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WATCH: How narco boats hide out in the open sea for DAYS before being ordered to drop off drugs in Spain

THE so-called ‘narco launches’ that deliver a steady stream of illegal drugs through the Strait of Gibraltar to Spain have been filmed camped out in

19 Feb, 2024 @ 15:30

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Other News

What happened to missing US expat Ana Knezevich? Timeline of disappearance of businesswoman, 40, who vanished from a luxury ‘barrio’ in Spain two WEEKS ago

MYSTERY surrounds the disappearance of a US expat who vanished from Spain without a trace two weeks ago. Ana Maria Knezevich, 40, moved to Madrid

19 Feb, 2024 @ 15:23

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Must Read·Other News

Man breaks into winery of a huge brand in Spain and pours away €2million worth of vino

AN INTRUDER entered a Valladolid winery on Sunday and emptied three tanks containing maturing premium wine with a retail value of around €2 million. The

19 Feb, 2024 @ 13:45

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Other News

What is ‘tusi’? The ‘high class’ drug known as ‘pink cocaine’ believed to be behind the death of a teenager in Spain this week

A 14-YEAR old boy died in Spain last week after drinking a can of Red Bull spiked with over two grams of a lethal drug.

19 Feb, 2024 @ 12:49

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Independence Protest Due To The Visit Of The President Of The Spanish Government To Barcelona, Spain 21 Jun 2021

Boy, 14, dies in Spain after drinking a Red Bull spiked with ‘luxury’ drug known as ‘tusi’

A 14-YEAR old boy has died in Getafe after drinking a Red Bull laced with two grams of a psychostimulant drug known as ‘tusi’. The

19 Feb, 2024 @ 12:18

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

PSpanish police officer is arrested 'for groping a young woman's buttocks' at the Malaga feria

Guardia Civil officer who ‘brutally assaulted his wife when she said she wanted to leave him’ is arrested in eastern Spain

A GUARDIA Civil officer has been arrested in Valencia after brutally beating up his wife who told him she wanted a separation. The victim, 50,

19 Feb, 2024 @ 11:06

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Angry Benidorm residents to stage protest this weekend over big local tax rises

Polish fugitive, 34, is dramatically arrested in Spain’s Benidorm resort for ‘kidnapping, sexual assault, fraud’ and a list of other serious charges

A POLISH fugitive has been arrested in Benidorm after fleeing his home country where he had been serving a seven year jail term. The man,

19 Feb, 2024 @ 10:16

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Police officer in Spain who moonlighted as an armed private security guard for a $1billion Saudi royal family while they shopped around Marbella is suspended

A GUARDIA Civil officer who acted as an armed body guard for the Saudi royal family has been suspended from the force. The Supreme Court

17 Feb, 2024 @ 13:42

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Other News

EXCLUSIVE: Chaos on first day of Christian Brueckner trial: Madeleine McCann suspect, 47, sees court case postponed over a judge’s bizarre tweets

By Jon Clarke in Braunschweig A TECHNICALITY over a rogue tweet of a lay judge has postponed the opening day of the trial of Madeleine

16 Feb, 2024 @ 15:44

Crime & Law·EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Other News

Revealed: How an Argentinian ‘cocaine kingpin’ used bars, restaurants and gyms in Marbella to ‘launder millions of euros of cartel profits’ – after importing the drugs from Ecuador

AN Argentinian impresario whose sprawling business empire in Marbella allegedly served as a giant ‘cocaine money laundromat’ has been arrested. Over three tonnes of cocaine

16 Feb, 2024 @ 13:03

Algeciras·Andalucia·Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Other News

Welcome to ‘Narco Village’: The drug traffickers’ paradise in southern Spain with rows of illegal villas featuring swimming pools, top notch security and secret tunnels

LAST Friday’s killing of two Guardia Civil officers off the coast of Barbate has served as a reminder of the power wielded by drug traffickers

16 Feb, 2024 @ 11:07

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Must Read·Other News

Scam warning in Spain: Ignore these texts pretending to be from the DGT traffic authority, say police

Scam warning in Spain: Ignore these text messages ‘from the DGT’ to avoid losing thousands to fraudsters

MOBILE phone owners in Spain have been warned of a new scam circulating the country. According to the Spanish Consumer Association (AEC), SMS text messages

16 Feb, 2024 @ 06:22

Crime & Law·Lead·OP Money Tree·Other News

EXCLUSIVE: Terrifying moment expat brothers are arrested inside their own flat in Spain after the SQUATTERS they kicked out called in police

