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Irish Man Bailed Over Killing Of Friend Is Jailed For Drug Trafficking On Spain's Costa Blanca

Irish man jailed for drug trafficking after getting bailed in ‘best friend’ killing on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Irish national charged with killing his best friend in 2018 has been jailed for running a Torrevieja drugs gang. The crew used parcel companies

27 Mar, 2023 @ 13:36

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja·Valencian Community

Three valuable champion racing pigeons worth €170k are stolen from their home in Spain

Youths caught red-handed after stealing valuable racing pigeons from Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca

FIVE youths aged between 16 and 20 have been arrested for stealing racing pigeons from a Benidorm club. The male gang were caught during a

27 Mar, 2023 @ 12:35

Alicante·Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Fraudsters Stole Homes Worth Over €3 Million From Deceased Elderly People On Spain's Costa Blanca

Fraudsters stole homes worth over €3 million from dead people on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A gang seizing inheritances from dead people in the Marina Alta area of the Costa Blanca has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. Homes worth

27 Mar, 2023 @ 11:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Man exploited 40 migrants by cramming them into his flat in Spain and charging €100 per month in rent

Decomposed body found in rio Guadalquivir in Spain’s Sevilla

THE decomposed corpse of a man, whose identity and age have not been revealed, has been found in Coria del Rio (Sevilla). As reported by

27 Mar, 2023 @ 09:15

Crime & Law·Sevilla

Online scammer sells non-existent cut price cars to people around Spain

British woman, 64, murdered in Spain’s Orihuela in possible domestic violence case

A 64-year-old British woman was murdered in the early hours of Sunday morning in the Alicante municipality of Orihuela. Early reports on Sunday suggested that

26 Mar, 2023 @ 18:47

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Vintage wine thieves in Spain ordered to pay over €750,000 to insurance company

Three arrested in Spain after stealing €25,000 worth of wine in Madrid’s upscale Salamanca district

THE NATIONAL POLICE this week arrested three men in Madrid on suspicion of stealing €25,000 worth of wine from shops in the city’s upscale Salamanca

26 Mar, 2023 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Spain’s Civil Guard busts clandestine bomb factory containing 500 kilos of explosive material

SPAIN’S Civil Guard has busted a clandestine bomb factory in Montmajo in Barcelona province, where they found nearly 500 kilos of materials for making explosives.

26 Mar, 2023 @ 14:52

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Multiple arrests of violent robbery gang that frightened businesses and residents in Spain’s Murcia

THE GUARDIA CIVIL has dismantled a criminal gang that committed violent robberies in public establishments and homes in the Torre Pacheco and Campo de Cartagena

24 Mar, 2023 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Man gets 15 week prison time for breaking into Main Street bar in Gibraltar last June

A MAN who police caught breaking into a Main Street Gibraltar bar last year will spend 15 weeks in prison. The Magistrates Court condemned Riyen

24 Mar, 2023 @ 15:59

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Other News

Bogus Verdejo wine bottled and labelled by scammer in Spain's Andalucia

Bogus Verdejo wine sold nationwide by scammer operating from Spain’s Andalucia

AN ANDULACIAN wine and alcohol distributor has been arrested for bottling and selling 2,250 bottles of counterfeit Verdejo wine. The detained man operated from three

24 Mar, 2023 @ 14:15

Andalucia·Barcelona·Cordoba·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Valencia

Violent Thieves Targeting Bar And Club Customers Are Caught On Spain's Costa Blanca

Violent robbers targeting night-time bar and club customers are caught on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO men in their mid-20s have been arrested in Javea after a spree of violent robberies on people using bars, clubs, and restaurants at night.

