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Spanish bouncer accused of killing a British tourist in Spain is arrested

15 schoolboys get probation for spreading AI-created naked images of girls in Spain

A JUVENILE court in Extremadura has sentenced 15 schoolboys to a year’s probation after they created and spread AI-generated naked images of their female classmates

10 Jul, 2024 @ 11:09

Crime & Law·Lead

British tourist in ‘agitated state’ arrested in Spain for trying to sell €7k of cocaine stashed in his sock on the Magaluf strip

A BRITISH tourist has been arrested in Magaluf on suspicion of selling cocaine with a retail value of €7,000 that he kept in a sock.

9 Jul, 2024 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Begoña Gomez- wife of Spain's PM, Pedro Sanchez- ordered to testify over alleged embezzlement of public money

Wife of Spain’s prime minister threatened with arrest if she fails to attend court when witness in her influence peddling probe gives evidence

A MADRID judge has warned Begoña Gomez, the wife of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, that she could be arrested if she does not turn

9 Jul, 2024 @ 14:18

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Politics

Motorhome and camper van thieves change chassis details and produce fake documents to sell vehicles to unsuspecting customers in Spain

AN ALICANTE province gang has been busted for stealing motorhomes and camper vans, which they sold on second-hand sites via social media platforms. The Policia

9 Jul, 2024 @ 11:06

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Thieves use drone to follow high-value targets for street robberies on Spain’s Costa Blanca

HI-TECH thieves used a drone to track people carrying large amounts of money on the streets of Alicante province. The five men are accused of

8 Jul, 2024 @ 19:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Parents abused teenage daughter and threatened to kill her after she refuses 'arranged' marriage to allow her cousin to live in Spain

Runaway bride flees abusive family home- one day before arranged wedding for fee of €1,000 in Spain’s Alicante

THE parents of a 22-year-old Alicante woman have been arrested for allegedly setting up an arranged marriage and accepting a €1,000 fee for it. The

8 Jul, 2024 @ 15:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

‘Most Wanted’ Brit arrested for masterminding vacuum-packed gun sales to criminal mafias along Spain’s east coast

A BRITISH drugs fugitive has been arrested at a Murcia villa which contained a suitcase with 35 guns inside plus 750 bullets wrapped in towels-

8 Jul, 2024 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

The suspect accused of trafficking 'blood diamonds' is detained in Malaga Airport

Blood diamond raid on Spain’s Costa del Sol: Armed police arrest alleged trafficker

SPAIN’S Policia Nacional has arrested a man in Malaga on accusations of trafficking so-called ‘blood diamonds’. The suspect is alleged to have headed up a

7 Jul, 2024 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Young tourist ‘is strangled unconscious and raped’ in Marbella: Moroccan suspect ‘stalked victim for a kilometre after she walked past him in the port’

A 23-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested on suspicion of raping a tourist in Marbella. CCTV footage seen by police captured the horror moment the young

6 Jul, 2024 @ 10:50

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Benidorm tourist watches bank app in horror as nine charges are made on stolen card within minutes

Warning for tourists visiting Spain: ‘Professional’ pickpockets are travelling to this city to steal from holidaymakers – with the elderly particularly at risk

PROFESSIONAL pickpockets are making the trip from Sevilla to Cadiz to target tourists in the southwestern city, especially when they know that there will be

5 Jul, 2024 @ 13:30

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

Chaos at trial of Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner as prosecutors accuse judges of ‘bias’ over shock quashing of paedophile’s arrest

THE judges who quashed the arrest warrant for Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner have been accused of bias by prosecutors. Three judges at Braunschweig court

5 Jul, 2024 @ 11:53

Crime & Law·Lead

Grandmother in Spain ‘fakes four violent robberies to collect insurance payouts’

A COSTA BLANCA woman has been accused of insurance fraud after pretending to be the victim of four violent robberies in the last nine years.

4 Jul, 2024 @ 23:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

Watch: Dramatic moment Scottish fugitive wanted for sex crimes is arrested while using outdoor gym on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A SCOTTISH fugitive wanted for sex crimes in the UK has been arrested while using an outdoor gym on the Costa del Sol. James Clacher,

4 Jul, 2024 @ 12:41

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Magaluf nightclub bouncer arrested for assaulting two British tourists- one of whom could lose their sight in one eye

British tourist, 20, is beaten unconscious in Spain’s Mallorca: Police hunt six-foot attacker

POLICE on the Balearic Island of Mallorca are seeking a man described as blond, six-foot tall and stocky after he allegedly doled out an extremely

4 Jul, 2024 @ 11:41

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Police tend to the young girls abandoned in a car in Tenerife Credit Local police

British girl and her baby sister are found ‘abandoned in parked car’ in Spain’s Tenerife

THE alarm was raised on June 17, at around 6pm: two young girls had been left locked in a car outside a shopping mall in

4 Jul, 2024 @ 11:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Tenerife

Shooting in Madrid: CCTV shows terrifying moment shotgun-wielding man opens fire in a restaurant

THIS is the moment a gunman was filmed shooting up a restaurant in Madrid. CCTV footage shared online shows the suspect entering a Dominos branch

3 Jul, 2024 @ 15:37

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Jay Slater latest: Missing Brit ‘fled Airbnb’ in remote Tenerife village ‘after admitting stealing €14,000 Rolex’, claims ex-detective

MISSING Brit Jay Slater ‘fled Airbnb’ in a remote Tenerife village ‘after admitting to stealing a €14,000 Rolex’, an ex-detective has claimed. Former detective Mark

3 Jul, 2024 @ 12:27

Crime & Law·Lead·Tenerife

Police in Spain recover a TONNE of crucifixes that were stolen by cemetery raiders

BRONZE crucifixes stolen from cemeteries around Toledo province have been recovered from vehicles and homes. The sacred items were going to be broken up and

2 Jul, 2024 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Revealed: How a cocaine lab on Spain’s Costa del Sol extracted the drug from laced cocoa powder, charcoal and coffee imported from Colombia

A FAMILY-LED gang that allegedly processed cocaine imported from Colombia at clandestine laboratories in Fuengirola and Ciudad Real has been busted by the police. Nine

2 Jul, 2024 @ 17:15

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Police in Spain launch rescue mission after suspect who ‘threw glass bottles at nightclub revellers’ in Alicante dives into the sea

A MAN allegedly threw glass bottles and exposed himself to customers at an Alicante port nightclub before jumping into the sea. Guardia Civil and Policia

2 Jul, 2024 @ 13:30

Alicante·Crime & Law

Boat migrant is accused of sexually assaulting cleaner at hotel where he is being held on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A BOAT migrant has been arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting a cleaner at a Guardamar hotel that is being used as an emergency reception

1 Jul, 2024 @ 18:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Pickpocket warning in Spain: Gangs are targeting tourist areas as the summer season begins

POLICE in Mallorca have warned about organised gangs of pickpockets stealing from tourists in the Palma area. Two Romanian men, aged 24 and 56, have

1 Jul, 2024 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

‘British’ tourist is found dead in the street in major resort in Spain

THE Guardia Civil is investigating the death of a tourist who was found in the middle of a Magaluf street in the early hours of

1 Jul, 2024 @ 13:56

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

WATCH: Shocking moment taxi driver reverses into tourists in Spain’s Barcelona before fleeing the scene

Do you know more about this incident? Email tips@theolivepress.es THIS is the moment a taxi driver was filmed reversing into tourists in Barcelona last week.

1 Jul, 2024 @ 12:58

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead