Masked robber steals chocolate bar from petrol station before shoot out in Spain’s Alicante area
POLICE in Novelda have arrested a masked thief who robbed two petrol stations on Wednesday. Shots were fired from a stolen van before he was
TOXIC EXPORT: Gang that sent electrical goods from Spain’s Gran Canaria to be illegally disposed of in Africa busted
SPANISH police have arrested 43 people who were smuggling toxic electrical waste from the Canary Islands to Africa. Amongst the 5 tonnes of waste were
Benidorm police in Spain stumble upon €11,000 in fake notes during routine car check
THE Policia Nacional in Benidorm have arrested a 35-year-old man after they found €11,000 of counterfeit notes in his car. The motorist was pulled over
Man rapes and robs escort in Spain’s Valencia before fleeing to Belgium
THE Policia Nacional have tracked down a man accused of sexually assaulting and robbing an escort in Valencia. Painstaking investigations identified the 20-year-old man as
Barcelona’s famous Las Ramblas named top European tourist spot for pick-pocketing
Barcelona’s Las Ramblas has beaten iconic tourist sites such as the Eiffel Tower and Italy’s Trevi Fountain to be named the worst spot for pickpockets
Twin children ‘on the mend’ after mother poisons them and tries to commit suicide in Spain’s Basque Country
TWINS aged nine are expected to make a full recovery after being poisoned by their mother in Barakaldo in the Basque Country’s Bilbao area. The
Woman kidnapped in Spain’s Mallorca after telling knife-wielding robber she had no money
A 62-year-old woman was kidnapped from her Sant Llorenc home on Monday after telling a knife-wielding intruder that she had no money. The victim was
Gang that posed as police to rob drug smugglers busted in Spain’s Estepona and Marbella
A GANG that pretended to be police to rob drug smugglers at gunpoint has been busted on the Costa del Sol in Spain. Heavily armed
Soccer star Dani Alves quizzed over Barcelona nightclub sex assault in Spain
BRAZILIAN footballer Dani Alves is being investigated by the Mossos d’Esquadra for an alleged sex assault in a Barcelona nightclub. A woman has accused the
Benidorm hotel worker bailed after British tourist accuses him of rape in Spain’s Costa Blanca
A worker at an unnamed Benidorm hotel has been bailed after being accused of raping a 43-year-old British guest. The man denies the assault and
Large illegal private collection of historic artefacts is found on Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE Guardia Civil has discovered one of the largest-ever illegal private collections of archaeological artefacts in Alicante Province stored in a Denia house. Two men
Robber who preys on tourists across Spain and Europe is banned from Mallorca’s Palma airport
A serial sealer targeting tourists in Spain and across Europe has been arrested yet again- this time in Mallorca. His extensive criminal record and focus
Blackmailers on Spain’s Costa Blanca extort €200,000 from escort website users
A blackmail gang has been arrested in Alicante and Valencia after pocketing over €200,000 by threatening users of an escort website. Six people have been
Teenage ‘Spiderman’ scaled walls to steal from upmarket holiday homes on Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN elusive teenage thief who robbed 17 holiday apartments in Javea has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. The 19-year-old man showed loads of agility
Number of sex offenders whose sentences have been reduced thanks to new law in Spain hits 129
A TOTAL OF 129 convicted sex offenders have now benefitted from the Spanish government’s ‘only yes means yes’ law, which was aimed at putting consent
Spain’s constitutional court backs down on opposition to four new judges put forward by government
SPAIN’S constitutional court has finally allowed the appointment of four new judges proposed by the country’s centre-left government. The PSOE-Podemos coalition in Madrid called the
Scammers selling imported cars defraud €14 million from tax authorities in Spain’s Valencia
A Valencia-based tax scam involving cars imported from Germany defrauded over €14 million from Spain’s tax coffers. 23 people- Spanish and Romanian nationals- have been
Farce of Costa Blanca kidnap plot leader surrendering to police in Spain’s Cadiz but local judge bails him
ALICANTE authorities are said to be astonished after a wanted kidnap gang leader turned himself in to police in Cadiz province, only for a judge
Man arrested in Spain’s Benidorm after partner plunges to death from sixth-floor window
THE NATIONAL Police have detained a 22-year-old man in Benidorm after his partner fell to her death on Thursday from the window of a sixth-floor
Pair of alleged low-level Ronda crack houses selling cocaine and heroin to neighbours raided by police in Spain’s Malaga areaÂ
A pair of crack houses have been raided by police in Ronda where cocaine and heroin was sold to the neighbours. Police arrested two men
Mallorca homeowners in Spain surprised by naked man who used their shower
A couple from Manacor in Mallorca heard noises coming from their kitchen on Saturday night and found a naked man helping himself to food and
Police dog sniffs out hash in tyres of luxury Merc going from Spain’s Ceuta to Algeciras
A POLICE dog foiled an attempt to smuggle over 28 kilos of hashish hidden inside the tyres of a luxury car in Spain’s Ceuta driven
BUSTED: Police arrest gang who allegedly sent drugs to UK from Spain’s Andalucia hidden in containers
POLICE arrested six members of a gang that allegedly sent drugs to Britain in specially prepared secret compartments inside maritime containers. Guardia Civil agents raided
Online seller of endangered toads is punished in Spain’s Costa Blanca
AN Alicante man has been fined €1,080 for selling natterjack toads on the internet. He’s also been banned from breeding or trading wild animals for
Son abused elderly father for years in house full of excrement in Spain’s Valencia
A 51-year-old Betera man has been arrested after neighbours claimed he systematically abused his 80-year-old father. They said the elderly resident suffered harassment, beatings, and
Stormy weather catches out two Brits off Spain’s Andalucia coast with South America-bound drugs stash
TWO British men crewing a boat packed with drugs have been arrested by the Policia Nacional off the Andalucia coast. The 16-metre-long and five-metre-wide vessel,