Crime & Law News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

Man in Spain's Valencia tries to strangle woman before dumping her in sofa bed to stop police finding her

Valencia area abuser in Spain tries to strangle woman and hides her in sofa bed to stop police finding her

POLICE in Paterna discovered a woman with severe neck injuries hidden in a sofa bed after they were called to an apartment. A neighbour saw

6 Sep, 2022 @ 16:14

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Teenage hacker arrested in Alicante for making death threats to Podemos leader, Ione Belarra, and the mass theft of personal data

TV pirate on Spain’s Costa Blanca defrauded providers of over €210,000 via UK-based scheme

THE Policia Nacional have arrested a Denia-based man who sold pirated premium UK TV services. He’s believed to be a British national but there has

6 Sep, 2022 @ 13:42

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Sevilla couple spend summer holiday robbing cars at Costa Blanca beaches in Spain

A Sevilla couple used their August holiday to rob 16 cars parked at Costa Blanca beaches and used stolen bank cards in Benidorm businesses. The

6 Sep, 2022 @ 12:43

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

Jihadist arrested in Spain’s Girona ‘had plans to carrying out terrorist attack in Catalunya’

POLICE have arrested a ‘radicalised’ terrorist who was allegedly planning a terrorist attack in Catalunya before returning to Syria. An investigation began at the end

5 Sep, 2022 @ 17:05

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

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

Two children stab teenage boy 10 times to steal phone and wallet in Spain’s Valencia

TWO children have been arrested for viciously assaulting a 16-year-old boy in Alfafar, Valencia Province early on Monday morning. They stole the victim’s bumbag containing

5 Sep, 2022 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Drone Causes Emergency Alert At Busy Costa Blanca Airport In Spain

Arrested in Marbella two international drug traffickers

POLICE have arrested two international drug lords who were hiding out in luxury. Guardia Civil swooped on the Dutch and Belgian citizens who were lying

5 Sep, 2022 @ 16:39

Crime & Law·Lead

Woman Fakes Kidnapping Including Dramatic Video To Extort €50,000 From Mother On Spain's Canary Islands

Woman in bogus kidnapping shoots dramatic video to extort €50,000 from mother on Spain’s Canary Islands

A woman in her thirties has been arrested in Tenerife for faking her own kidnapping and trying to extort €50,000 from her mother. Four people

5 Sep, 2022 @ 16:20

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead

Thief on Spain's Costa Blanca on attempted murder charge after stabbing pedestrian over packet of cigarettes

Cigarette thief on Spain’s Costa Blanca on attempted murder charge after stabbing pedestrian

A Denia man, 38, has been arrested for attempted murder after stealing a packet of cigarettes and meeting strong resistance from his victim. A man

5 Sep, 2022 @ 15:11

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Cyclist Pretends To Be 'knocked Over' To Steal Expensive Watch From Motorist On Spain's Costa Blanca

Cyclist fakes accident to steal expensive watch from motorist on Spain’s Costa Blanca

AN Alicante motorist had an expensive watch stolen after trying to help a cyclist who pretended he was an accident victim. The incident happened on

5 Sep, 2022 @ 13:49

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

Policia Nacional arresting a man in Seviilla

Seven people arrested and two million euros scammed by cybercriminals in Spain’s Sevilla

POLICE has arrested seven people from Sevilla for allegedly scamming companies and freelancers using the technique “man in the middle”. This technique is described as

3 Sep, 2022 @ 16:11

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

British man nearly dies after getting stabbed in his intestines in Spain’s Valencia area

A British man needed two emergency operations after being attacked in his car outside a gaming room in Oliva. The assault happened in late July

2 Sep, 2022 @ 17:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Man Breaks Restraining Order In Failed Attempt To Kill Ex Partner In Spain's Valencia Area

Man breaches restraining order in failed attempt to kill ex-partner in Spain’s Valencia area

A man with a violent criminal record broke a restraining order to try to kill his ex-partner at her Silla home. Guardia Civil officers went

2 Sep, 2022 @ 15:01

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Top court rejects extra night-time hours for clubs and late bars in Costa Blanca area of Spain

Court in Spain hands down 160-year sentence to man found guilty of killing sex workers with highly pure cocaine

A COURT in Valencia on Thursday handed down a sentence of nearly 160 years to a man who was found guilty of killing three women

2 Sep, 2022 @ 12:40

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Man climbs wall and enters apartment via balcony before sexually attacking woman in Spain's Valencia

Father jailed for alleged Costa Blanca bar terrace sex assault in Spain on son, aged 9

AN Algerian man has been jailed in Alicante after being accused of sexually abusing his son, 9, on a bar terrace. The 50-year-old denies the

2 Sep, 2022 @ 12:23

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

Romance scam sees woman in Spain pay €140,000 to who she believed was her lover recovering in a US hospital

Online love scam fleeces woman out of €200,000 on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A romance-seeking Elche woman paid out €200,000 to two scammers with bank transfers made to UK, French, Belgian and Spanish accounts. Two Spanish women, aged

2 Sep, 2022 @ 11:32

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

British Man Arrested After Police Chase Convoy Carrying Marijuana In Spain's Alicante Area

British man arrested after police chase marijuana ‘convoy’ in Spain’s Alicante area

A British man, 24, has been arrested in Elda after police chased three cars running a marijuana convoy. Convoys are a regular practice in the

1 Sep, 2022 @ 12:42

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

Street drug dealer uses Covid mask to store cocaine in Spain’s Valencia area

A Gandia man sold cocaine which he stored in his protective Covid mask that he wore on local streets. The 59-year-old Spaniard drew the attention

31 Aug, 2022 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Vandalism Spree Sees Dozens Of Cars And Bikes Attacked On Alicante Area Street In Spain

