Crime & Law News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

Travelling robbers used threads of glue stuck on front doors to work out if homes were empty across different areas of Spain

Travelling robbers used threads of glue stuck on front doors to work out if homes were empty across different parts of Spain

A TRAVELLING gang of home robbers has been arrested after a joint operation between Policia Nacional units in Alicante and Antequera(Malaga). Three men- all of

23 Aug, 2023 @ 11:36

Alicante·Andalucia·Crime & Law·Jaen·Lead·Malaga·Murcia·National News

Jealous expat who slashed girlfriend' 15 times in drunk and drug-fuelled rage before dumping body gets his prison time cut on Spain's Costa Blanca

Jealous expat who stabbed girlfriend and dumped body in rubbish container gets jail time cut on Spain’s Costa Blanca

VALENCIA’S Supreme Court has cut four years from the prison term of a Dutch national who stabbed his girlfriend 15 times and dumped her body

22 Aug, 2023 @ 17:51

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Angry patient throws computer at female doctor who would not sign him off work in latest medical assault in Spain’s Murcia

A MURCIA GP was hit by a computer thrown by a patient that she refused to sign-off work. The attack happened at the Molina de

22 Aug, 2023 @ 14:30

Crime & Law·Health·Lead·Murcia

Axe-wielding jilted husband, 40, kidnaps wife’s lover, 28, before forcing him to undress while taking ‘degrading’ photos on his phone on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A VILLAJOYOSA court is investigating the kidnapping of a man, 28, who was forced to pose for degrading naked photos at the behest of a

22 Aug, 2023 @ 12:19

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Irish ‘drug trafficker’ is busted by police dog: German Shepherd named Ahzarus alerts cops to cocaine, ecstasy and marijuana ‘hidden inside suspect’s suitcase’ at Ibiza Airport

AN Irishman has been arrested after being caught carrying various drugs within his luggage at Ibiza Airport. Officers allegedly found 28 g of cocaine, 15

21 Aug, 2023 @ 19:30

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Mallorca

Two Brits cleared of Benidorm group sex attack after languishing in Spanish jail for 20 months

Russian businessman accused of mass fraud is arrested at Benidorm police station in Spain as he applied for asylum

A FORMER Russian company boss got a shock at Benidorm police station where we went to process his asylum application but ended up collared on

21 Aug, 2023 @ 16:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencian Community

Man accused of strangling his partner and pushing her downstairs arrested in Gibraltar

A MAN accused of strangling his girlfriend and pushing her downstairs has been arrested in Gibraltar. The 36-year-old was denounced by his partner, a Gibraltar

21 Aug, 2023 @ 14:30

Crime & Law·Gibraltar

Identity of the Brit arrested in the UK after allegedly stabbing his girlfriend in Spain revealed

THE identity of the British man who was arrested in the UK after allegedly stabbing his girlfriend on Spain’s Costa del Sol has been revealed.

21 Aug, 2023 @ 14:15

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Malaga

WHISKEY GALORE as thief steals lorry crammed with 14,000 bottles of the 'hard stuff' from car park in Spain's Murcia

Scotch ya! Thief arrested after stealing a lorry carrying 14,000 bottles of whiskey in Spain’s Murcia

A spirit-loving thief stole a lorry containing over 14,000 bottles of whiskey that was parked up in Molina de Segura, Murcia. The robber was said

21 Aug, 2023 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

National Police arrest man in Benahavis over suspected role in Liverpool shooting

SPAIN’S National Police force have nabbed a dangerous fugitive who is wanted in the United Kingdom in relation to a murder that took place last

21 Aug, 2023 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead

Arsonists blamed for starting devastating Tenerife wildfires on Spain's Canary Islands as 12,000 evacuees could return home this Monday

Arsonists blamed for devastating Tenerife wildfires in Spain as 12,000 evacuees could return home this Monday

POLICE have confirmed that the Tenerife wildfire on the north of the island was deliberately started, according to Canary Islands president Fernando Clavijo. Clavijo said

21 Aug, 2023 @ 12:09

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Birmingham youngster carrying drugs on a plane arrested after landing in Spain

A YOUNG Englishman who was carrying drugs on a plane from Birmingman to Spain has been arrested at Ibiza airport. Police have told the Olive

18 Aug, 2023 @ 14:25

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Two 2000-year-old Amphoras discovered off coast of Spain’s Cadiz

