfumes from duty free shops at Costa Blanca airport

A GANG specialising in stealing duty free goods from Alicante-Elche airport has been convicted of theft. Three men and two women- all of Romanian nationality-

26 Feb, 2025 @ 12:32

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Watch: ‘Armed’ robber is chased out of shop in Spain’s Andalucia by female worker wielding a roll of sellotape

THIS is the moment a hooded man brandishing a plastic gun failed to rob a shop in southern Spain thanks to its no-nonsense owner. Footage

26 Feb, 2025 @ 11:55

Crime & Law·Lead

Radar speed traps destroyed in wave of vandalism costing €67,000 per roadside unit in Spain

SEVEN fixed speed radars have been vandalised across Spain in recent days with each unit costing up to €67,000 to replace, according to the DGT

25 Feb, 2025 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Spain refuses to return Russian oligarch’s yacht after vessel was seized in Mallorca as part of Ukraine sanctions

MADRID’s High Court of Justice has refused to return one of three yachts seized in Mallorca due to their links to Russian oligarchs. The Sasha

25 Feb, 2025 @ 17:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Angry patient who attacked two ER doctors gets prison sentence in Spain

Assaults on health workers increased by nearly a third last year in Spain’s cities

PHYSICAL and verbal assaults on health staff in Spain’s cities rose by 29% in 2024- according to the Policia Nacional. The police said the big

25 Feb, 2025 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Health·Lead

Spaniard is slashed in the neck by a Syrian refugee during attack at holocaust memorial

A SPANIARD has been slashed in the neck at the Berlin holocaust memorial by a Syrian refugee. Last Friday, a 30-year-old Spanish tourist was stabbed

25 Feb, 2025 @ 12:37

Crime & Law·Lead

Serial tyre slasher, 54, seized in the Costa del Sol after hitting 20 cars

Benidorm police issue important warning about car tyre puncture trick after motorist is robbed of €4,800

A THIEF has been arrested in Benidorm after stealing a bag containing €4,800 in a distraction burglary at a supermarket car park. The Algerian national,

25 Feb, 2025 @ 11:14

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Expert sketch artist Hew Morrison has created an age-progressed facial composite of Chisholm, in the hopes that someone in Spain or beyond may recognise him (COPYRIGHT HEW MORRISON)

Have YOU seen him? Scottish expat ‘narco’ who escaped notorious Alicante prison 32 years ago – after daring €100m cocaine plot

Do you know more about this story? Email tips@theolivepress.es THIS is the Scottish expat gangster who remains on the run after escaping from an Alicante

24 Feb, 2025 @ 16:11

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Outrage in Tenerife as mother and son are forced to live in car after squatters seize their home

A MOTHER and son have been forced to live in their car in Tenerife after squatters took over their home, prompting outrage from locals. La

24 Feb, 2025 @ 16:11

Crime & Law·Lead·Tenerife

‘Dangerous’ jihadi hairdresser is kicked out of Spain after ‘recruiting fighters for Islamic State’ from his salon in Barcelona

A MOROCCAN hairdresser based in the Barcelona area has been deported from Spain for indoctrinating and recruiting fighters for the Islamic State terror group at

24 Feb, 2025 @ 15:06

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

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Why a Benidorm restaurant owner got arrested despite three burglars being caught red-handed by police

WATCH: Narco mafia caught red-handed transferring nearly a tonne of cocaine in a Marbella shopping centre car park

Luis Rubiales ‘kiss’ saga takes dramatic turn with prosecutors demanding new trial due to ‘biased’ judge

Triple A sanctuary in Marbella is CLEARED of horrific animal abuse charges

WATCH: Hells Angel fugitive who ordered contract killing of rival gang member is arrested in Madrid

Here’s how to pick up a luxury car for just one euro: The catch? They’ve been confiscated in Spain’s war on the narcos

‘Cowboy mechanic’ accused of swindling British expats out of thousands of euros quits Spain

Watch: Narco boat washes up on tourist beach in Estepona

Stolen €400k Aston Martin rams police car during high-speed Madrid chase as officers leap to safety

Drugs gang copied ‘Breaking Bad’ narco TV drama by laundering money via a car wash business in Spain

Breeders accused of toy poodle scam by charging over €6,000 for a puppy with fake pedigree documents in Spain

Swedish ‘beauty’ and ‘mafia boss’ Tania Gomez ‘is arrested in Spain’ after making Europe’s ‘most wanted’ list

Police arrest suspected killer of two British tourists struck by loose ‘narco boat’ on a busy road in Spain

Members of Spain’s infamous ‘Wolf Pack’ have their sentences reduced

Man gets psychiatric treatment after sending bomb threats to schools in four Valencia towns to ‘kill as many people as possible’.

Watch: Most wanted German fugitive is arrested in Estepona after hiding among the expat community

Thieves buy cheap plane tickets just to steal tobacco and perfumes from duty free shops at Costa Blanca airport

Radar speed traps destroyed in wave of vandalism costing €67,000 per roadside unit in Spain

Spain refuses to return Russian oligarch’s yacht after vessel was seized in Mallorca as part of Ukraine sanctions

Assaults on health workers increased by nearly a third last year in Spain’s cities

Spaniard is slashed in the neck by a Syrian refugee during attack at holocaust memorial

Benidorm police issue important warning about car tyre puncture trick after motorist is robbed of €4,800

Have YOU seen him? Scottish expat ‘narco’ who escaped notorious Alicante prison 32 years ago – after daring €100m cocaine plot

Outrage in Tenerife as mother and son are forced to live in car after squatters seize their home

‘Dangerous’ jihadi hairdresser is kicked out of Spain after ‘recruiting fighters for Islamic State’ from his salon in Barcelona

High-speed train link between Spain and Portugal’s capitals confirmed- but it could take up to nine years to launch

Fugitive TikTok star’s surprise return to the UK because he ‘glassed man in the throat during Marbella night club brawl’

Hollywood star Johnny Depp donates €56k to help rebuild Valencia music centre destroyed in floods

IN PICS: Spain’s most expensive house for sale is priced at €29.5m with an indoor swimming pool, cinema, and its own vineyard

Man arrested in Spain for supplying payments to French tennis players to fix matches