British woman fatally mowed down by car on Spain’s Mallorca with driver claiming a puncture
A British woman died and a man- also British- suffered serious injuries in Palma on Wednesday when a vehicle hit them while waiting to use
Man convicted in Spain for horrific ‘Alcassar murders’ arrested in Barcelona drug den
MIGUEL RICART, who was convicted for the rape and murder of three teenagers from the Valencian municipality of Alcà sser, was arrested in a Barcelona drug
Popular tourist hotel owner on Spain’s Costa Blanca dies during alleged home invasion
THE Guardia Civil is investigating the death of a 77-year-old hotel owner at her Guardamar del Segura home on Wednesday. Her son is claiming that
Police arrest ‘the guardian’ of massive heroin trafficking ring in Marbella
A heroin trafficking ring leader from Marbella who police have dubbed the ‘guardian’ of the drug has been busted. Policia Nacional and Guardia Civil Cordoba
Police patrols stepped up for holiday season in busy shopping areas of Spain’s Costa Blanca
THE Policia Nacional has launched its annual Safe Trade Plan to cut crime in Alicante Province shopping areas over the busy Christmas and New Year
Football coach accused of sexually abusing five boys in Spain’s Murcia region
A 29-year-old Spaniard has been arrested for sexually assaulting five boys aged between 12 and 16 who he coached at a Murcia football club. He
Pedro Sanchez says court veto over appointing judges is ‘unprecedented’ in Spain’s democratic history
A crisis has erupted in Spain after the Constitutional Court(CGPJ) blocked the Senate from voting on a bill to change the way that judges are
Benidorm gang dress up as police to con €500,000 out of businessman on Spain’s Costa Blanca
A Benidorm gang fleeced a Russian businessman out of €500,000 by pretending to be Guardia Civil officers and telling him that he was wanted by
Police arrest drug gang that held up rival hash truck on Spain’s A-7 motorway
POLICE in Malaga have arrested four gang-members who violently held-up a truck that rival drug-traffickers were using to move hashish hidden in its cargo of
FIREBUG: Man arrested accused of causing 19 forest fires in Spain’s Caceres
A MAN has been arrested accused of setting 19 forest fires in Spain’s Caceres over a period of two years. One of the blazes burned
TRAGEDY: Police search suspect after hit-and-run death leaves Spain’s Cartama in state of shock
POLICE are searching for the driver of a BMW who fatally ran over a 28-year-old at the entrance to Cartama and then fled the scene.
Hotel owner in Spain’s Mar Menor beats off knife-wielding thief with iron bar
TWO robbers were beaten off by a Mar Manor hotel owner on Friday when the owner coshed one of them with an iron bar. They
DGT’s festive drugs and alcohol campaign in Spain’s Andalucia sees 47 drivers a day caught under influence of alcohol or drugs
THE DGT’s (General Directorate of Traffic) six-day festive drugs and alcohol campaign, carried out at the start of the month between December 5-11, has seen
NOTHING TO HIDE: Marbella lawyer Antonio Flores talks exclusively to the Olive Press about dawn raid as part of €2 billion European tax fraud probe
A MARBELLA lawyer has slammed a ‘heavy-handed’ dawn raid over a VAT fraud that was splashed over the media. Antonio Flores is furious that 12
Criminal mastermind who stole luxury cars for drug smugglers arrested in Spain’s Malaga
POLICE have re-arrested the criminal mastermind of a gang who allegedly stole luxury cars on the Costa del Sol and sold them to drug smugglers
Menorca man in Spain jailed after putting lethal dose of MDMA inside wife’s glass of sangria
A man who murdered his wife after lacing her glass of sangria with MDMA before drowning her in a jacuzzi in Menorca has been jailed
EXCLUSIVE: Spanish police seize 56kg of MDMA in Europe-first probe into criminals exporting drugs TO South America
By Anthony Piovesan and Walter Finch WHEN officers from the Policia Nacional stopped a small yacht bound for South America and found enough MDMA powder
Parents in Spain’s Madrid go gambling in casino and leave crying baby in car
THE parents of a three-month-old baby have been arrested in Madrid for abandoning him in the car while they went to have a flutter in
Police in Spain recover valuable African statue stolen in 2016 among 349 Nigerian artifacts
THE Policia Nacional’s Historical Heritage unit based in Valencia has recovered a piece of African art stolen in the Madrid area in 2016. A man
Seven women rescued from clutches of sex exploitation gang in Spain
SEVEN victims of a sex exploitation gang that operated in different parts of Spain have been freed by the Policia Nacional. Three men who pimped
Key figure in multi-billion euro cryptocurrency scam arrested at Spain’s Barcelona airport
THE Guardia Civil and Mossos d’Esquadra have arrested a key player in a multi-billion euro cryptocurrency scam that swindled hundreds of thousands of investors. 33-year-old
Drunk priest blames communion wine for crashing into several cars in Spain’s Valencia
A priest blamed communion wine on why he lost control of his car and hit five parked cars in Valencia. He was driving through the
Businessmen arrested in Spain’s Costa Blanca and Valencia for helping counterfeiter to print eight million euros
POLICE have arrested two men in the Costa Blanca and Valencia areas for assisting in the production of counterfeit 500-euro bills. A La Nucia printing
Alleged mastermind behind Mallorca’s biggest real estate scam gets bailed in Spain
THE alleged mastermind of Mallorca’s biggest real estate scam has been bailed after spending nearly four years behind bars ahead of his trial. Carlos GarcÃa
Serial thief behind 90 Costa Blanca robberies steals again days after prison release in Spain
A serial stealer with 90 Calpe area robberies to his name returned to his old ways just days after he finished serving a prison sentence.
Dozens of properties in Spain seized with Russian money laundering gang member arrested in Canary Islands
A woman has been arrested in Tenerife as part of a probe into a crime gang suspected of laundering dirty money linked to the €219