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Barbate Guardia Civil murders: Spanish authorities hunt new narco suspect hiding out in Morocco with family links to a Costa del Sol kingpin after admitting error with original arrest

THE Guardia Civil have admitted they may have pointed the finger at the wrong narco in the murder of two officers in Barbate in February.

13 Jun, 2024 @ 15:00

Cadiz·Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

British DJ launches desperate appeal after ALL his ‘irreplaceable’ music, laptop and other items are stolen from his car in Spain’s Ibiza

A BRITISH DJ has launched a desperate appeal in Ibiza after ALL his ‘irreplaceable’ music, laptop and other items were stolen from his car. The

13 Jun, 2024 @ 14:59

Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead

'Love Hug' robber with eight year trail of crime is arrested yet again on Spain's Costa Blanca Warning over ‘love hugging’ scam in Murcia after string of elderly people are targeted by gang TWO members of a ‘love-hug’ gang that travelled around Spain robbing elderly people have been jailed. Four Romanians- aged between 28 and 31- rented a 9 APR, 2024 @ 11:30 ALICANTE·CRIME & LAW·LEAD·MURCIA·OTHER NEWS Expat Brits in Benidorm sold drugs to bar and hotel customers with express deliveries via an electric scooter British tourist has expensive gold chain stolen by Benidorm ‘love hug’ thief who foolishly publishes social media photos of her showing it off A WOMAN stole a gold chain from a British tourist in Benidorm but was arrested days later after posting social media images of her wearing 27 NOV, 2023 @ 16:30 BENIDORM·COSTA BLANCA·CRIME & LAW·LEAD·VALENCIAN COMMUNITY ‘Love Hug’ robber with eight year trail of crime is arrested yet again on Spain’s Costa Blanca Callous ‘love hug’ robber targeting old people- and even offering sex- gets fifth arrest in recent months on Spain’s Costa Blanca A PROFESSIONAL ‘love hug’ street robber has been arrested in Alicante for the fifth time in recent months. The 26-year-old woman travelled all round Spain 15 AUG, 2023 @ 17:15 ALICANTE·COSTA BLANCA·CRIME & LAW·VALENCIAN COMMUNITY One of Spain's most-notorious 'Love Hug' robbers is arrested on Costa Blanca One of Spain’s most-notorious ‘Love Hug’ robbers is arrested on Costa Blanca

Plain-clothed police arrest couple using ‘love hug’ method to steal luxury watches from pedestrians in Spain

A MARRIED Romanian couple have been arrested for a series of ‘love hug’ robberies after plain-clothed Guardia Civil officers helped a potential victim on a

13 Jun, 2024 @ 11:30

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Benidorm shop owners arrested for selling fake items using well-known brand names to tourists

THREE Benidorm shop owners have been arrested for allegedly selling counterfeit goods, with 3,529 items seized by the Policia Nacional. Police were tipped off by

12 Jun, 2024 @ 11:55

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Pedro Sanchez’s brother is investigated for influence peddling and embezzlement – just weeks after similar probe against his wife

THE brother of Pedro Sanchez is being investigated over the alleged embezzlement of public funds and influence peddling just weeks after a similar case was

12 Jun, 2024 @ 10:53

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Exposed: Taxi drivers are arrested for using ‘mafia tactics’ to gouge prices at Sevilla airport

Agitated Brit threatens to stab taxi driver and then gets locked in on a Mallorca bus before police arrest him

A BRITISH man threatened a Palma taxi driver before trying to escape on a bus, but got locked in as police arrived to arrest him.

11 Jun, 2024 @ 18:10

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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Drunk German tourist destroys €350k digger after breaking into a quarry to take it for a drive on Spain’s Mallorca

A DRUNK German tourist stole a €350,000 digger from a Playa de Palma quarry and overturned it- with the unit written off as unrepairable. The

11 Jun, 2024 @ 17:24

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Former Kinahan mafia ‘financier’ Johnny ‘Cash’ Morrissey released from Spanish prison after paying €60,000 bail

A MANCHESTER-BORN expat considered to have been the money launderer for the international crime organisation led by Irish gangster Daniel Kinahan has been released from

11 Jun, 2024 @ 12:07

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Europe’s biggest-ever seizure of laughing gas cuts supply line to nightclubs and bars on Spain’s Costa del Sol

FIVE people have been arrested in Malaga province after the Guardia Civil seized 21,302 litres of nitrous oxide(laughing gas)- the biggest-such seizure in Europe. The

11 Jun, 2024 @ 11:58

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Husband charged with kidnapping and murdering Ana Knezevich after she disappeared from her Madrid apartment in February

Ana Knezevich latest: Husband of missing US expat pleads not guilty to her kidnapping in Spain – after CCTV showed him buying duct tape in Madrid hardware store

THE estranged husband of Ana Knezevich, a Colombian native with US nationality who went missing in Madrid on February 2, pleaded not guilty on Monday

11 Jun, 2024 @ 11:28

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Benidorm police use famous Shakespeare line to discourage Brit tourists from buying drinks from illegal beach sellers

BENIDORM’S Policia Local are using a variation on one of Shakespeare’s most famous lines to warn beach goers about buying drinks and ice creams from

10 Jun, 2024 @ 15:06

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead

Three Valencia supporters who shouted racist abuse at Real Madrid’s Vinicius apologise before a court in Spain

THREE Valencia football fans have been given eight-month prison sentences and a two-year football stadium ban for shouting racist insults at Real Madrid’s Vinicius Jr.

