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Expat stabs himself with a knife to get his wife arrested for attempted murder at their home in Spain's Mallorca

Teenage boy allegedly shoots and kills stepfather to protect mother and siblings in Costa del Sol squat house

A teenage boy has been arrested for allegedly shooting and killing his own step-father in an effort to protect his mother and siblings. The grisly

28 Mar, 2023 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Drug Traffickers Growing Marijuana For Export Are Detained On Spain's Costa Blanca

Drug traffickers busted for growing marijuana for export on Spain’s Costa Blanca

NINE Albanian men have been arrested, with all bar one of them jailed, for growing marijuana destined for the European market. A joint Guardia Civil-Policia

28 Mar, 2023 @ 13:08

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

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

Guardia Civil officers shot by man during villa raid on Spain’s Costa Blanca

FOUR Guardia Civil officers were shot on Tuesday by a man in an Alicante area villa. The incident happened at 6.50am in the rural El

28 Mar, 2023 @ 12:15

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

Watch: Fight that broke out on Madrid Metro system leaves youngster with stab wounds

SIXTEEN arrests were made in Madrid on Sunday, after a mass brawl broke out on a Madrid Metro train in the early hours of the

27 Mar, 2023 @ 19:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

French woman kept prisoner for weeks in run-down rural shack in Spain's Valencia

French woman kept prisoner for weeks inside run-down rural shack in Spain’s Valencia

A FRENCH woman escaped from a dilapidated shed where she was imprisoned for weeks after moving to Spain with her new boyfriend. The victim ran

27 Mar, 2023 @ 17:40

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

‘High quality’ counterfeit notes seized in Spain’s Marbella

THE National Police have arrested seven people in Marbella who were involved in distributing counterfeit notes. In total 107 fraudulent bank notes were seized by

27 Mar, 2023 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

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

French woman arrested in Spain after brandishing revolver at children’s football game

A FRENCH woman was arrested on Friday in the Madrid city of Alcobendas after she brandished a revolver during a children’s football game. The incident

27 Mar, 2023 @ 16:23

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

'English-speaking' woman found semi-naked in park was sexually assaulted by three men in Valencia

Underage girl suffers outdoor sex assault by three boys in Spain’s Alicante area

THE Policia Nacional are investigating an outdoor sex assault on a 16-year-old girl committed by three minors in Petrer last Friday. The teenager was attacked

27 Mar, 2023 @ 14:53

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

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

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

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