Night of mayhem sees dozens of cars and bikes vandalised on Alicante area street in Spain

TWO men, aged 19 and 20, have been arrested for a vandalism spree that damaged 48 parked vehicles in Alcoy. The night-time mayhem was witnessed

31 Aug, 2022 @ 15:45

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencian Community

'Massive' ransom demanded after massive cyberattack paralyses council's computer and phone network in Costa Blanca city

Cyber crime rises by over 6% in Spain in 2021

CYBER crime went by up 6.1% in Spain last year according to the Criminality Statistical System(SEC). Broken down into raw figures, 305,477 cyber-related offences were

31 Aug, 2022 @ 11:30

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Italian gang arrested for stealing luxury watches from elderly foreign tourists in Spain's Balearic Islands

Body of missing person found with gunshot wound to the head in Spain’s Malaga Mountains

THE body of a missing Spanish man has been found in Los Montes de Malaga with an alleged gunshot wound to the head. According to

31 Aug, 2022 @ 09:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

MUST READ: British gang arrested on Spain’s Ibiza in country’s biggest-ever ‘pink cocaine’ swoop with over €500,000 in cash seized

A British gang has been arrested on Ibiza after the Guardia Civil made Spain’s biggest-ever ‘pink cocaine’ swoop with 13.25 kilos seized plus over €500,000

30 Aug, 2022 @ 15:52

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead·Must Read

Scammers tricked elderly people with ‘winning’ lottery ticket offer on Spain’s Costa Blanca

TWO Spaniards have been arrested on a Benidorm campsite over a lottery ticket con that scammed over €42,000 out of elderly people in Alicante, Calpe,

30 Aug, 2022 @ 15:00

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

Shocking levels of violence against children in Spain are revealed in ground-breaking survey

Dozens of Jesuit priests accused of child sex abuse in Spain over many decades

AT least 130 Jesuit priests have been accused of committing sexual abuse against children between 1927 and 2012 in Spain. The El Pais newspaper, as

30 Aug, 2022 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Gang paid 'mules' €10k each to pick up cocaine-filled suitcases from Madrid airport

Drones buzzing over Madrid’s airport cause delays and flight diversions

FLIGHTS were delayed or diverted at Madrid’s Adolfo Suarez Barajas Airport on Monday after drones were detected flying in the airspace. State-owned airport operator, AENA,

30 Aug, 2022 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Travel News

Angry Patient In Spain's Murcia Region Threatens To Shoot Dead Health Centre Staff Over Prescription Refusal

Angry patient with gun threatens to kill staff at Murcia region health centre in Spain

A patient who was refused a new prescription at Yecla’s Mariano Yago health centre returned an hour later with a gun and threatened to kill

30 Aug, 2022 @ 10:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

WATCH: Driver takes wrong turn down stairway in Marbella on Spain’s Costa del Sol

POLICE are searching for the driver who made a wrong turn down a stairway in Marbella damaging several steps. The 4X4 was driven off the

30 Aug, 2022 @ 10:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Crime & Law- Page 134

Valencia area abuser in Spain tries to strangle woman and hides her in sofa bed to stop police finding her

TV pirate on Spain’s Costa Blanca defrauded providers of over €210,000 via UK-based scheme

Sevilla couple spend summer holiday robbing cars at Costa Blanca beaches in Spain

Jihadist arrested in Spain’s Girona ‘had plans to carrying out terrorist attack in Catalunya’

Two children stab teenage boy 10 times to steal phone and wallet in Spain’s Valencia

Arrested in Marbella two international drug traffickers

Woman in bogus kidnapping shoots dramatic video to extort €50,000 from mother on Spain’s Canary Islands

Cigarette thief on Spain’s Costa Blanca on attempted murder charge after stabbing pedestrian

Cyclist fakes accident to steal expensive watch from motorist on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Seven people arrested and two million euros scammed by cybercriminals in Spain’s Sevilla

British man nearly dies after getting stabbed in his intestines in Spain’s Valencia area

Man breaches restraining order in failed attempt to kill ex-partner in Spain’s Valencia area

Court in Spain hands down 160-year sentence to man found guilty of killing sex workers with highly pure cocaine

Father jailed for alleged Costa Blanca bar terrace sex assault in Spain on son, aged 9

British man arrested after police chase marijuana ‘convoy’ in Spain’s Alicante area

Street drug dealer uses Covid mask to store cocaine in Spain’s Valencia area

Night of mayhem sees dozens of cars and bikes vandalised on Alicante area street in Spain

Cyber crime rises by over 6% in Spain in 2021

Body of missing person found with gunshot wound to the head in Spain’s Malaga Mountains

MUST READ: British gang arrested on Spain’s Ibiza in country’s biggest-ever ‘pink cocaine’ swoop with over €500,000 in cash seized

Scammers tricked elderly people with ‘winning’ lottery ticket offer on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Dozens of Jesuit priests accused of child sex abuse in Spain over many decades

Drones buzzing over Madrid’s airport cause delays and flight diversions

Angry patient with gun threatens to kill staff at Murcia region health centre in Spain

WATCH: Driver takes wrong turn down stairway in Marbella on Spain’s Costa del Sol

EXCLUSIVE: ‘Nightmare’ for British pet owners as EU scraps passport ‘loophole’

WATCH: How to sample some of the delicious snacks at Sevilla’s famous Feria de Abril – but watch out for the sky-high prices

ON THIS DAY: A footballer, pioneer and Irishman are born – here’s how all three became legends in Spain’s sunny south

Hundreds of goldfinches stuffed into cages for sale on black market are rescued by police in Spain

Win your way into Spain’s tastiest festival this Spring! The Olive Press hands out ticket giveaway for Granada’s Degusta Fest