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Irish mobster John Gilligan jailed after pink cocaine laboratory is found at his Costa Blanca villa

IRISH mobster John Gilligan is back behind bars after he was arrested last month when police discovered a pink cocaine drugs lab at his Orihuela

30 Jan, 2025 @ 16:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Fugitive Russian mafia mobster arrested on Costa Blanca after Italian court gave him long jail term

BMW driver jailed in southern Spain after killing a baby in a hit-and-run while high on a cocktail of drugs

A BMW driver who killed a baby while high on a cocktail of drugs in a hit-and-run in Sevilla has been sent to jail for

30 Jan, 2025 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

Pictured: US priest, 80, found ‘brutally murdered’ inside Malaga tourist flat

AN American priest found dead in a Malaga tourist flat has been named as Father Richard Gross. The 80-year-old’s body was discovered on January 21,

30 Jan, 2025 @ 11:27

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

German expat whose body was found in a torched caravan in Cadiz ‘was killed by man she met 24 hours earlier’

A GERMAN expat whose charred body was found inside a burnt out caravan in Cadiz was killed by a man she met just 24 hours

30 Jan, 2025 @ 07:00

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Frustrated expat blasts ‘illegal vanlifers’ who ‘throw human waste’ onto beach

A FRUSTRATED expat has spoken out after ‘illegal’ campers were spotted throwing rubbish and human waste onto a Torrox beach. Doug Fairchild, 78 from Australia

29 Jan, 2025 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

‘La Modelo’ cocaine trafficker sentenced to five years in prison

‘THE LAST cocaine queen’ has been sentenced to five years in prison by Malaga Provincial Court. Maria Teresa J.C., known as ‘The Model’ was found

29 Jan, 2025 @ 16:11

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Sexual abuse complaint against Estepona mayor is dismissed: Misuse of public funds case to go ahead next month

A JUDGE has dismissed a complaint of sexual harassment by a local policeman against the high-flying mayor of Estepona. The complainant had alleged that the

29 Jan, 2025 @ 12:32

Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead

Narco gang smuggled 334 kilos of cocaine into Spain hidden in industrial machinery on a container ship

WATCH: Narcos try to smuggle nearly half a tonne of cocaine into Spain in industrial machinery on a container ship

POLICE and customs authorities have busted a Benidorm and Valencia area gang that imported large quantities of cocaine from South America. Nine people have been

29 Jan, 2025 @ 12:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Child sex offender, 63, who did ‘unspeakable things for quarter of a century’ jailed for 39 years in Gibraltar

CONVICTED paedophile Graham Southwell has been sentenced to 39 years in imprison for a series of child sex offences spanning nearly three decades. The landmark

28 Jan, 2025 @ 19:29

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Teenage terrorists planned to detonate a ‘mother of Satan bomb’ inside a church in Alicante, say police

POLICE have revealed teenage terrorists were planning to detonate a ‘mother of Satan’ bomb inside an Alicante church. The pair planned to attack the Santa

28 Jan, 2025 @ 13:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Moment armed kidnappers are arrested in dramatic police chase after a man is snatched in Malaga seaside town

THIS is the moment Spanish Policia Nacional intercepted a car speeding down the motorway carrying a drug kidnap gang on the Costa del Sol. Police

28 Jan, 2025 @ 12:45

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

RGP slams ‘appalling’ attack on officers ‘doing their job’ after three police are assaulted in Gibraltar

THE Royal Gibraltar Police has launched a blistering broadside after three officers were assaulted and left requiring medical treatment by a bottle-wielding mob. A violent

27 Jan, 2025 @ 18:36

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

British villa looted with hundreds of pounds taken during burglary spree in popular expat area of Costa Blanca

A BRITISH-owned villa was among a string of properties burgled by four men in Calpe on the northern Costa Blanca. The 25-year-old ringleader was remanded

23 Jan, 2025 @ 16:17

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Man commits three violent robberies within minutes- threatening victims with fake gun in Spain’s Mar Menor area

A MAN has been arrested over three violent robberies in the Mar Menor area where victims were threatened by a fake gun. The Guardia Civil

23 Jan, 2025 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mar Menor

Abandoned narco-sub breaks into two when fishing boat tries to tow it to port in Spain

Abandoned narco-sub breaks into two as fishing boat tries to tow it to port in Spain

THE Guardia Civil says a suspected narco-submarine capable of smuggling drugs broke in two as a fishing boat was towing it to a port in

23 Jan, 2025 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Galicia·Lead

Non-stop ‘drug market staffed by two teenage girls who accepted stolen TVs as payment’ shut down on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A 24 hour ‘drug market’ has been taken down by Fuengirola police, with four traffickers arrested. The ‘takeaway’ drug operation was found in two ‘narcoflats’

22 Jan, 2025 @ 13:23

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

John George breakthrough: Two suspects are arrested in Portugal over murder of Northern Irish father in Spain

John George: International arrest warrant issued for prime suspect in his murder on Spain’s Costa Blanca as family ask for second autopsy

AN INTERNATIONAL arrest warrant has been issued by a Torrevieja judge for the suspected killer of Belfast man John George. Meanwhile his family have requested

22 Jan, 2025 @ 11:23

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Mallorca's former top anti-drug cop arrested in money laundering probe linked to Ibiza cocaine pipeline

American tourist, 80, ‘murdered in Malaga tourist apartment’ after neighbours hear ‘screams of agony’

AN American tourist has been found dead with signs of violence in a holiday apartment in Malaga’s historic centre. He had reportedly just arrived in

