Customs catch up with men as they try to load 20,000 cigarettes from Gibraltar
CUSTOMS arrested two Spaniards and seized 20,000 cigarettes just as they were about to load them onto a waiting boat at Catalan Bay car-park. The
French expat, 25, is arrested after ‘setting up a fake shopping website and defrauding British and other customers out of €200,000
A 25-YEAR-OLD Frenchman has been arrested in the Valencia area on 104 counts of fraud and money laundering after tricking online buyers to purchase goods
Grand Theft Auto Torremolinos: Botched robbery, a high speed car chase, and a Ukrainian’s €10,000 in cashÂ
A BOTCHED car park robbery for €10,000 gave rise to a high speed police car chase in which the getaway driver smashed up passing cars
Boy, 12, is filmed being knocked out by a grown man for ‘making noise’ while playing on Spain’s Costa del Sol – but attacker somehow avoids arrest
A BOY of 12 has been knocked out by his 38-year-old neighbour for ‘making noise’ while playing football with friends. Iker was playing with three
Eastern European gang members are arrested for ‘stealing high-end cars across Spain’s Costa Blanca’ in a bid resell them abroad
POLICE have arrested two members of a criminal gang that stole medium to high range cars across the Costa Blanca and then tried to sell
Former Barcelona footballer Dani Alves to stand trial in Spain on nightclub sex assault charges
THE FORMER Barcelona and Brazil footballer Dani Alves will face trial on charges of sexual assault of a woman in a Barcelona nightclub last December,
Tourists conned by Benidorm market traders selling thousands of fake-branded clothes on Spain’s Costa Blanca
EIGHT street market stall holders in Benidorm have been arrested for selling counterfeit clothing claiming to be well-known prestigious brands. The Policia Nacional sprung into
Apartment block hit five times by robbers taking art objects in Spain’s Valencia
TWO men targeted a Gandia apartment block in Valencia province five times to steal a variety of art-related objects valued at €150,000. The thieves, 35
Terrorism probe is launched into failed assassination attempt of far-right politician in Spain
THE NATIONAL COURT in Madrid has taken over the investigation of the assassination attempt on the co-founder of the far right Vox party, Alejo Vidal-Quadras.
Child pornography sting in Spain sees 121 arrests: Police describe mammoth operation as one of the biggest crackdowns in recent history
A MAJOR operation against child pornography distribution and production in Spain has seen 121 people arrested – all of whom used the same digital platform
Violent armed robbers who ‘stormed homes in broad daylight’ in Spain’s Valencia are arrested in major raids
TWO violent home robbery gangs operating in Valencia province have been brought down by the Policia Nacional. Four men and two women of Croatian and
Almost 40,000 ecstasy tablets are found stashed in car en route to Spain’s Murcia
TWO MEN transporting 37,950 ecstasy pills with a €433,000 retail value from France to the Murcia region have been arrested by the Policia Nacional in
Spain’s Supreme Court to decide whether ‘stealthing’ is a crime: Woman in Andalucia was given a sexual infection after a man pretended to wear a condom
SPAIN’S Supreme Court is set to debate whether ‘stealthing’ – the illicit practice of removing a condom without telling one’s sexual partner – is a
Chiringuito owner ‘secretly drugged workers as young as 17’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca ‘so they would perform better’: At least one was hospitalised
A COSTA BLANCA beach bar employee suffered a perforated stomach after being tricked into taking performance enhancing vitamins which were actually anabolic steroids. The owner
Charity in Gibraltar helps mother and child recover from domestic abuse using UK NSPCC programme
A CHARITY in Gibraltar is launching a ‘groundbreaking’ new ten-week group work programme that aims to empower children that faced the horrors of abuse at
Notorious Bandidos biker gang members are arrested for ‘trafficking large amounts of drugs from Spain’s Costa del Sol to Denmark’
A MEMBER of the notorious ‘Bandidos’ biker gang has been arrested on suspicion of trafficking drugs from the Costa del Sol to Denmark. The ringleader’s
Border guards find 90 kilos of cocaine with ‘Scarface’ pictures smugglers tried to take INTO Morocco from Spain’s Andalucia
POLICE have found 90 kilos of cocaine hidden inside a car smugglers tried to take into Morocco at a ferry port in Spain’s Andalucia. The
Woman cleared of slipping ‘knock-out’ drug into croquette to steal husband’s money in Spain
A JUDGE has thrown out a case where a Zaragoza woman going through a divorce was alleged to have put a knock-out drug in a
Marijuana farmers clamber onto to roof in failed attempt to escape police raid at luxury villa on Spain’s Costa Blanca
TWO MEN running an indoor marijuana farm tried to escape their luxury Costa Blanca rental villa by going onto the roof when the Policia Nacional
Man, 22, is arrested a year after ‘raping a young British tourist’ on Spain’s Costa Blanca
POLICE have arrested a man for the rape of a young British woman who was on holiday with her family in Pilar de la Horadada
Luxury cars stolen from Spain’s Benidorm area to be resold with false plates and changed VIN numbers
A BENIDORM area gang has been arrested for stealing five high-end cars which they planned to resell after changing vehicle VIN numbers. The Policia Nacional
A current and two former police officers arrested in Gibraltar linked to inquiry over ex-police chief
A SERVING police officer and two former officers have been arrested in Gibraltar ‘following investigations in relation to the McGrail Inquiry’, the Royal Gibraltar Police
French fugitive wanted for drive-by shooting is surrounded by gun-wielding police in Spain’s Alicante province
A FUGITIVE wanted for attempted murder in Strasbourg, France, has been arrested by gun-wielding Guardia Civil officers in Alicante province. The man, 31, has dual
Boy, 14, attacks his mother and grandmother and smashes TV at Costa Blanca home ‘because they refused to buy him a new phone’
A BOY, 14, who attacked his mother after she refused to buy him a mobile phone has been arrested by the Elche Policia Local. The
Crackdown on pirate TV across Spain: Arrests in Alicante and Andalucia reveal 18,300 customers were watching €366m worth of stolen content
EIGHT people have been arrested for providing pirate subscription television services to over 18,300 customers from two operational centres in Alicante and Sevilla provinces. The
Bomb threat in Spain’s Barcelona forces evacuation of far-right party Vox’s office
THE HEADQUARTERS in Barcelona of Spain’s far-right political party Vox had to be evacuated on Thursday, after a bomb threat was made via telephone. According