EXCLUSIVE: English and Irish fugitives arrested in Spain’s Costa del Sol

TWO fugitives wanted by the British and Irish justice have been arrested on the Costa del Sol. A 47-year-old English fugitive known as P.M.C and

18 Aug, 2023 @ 13:25

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Marbella·Must Read

Fraudster arrested in Costa Blanca street for running bogus real estate website and pocketing money from victims in Spain

Fraudster arrested on Spain’s Costa Blanca for running fake property website and pocketing money from victims

A MAN who scammed €90,000 in just over six months from people using his fake real estate website has been arrested in Alicante Province. The

18 Aug, 2023 @ 12:41

Canary Islands·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Valencian Community

Drunken Dutch tourist arrested after brutally assaulting German holidaymaker in Mallorca

A DUTCHMAN who brutally assaulted a German tourist by kicking him on the head has been arrested in the Mallorcan municipality of Llucmajor. The 26-year-old

17 Aug, 2023 @ 15:07

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Doctors warn about 'collapse' of hospital emergency units in Spain due to increased demand

Pregnant doctor assaulted by a patient’s relative at Malaga Hospital

A PREGNANT doctor has been assaulted by a patient’s relative at Malaga’s Virgen de la Victoria Hospital. The victim, who is 5 months pregnant, is

16 Aug, 2023 @ 17:15

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Health·Malaga

Three wanted paedophiles arrested in Spain after fleeing the US and hiding among expat communities: One fugitive, 23, was even studying at a university

THREE wanted paedophiles have been arrested in Spain after fleeing the US and hiding out among the expat community, it emerged today. A 71-year-old, a

16 Aug, 2023 @ 14:02

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Elderly people withdrawing large cash amounts from banks are robbed by men on Spain's Costa Blanca

Elderly people withdrawing large cash amounts from banks robbed by men who spied on them on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO street thieves have been arrested in Calpe close to a bank where they stole €4,000 from an elderly man last May. The men of

16 Aug, 2023 @ 12:01

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Valencia·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

Briton, 29, is arrested after savage brawl left a tourist lying unconscious in a pool of his own blood in Spain’s Magaluf resort

A BRITISH man has been arrested by the Guardia Civil for being the ‘main instigator’ of a violent street brawl in Magaluf last Thursday. As

15 Aug, 2023 @ 13:30

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Sacked firefighter turned ‘pyromaniac’ is accused of starting seven fires in Mallorca: Police drone ‘films 61-year-old setting blaze close to properties in latest arson attack’

A DISGRUNTLED sacked ex-firefighter has been accused of starting seven fires in the Selva and Caimari areas of Mallorca. He had caused great alarm to

15 Aug, 2023 @ 12:45

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

EXCLUSIVE: British tourist, 19, witnesses brutal stabbing outside posh Sotogrande polo club frequented by British Royal Family – as teenager is arrested for attempted murder

A TEENAGER has been arrested for attempted murder following the brutal stabbing of a reveller outside a Sotogrande polo club once favoured by Princes William

15 Aug, 2023 @ 08:00

Cadiz·Crime & Law·EXCLUSIVE·Lead

Benidorm scammers conned savers out of €339,000 with bogus claims of UK-based investment companies bringing massive monthly profits

Fake bank notes totting up to millions of Euros seized from scamming brothers ripping-off sellers in Spain’s Madrid and Valencia

THREE Croatian-Italian brothers who used counterfeit euro notes to con sellers of high-value items have been arrested by the Policia Nacional. The siblings led a

14 Aug, 2023 @ 16:45

Crime & Law·Madrid·National News·Valencia·Valencian Community

VIDEO: Masked man threatens to ‘blow up’ Costa del Sol apartment after barricading himself inside and throwing microwave, fire extinguisher and KNIVES into busy street below

The 29-year-old was filmed throwing a microwave, knives and other dangerous items off the balcony of a rental apartment in the resort of Benalmadena late

14 Aug, 2023 @ 15:03

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Woman ordered to pay back dead brother’s pension that she claimed for 24 years in Spain’s Valencia region

A VALENCIA area woman has been given a two-year prison sentence and ordered to repay €135,805 to Social Security after her claiming her dead brother’s

14 Aug, 2023 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Valencia·Valencian Community

Romanian mafia are flying into Spain to rob Brits of their luxury watches: Thieves target holiday resorts as gang members in Mallorca amass €1million loot

The thugs have been trained to spot real designer watches from the fakes, and target everything from Rolexes to Patek Philipe, Hublot, Audemars, Piguet, Omega

14 Aug, 2023 @ 13:28

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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