22 Jan, 2025 @ 11:04

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Horror in Ronda: Man nearly has femoral artery severed in daylight knife attack while out walking his dog with his girlfriend in Spain

A MAN has been arrested in Ronda after allegedly stabbing a rival in the leg during a broad daylight attack, missing his femoral artery by

21 Jan, 2025 @ 16:00

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Four fugitives working as fruit pickers- including man on the run for 18 years- are arrested on the Costa Blanca

A POLISH man on the run for 18 years from his native country was one of four fugitives arrested during checks made on fruit pickers

21 Jan, 2025 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

British tourist in Benidorm robbed of mobile phone and gleeful thieves make £16k of transactions on it

THERE was double trouble for a British tourist in Benidorm after his mobile phone was stolen and the thieves then racked up £16,000 of transactions

21 Jan, 2025 @ 13:00

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Hundreds of bank accounts hit by €1.9 million cyber scam with 1,000 phone text messages sent per minute to fool victims in Spain

Hundreds of bank accounts hijacked by €1.9 million cyber scam with 1,000 phone text messages sent per minute to fool victims in Spain

A CYBERSCAM that netted €1.9 million has been busted by the Policia Nacional with 760 victims conned via bogus bank text messages. A dozen arrests

20 Jan, 2025 @ 17:00

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Italian fugitive arrested in Spain’s Fuengirola while trying to file police report

AN ITALIAN fugitive has been arrested in Fuengirola after going to the police station to report a crime. The 28-year-old was detained by the Policia

20 Jan, 2025 @ 16:14

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Passenger caught smuggling 20,000 Viagra pills in a suitcase at Costa Blanca airport

ALICANTE-ELCHE airport’s security team uncovered a bizarre smuggling incident when 20,000 Viagra pills were found crammed into a suitcase. A 63-year old woman has been

20 Jan, 2025 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Military-trained narcos arrested in three tonne cocaine bust in south of Spain: Kalashnikov assault rifles among weapons seized

NEARLY three tonnes of cocaine and four military-grade weapons have been seized in a major drug bust along the Guadalquivir River in Sevilla. Spanish police

17 Jan, 2025 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

Social media 'influencer' accused of dodging taxes and laundering money is extradited after hiding on the Costa Blanca

Social media ‘influencer’ accused of tax dodging and money laundering is extradited after hiding on the Costa Blanca

A SWEDISH social media ‘influencer’ who ran off to Spain after facing money laundering and tax dodging charges was arrested in Torrevieja last month. The

17 Jan, 2025 @ 16:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

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Irish mobster John Gilligan jailed after pink cocaine laboratory is found at his Costa Blanca villa

BMW driver jailed in southern Spain after killing a baby in a hit-and-run while high on a cocktail of drugs

Pictured: US priest, 80, found ‘brutally murdered’ inside Malaga tourist flat

German expat whose body was found in a torched caravan in Cadiz ‘was killed by man she met 24 hours earlier’

Frustrated expat blasts ‘illegal vanlifers’ who ‘throw human waste’ onto beach

‘La Modelo’ cocaine trafficker sentenced to five years in prison

Sexual abuse complaint against Estepona mayor is dismissed: Misuse of public funds case to go ahead next month

WATCH: Narcos try to smuggle nearly half a tonne of cocaine into Spain in industrial machinery on a container ship

Child sex offender, 63, who did ‘unspeakable things for quarter of a century’ jailed for 39 years in Gibraltar

Teenage terrorists planned to detonate a ‘mother of Satan bomb’ inside a church in Alicante, say police

WATCH: Moment armed kidnappers are arrested in dramatic police chase after a man is snatched in Malaga seaside town

RGP slams ‘appalling’ attack on officers ‘doing their job’ after three police are assaulted in Gibraltar

British villa looted with hundreds of pounds taken during burglary spree in popular expat area of Costa Blanca

Man commits three violent robberies within minutes- threatening victims with fake gun in Spain’s Mar Menor area

Abandoned narco-sub breaks into two as fishing boat tries to tow it to port in Spain

Non-stop ‘drug market staffed by two teenage girls who accepted stolen TVs as payment’ shut down on Spain’s Costa del Sol

John George: International arrest warrant issued for prime suspect in his murder on Spain’s Costa Blanca as family ask for second autopsy

American tourist, 80, ‘murdered in Malaga tourist apartment’ after neighbours hear ‘screams of agony’

Horror in Ronda: Man nearly has femoral artery severed in daylight knife attack while out walking his dog with his girlfriend in Spain

Four fugitives working as fruit pickers- including man on the run for 18 years- are arrested on the Costa Blanca

British tourist in Benidorm robbed of mobile phone and gleeful thieves make £16k of transactions on it

Hundreds of bank accounts hijacked by €1.9 million cyber scam with 1,000 phone text messages sent per minute to fool victims in Spain

Italian fugitive arrested in Spain’s Fuengirola while trying to file police report

Passenger caught smuggling 20,000 Viagra pills in a suitcase at Costa Blanca airport

Military-trained narcos arrested in three tonne cocaine bust in south of Spain: Kalashnikov assault rifles among weapons seized

EXCLUSIVE: ‘My sister syphoned off our family’s inheritance after our mother died – now she runs a big charity on the Costa del Sol’

Mastermind of failed 1981 coup in Spain is close to death in Valencia hospital

Barcelona council votes to restrict number of tourists visiting popular attraction every year

British tourist dies after choking on piece of meat at restaurant in Spain

Gusts of up to 111 km/hour recorded during yellow weather alert in Valencia region.