24 Mar, 2023 @ 12:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Spain's government joins legal action against La Liga's Barcelona involving refereeing consultant

UEFA to investigate FC Barcelona over alleged payments to refereeing official to influence decisions

UEFA, the governing body of football in Europe, has opened an investigation into FC Barcelona over a growing scandal involving alleged multi-million-euro payments made by

23 Mar, 2023 @ 16:12

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

Dutch narco boss accused of shipping cocaine worth €228 million is arrested on Costa Blanca

Man clubs elderly mother with a broom stick before fatally strangling her in Spain’s Valencia

A 37-year-old man has been arrested after strangling his mother to death at their Valencia home. It’s the sixth homicide this year in the Valencian

23 Mar, 2023 @ 15:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Palma fist fight between two Romanians ends with one man stabbed and another falling from third-floor balcony

A trivial argument between two Romanian men ended with one being stabbed and the other falling from a third-floor balcony last night. Paramedics spent 30

23 Mar, 2023 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Man barricades himself in room and threatens to set fire to hospital in Spain’s Mallorca

A MAN threatened to set fire to the Son Llatzer hospital in Palma after hearing he was going to lose custody rights to his new-born

23 Mar, 2023 @ 12:45

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Teacher chases and videos thief who stole mobile phone from elderly woman on Spain's Costa Blanca

Gibraltar ‘pleased’ as Spain’s police arrest six suspects from Eastern Beach incident last month

GIBRALTAR’S government said it was ‘pleased’ that Spanish police had arrested six of the suspects from the Eastern Beach incident last month. National Police officers

23 Mar, 2023 @ 09:07

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Other News

Wanted terrorist is arrested at a hotel in Spain’s Benidorm

Spain’s crime rate drops and is better than UK

Security forces reported a total of 2,325,358 crimes in 2022 of which 83.9% fell under the category of ‘conventional crime’. This figure represents a reduction

22 Mar, 2023 @ 20:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Spain has some of the highest traces of recreational drugs in its wastewater

Spain is one of the European countries with the most traces of cannabis, cocaine, ketamine and MDMA in its wastewater, according to a study carried

22 Mar, 2023 @ 17:45

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Police Catch Multi Tasking Thief Who Specialised In Stealing Catalytic Converters From Cars On Spain's Costa Blanca

Police catch multi-tasking robber specialising in catalytic converter thefts on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A THIEF from Oliva in Valencia province who turned his hand to a variety of robberies has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. He was

22 Mar, 2023 @ 17:00

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Passenger tries to smuggle suitcase crammed with live giant African snails into Spain

A TRAVELLER who flew into Bilbao airport has been arrested for having 38 live giant African snails in his luggage. The man had arrived in

22 Mar, 2023 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Brits arrested in Malaga drug bust

The National Police and Civil Guard have arrested four Brits on the coast of Malaga for their alleged involvement in organised crime that shipped drugs

22 Mar, 2023 @ 13:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Young teenage girl raped by two men in Costa Blanca supermarket toilets in Spain

TWO 22-year-old men have been arrested by the Policia Nacional over the rape of a 14-year-old girl in the toilets of an Alicante supermarket on

22 Mar, 2023 @ 11:09

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Liquidators probing whether crypto exchange Globix was ‘a fraud or Ponzi scheme’ as the CEO flees to Barcelona

Have you had dealings with Globix? Contact us walter@theolivepress.es THE Gibraltar courts have stepped in to probe a suspect crypto trading platform amid allegations it

21 Mar, 2023 @ 19:15

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Must Read

Electric scooter owners will need insurance to ride on public roads in Spain

Single robber behind wave of e-scooter thefts in Costa Blanca area of Spain

POLICE in Alicante have bagged a 30-year-old man responsible for a wave of e-scooter thefts around the city. The Policia Nacional collared him for 13

21 Mar, 2023 @ 18:32

Alicante·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

One of the brothels dismantled by National Police

Sex slaves liberated as chain of brothels busted across east of Spain

The National Police have dismantled nine brothels and freed 16 Chinese citizens who were being forced into sex work. Police arrested seven people accused of

21 Mar, 2023 @ 13:30

Alicante·Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

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

Police arrest 19 people allegedly linked to ‘well-known’ drug trafficking clan

Police have arrested 19 people in Malaga who are allegedly a part of a ‘well-known drug-trafficking clan’. The group can also allegedly be linked to

20 Mar, 2023 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News

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