TWO expat brothers claim they have been let down by Spanish police as a horrifying two-month ordeal with violent squatters remains unresolved. Siarhei and Aleh

15 Feb, 2024 @ 15:09

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·EXCLUSIVE·Lead·Must Read·Other News

Tensions between narcos and police reach new heights in southern Spain: Guardia Civil car is rammed by tobacco smuggler in Cadiz – just days after the ‘murder’ of two officers in Barbate

A MAN has been arrested at Punte Mayorga beach in San Roque(Cadiz province) after ramming a camouflaged Guardia Civil car after he was caught with

15 Feb, 2024 @ 13:30

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Suspect in triple murder of siblings in Spain’s Madrid kills his cellmate while in pre-trial custody

THE self-confessed killer of three elderly siblings in a village in the Madrid region has taken another life. Police and prison sources have confirmed to

15 Feb, 2024 @ 09:25

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

Top anti-drug cop set to be judged in bribery trial: Decorated officer had ‘dangerous friendships with hashish smugglers’ in Spain’s Cadiz

A TOP counternarcotics officer on trial over allegations he bribed a fellow officer is set to learn his fate tomorrow. Lieutenant Colonel David Oliva, the

14 Feb, 2024 @ 17:30

Algeciras·Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Other News

British expat is bludgeoned to death with a gardening hoe ‘for walking his dog near neighbour’s home’ in southern Spain

Expat, 33, is assassinated in a car park just metres below tourist apartments on Spain’s Costa Blanca

THE bullet-ridden body of a Ukrainian man was found in a Villajoyosa community garage on Tuesday. The victim, 33, had been shot at least five

14 Feb, 2024 @ 11:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencian Community

Revealed: The eye-watering amounts drug cartels offer young people to work for them in the Campo de Gibraltar – one of the poorest areas of Spain

THE huge sums of money that young people can earn trafficking drugs between Morocco and the Cadiz coast has been thrust into the spotlight after

14 Feb, 2024 @ 11:34

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Marbella mayor’s stepson faces 22 years in prison and a €30m fine: Joakim Broberg is accused of leading a Swedish drug cartel in Spain, bribing police and money laundering

THE stepson of the mayor of Marbella is facing 22 years in prison if he is convicted on a string of drug trafficking charges. Joakim

14 Feb, 2024 @ 10:44

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Other News

Arson is behind yet another devastating forest fire in eastern Spain, say investigators – following string of similar attacks last summer

THE Guardia Civil are investigating whether a suspected arsonist has struck once again in the Devesa del Saler area of Valencia’s Albufera natural park. A

14 Feb, 2024 @ 06:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

WATCH: Eight TONNES of cocaine are seized at Algeciras port in southern Spain – after ruse to trick officials failed

EIGHT tonnes of cocaine hidden in a specially-built cargo container have been seized at Algeciras port. The bonanza of cocaine, Spain’s second largest ever and

13 Feb, 2024 @ 18:00

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

What are ‘narcolanchas’? The boats used by drug traffickers to carry up to 3 TONNES of narcotics into Spain – after the high-speed vessel killed two Guardia Civil officers in Cadiz

TWO Guardia Civil officers, David Perez, 43, and Miguel Angel Gomez, 39, were killed last week in the coastal town of Barbate after being deliberately

13 Feb, 2024 @ 16:17

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Violent serial abuser locked up girlfriend to use her as a prostitute in Costa Blanca area of Spain

Man in Spain who killed and cooked his girlfriend’s pet rabbit before forcing her to eat it faces 12 years in jail

PROSECUTORS want a man jailed for 12 years for a series of violent attacks on his girlfriend with his abuse including the slaying of her

13 Feb, 2024 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Valencia·Valencian Community

Scam warnings in Spain: More than 52% of people have been targeted via their mobile phone in the past year

OVER half of people in Spain have admitted to spotting a scam or an attempted fraud involving mobile phone messages and emails in 2023. The

13 Feb, 2024 @ 11:31

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Other News

Three Brits accused of swindling €17.3m out of British clients in southern Spain will finally stand trial TODAY – almost 20 years later

THREE British nationals and three Spaniards went on trial on Monday over a €17.3 million real estate scam involving UK citizens buying property in La

12 Feb, 2024 @ 13:11

Crime & Law·Lead·Mar Menor·Other News·Property

Spain’s war on drugs in numbers: How almost 20,000 people have been arrested in the Campo de Gibraltar with TONNES of hashish, cocaine and other drugs seized since 2018

SPAIN’S position as a narco gateway into Europe has come under the spotlight again with the latest release of staggering arrest and seizure figures. Over

12 Feb, 2024 @ 12:58

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

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