10 Jun, 2024 @ 14:02

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Revealed: How military grade weapons sent as aid to Ukraine are ending up in the hands of drug and human trafficking mafias in southern Spain

MILITARY weapons sent from the West to Ukraine are increasingly ending up in the hands of drug mafias in southern Spain, it has emerged. It

8 Jun, 2024 @ 14:46

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

Cyber sex predator cons young children into sending pornographic videos in exchange for video game virtual currencies in Spain

Cyber sex predator cons young children to send him pornographic images in exchange for video game virtual currencies in Spain

A MAN has been arrested in Murcia for allegedly tricking underage girls into sending him pornographic material via a phone app. The 22-year-old Bolivian national

7 Jun, 2024 @ 16:05

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Armed police at the scene of the shooting of Borja Villacis

After major manhunt, police in Madrid detain two more suspects in assassination of prominent politician’s brother, including far-right Holocaust denier Kevin Pastor

AFTER a major manhunt, police in Madrid have arrested two more suspects in the assassination of Borja Villacis, the brother of prominent former politician Begoña

7 Jun, 2024 @ 10:54

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Alleged jihadist who recruited terrorists and glorified their violent behaviour is arrested on Spain's Costa Blanca

Alleged jihadist who recruited terrorists and glorified violent action is arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A MOROCCAN man has been arrested in Alicante province on suspicion of being involved in recruiting terrorists and glorifying terrorism. The alleged jihadist was detained

6 Jun, 2024 @ 18:40

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: How email accounts used by Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner ‘tie him to the disappearance of the British toddler’

THE Olive Press can reveal the emails Christian Brueckner used at the time Madeleine McCann was abducted in Portugal. The German paedophile was using at

6 Jun, 2024 @ 16:54

Crime & Law·Lead

German expat gangster ‘tortured a mafia rival to death inside his upmarket Marbella villa’: Victim was found tied to a chair with plastic wrapped around his face and three bullet wounds to the head

A GERMAN thug accused of torturing a mafia rival to death inside his home in Marbella has been arrested. The 32-year-old was ‘recently’ extradited from

6 Jun, 2024 @ 16:40

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Veterinary hospital cleaner in Spain faces jail for having sex with a goat

Veterinary hospital cleaner in Spain faces jail after he was ‘caught in the act’ having sex with a goat

A CLEANER at a Madrid veterinary hospital faces up to three years in prison after he was accused of performing sex acts on a goat.

6 Jun, 2024 @ 12:01

Animals·Crime & Law·Lead

Gold chain thief is bitten by victim and then captured by chasing pedestrians in Spain's Mallorca

Dramatic police chase of wanted Swedish gangster, 53, in Marbella ends with five officers injured

FIVE officers from the Policia Nacional force have been injured following a dramatic car chase through the streets of Marbella. The squad had to receive

5 Jun, 2024 @ 12:05

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

British man accused of child sexual abuse in the UK is arrested in expat haven in southern Spain

A BRITISH fugitive accused of sexual assault on children has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in in the Murcia region. The man, 68, faces

5 Jun, 2024 @ 11:24

Crime & Law·Lead

British tourist, 19, is fined for trashing two hotel rooms and resisting arrest in Spain

A BRITISH tourist aged 19 has been slapped with a €480 fine in Spain’s Mallorca after he trashed two hotel rooms in the popular resort

5 Jun, 2024 @ 11:23

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Major manhunt underway in central Spain after brother of prominent former politician gunned down in broad daylight over reported drug debt

A MAJOR manhunt was underway in Madrid on Wednesday morning after the brother of the city’s former Deputy Mayor Begoña Villacis was gunned down in

5 Jun, 2024 @ 10:16

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

The attempted assassination of Mehdi last July in Marbella

Captured: Mehdi the ‘drug thief’ and enemy of infamous kingpin ‘The Fly’ is arrested in Sevilla after surviving ordered assassination in Marbella

IN July of last year, a video went viral of what appeared to be an assassination attempt in Marbella, close to a shopping mall in

4 Jun, 2024 @ 11:06

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

Russian mafia bosses who ‘operated stolen car ring across 10 countries’ are arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca

TWO Russians have been arrested in Spain for allegedly masterminding a criminal gang that used vulnerable Ukrainians to steal and sell rental cars. The organisation

3 Jun, 2024 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead

Audrey Fang murder latest: Prime suspect was made main beneficiary of Singaporean tourist’s assets before she was found butchered to death in Spain

A SUSPECT arrested in April for the murder of Singapore national Audrey Fang has been confirmed as a beneficiary of her savings which totalled €340,000.

3 Jun, 2024 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

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