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Crime & Law

Breathalyser that prevents drink drivers from starting up vehicles is to be made compulsory in Spain

A DEVICE that requires drivers to pass a Breathalyzer test before it will start the vehicle ignition system could be compulsory for professional drivers...

Italian man found dead in suspicious circumstances in Spain’s Valencia

SPAIN’S national police have launched an investigation after discovering the body of a 31-year-old man, thought to be an Italian national, in the city...

Man accused of murdering and chopping up his wife before dumping body parts in waste bins in Torrevieja on...

A Finnish man, 70, has been arrested for killing and chopping up his wife, 68, before dumping her body parts in Torrevieja rubbish containers. A...

British woman caught driving on wrong side of road in popular expat area on Spain’s Costa Blanca was five...

ROJALES Policia Local surprised a woman when she was found driving on the wrong side of the road. The municipality includes the popular urbanisation of...

Burglar shows off ‘Spiderman’ skills in clambering down a wall of a Costa Blanca apartment block in Spain

POLICE witnessed a thief doing a good Spiderman impression as he tried to escape down the wall of an Alicante apartment block. A Policia Nacional...

Guests at two-michelin starred Atrio restaurant in Spain’s Extremadura steal 45 bottles of wine worth millions

THIEVES have stolen millions of euros worth of wine from a luxury hotel in Caceres.  The wine cellar at Atrio de Caceres where a bottle...

Murder probe in Spain: Man arrested after 9-year-old dies shortly after Halloween celebrations in La Rioja

 A MAN has been arrested over the death of a nine-year-old boy in La Rioja.   Francisco Javier A. L, 54, who has previously served time...

British carer arrested after expat woman, 90, signed over her house and savings in Murcia area of Spain

A British care giver has been arrested by the Guardia Civil in Murcia after a 90-year-old British woman gave her house and savings. The Guardia...

Three men and two women arrested in Gibraltar over child porn images

Police in Gibraltar have arrested five people on suspicion of offences relating to the possession and distribution of indecent images of children. Detectives from the...

Man jailed for 12 years for raping British teenager in Fuengirola on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A MAN who raped a British teenager on the Costa del Sol has been jailed for 12 years. The 36-year-old from Senegal pled guilty to...

Man arrested over killing of nine-year-old boy in Spain’s La Rioja had previous convictions

A MAN arrested on suspicion of murder after a child’s body was found during Halloween celebrations in Lardero had previous convictions.  Francisco Javier Almeida served...

Narcos recruit families in Spain’s Malaga to grow marijuana

DRUG dealers scout out families in Malaga to grow marijuana. They say that drug crime is neither created nor destroyed, only transformed and in the...

Police on Spain’s Costa Blanca say rising bogus crime reports are conning banks and insurance companies out of money

POLICE say that fake crime reports are increasing in Alicante Province after an Orihuela man was arrested after claiming to be an online scam...

Two dead following cemetery shoot-out as rival families clash in Valencia area of Spain

TWO people died in a Valencia cemetery this Monday morning as gunshots were fired as part of an ongoing dispute between two Roma families. The...

Spiteful foster son on Spain’s Costa Blanca goes on online spending spree to clear out family bank account

AN Alicante man, 28, cleared out the bank account of his foster parents in an online spending spree after he stopped living with them. The...

Woman does nothing after her boyfriend falls from a Valencia fifth-floor balcony in Spain

A mother-of-two was arrested after her boyfriend fell from a fifth floor apartment balcony in Valencia City this Tuesday morning. He was taken to La...

Man who set fire to his ex-boyfriend’s house faces 20 year jail time as trial begins in Spain’s Sevilla

A MAN has gone on trial in Sevilla for allegedly setting fire to his ex-boyfriend’s house after months of abuse and threats. Named publically only...

Police investigate mysterious death of American guest at Madrid’s Palace Hotel

POLICE are investigating the mysterious death of a guest at Madrid’s Westin Palace Hotel after his lifeless body was discovered in his room by...

High speed boat chase results in massive offshore drugs bust on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN illegal cargo of 1,300 kilos of hashish has been seized by the Guardia Civil after a high speed boat chase in Costa Blanca...

Insurance company suffers €1.2 million loss in major bogus traffic accident scam in Spain

AN insurance company has lost over €1.2 million in a scam involving bogus claims for road accidents. 32 people have been arrested in the Madrid...

Police rescue woman forced into prostitution who phoned them from Valencia-bound coach in Spain

POLICE boarded a coach that arrived at Valencia bus station from Sevilla to rescue a victim of human trafficking. A Columbian man, 33, has been...

Man on Spain’s Costa Blanca attacks woman in park and cheekily complains about eyewitness punching him

AN Elche man assaulted a woman and was arrested after complaining that a witness attacked him. The incident occurred last Friday night(October 29) in the...

‘Tens of millions’ of bitcoin stolen from US entrepreneur at his Madrid home in Spain

AN American digital entrepreneur says he was robbed of 'tens of millons' of bitcoin after thieves broke into his Madrid home. The Policia Nacional is...

La Rioja child killer transferred across Spain to prison in Segovia for his own safety

The suspect has remained distant and withdrawn since his arrest and does not communicate with prison officials or other inmates.

All Saints’ Day shooting at cemetery in Spain’s Valencia was revenge attack

THE family of the Valencia shooting sought a revenge attack from an incident that occurred five years ago. The Policia Nacional in Valencia have launched...

Police attacked after trying to stop customers smoking drugs at a Costa Blanca restaurant in Spain

A fight broke out on an Elche restaurant terrace after police tried to deal with customers smoking marijuana. Policia Nacional officers were attacked and one...

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