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NO CHOKE: Criminal chokes out Policia Local officer after car-jacking arrest on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A DARING thief has turned himself into the police after choking unconscious a police officer during his arrest. The Policia Local of Malaga revealed that

9 Jun, 2021 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Madrid man on trial in Spain for murdering girlfriend and keeping dismembered body in freezer for more than a year

A MAN is accused of stabbing his girlfriend to death before chopping her up and storing her body parts in a freezer in his bedroom

8 Jun, 2021 @ 17:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

Operation Overdose uncovers 8 tonnes of drugs as 6 arrested at narcotics factory in Spain’s Murcia

ONE of Spain’s first dedicated hashish factories has been dismantled in Murcia, with six arrests. The results of Operation Overdose were presented by the general

8 Jun, 2021 @ 15:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

EXCLUSIVE: Over 1,000 new tips on Madeleine McCann case which could be solved ‘by end of the year’

By Jon Clarke in Braunschweig THE prosecutor leading the investigation into Madeleine Mccann suspect Christian Brueckner said the case ‘could be solved’ this year. “We

7 Jun, 2021 @ 18:04

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Rental Villa On The Costa Blanca In Spain Is Used For An Illegal Party That Bust Covid 19 Safety Rules

Rental villa hosted illegal all-night party that broke COVID-19 rules on the Costa Blanca in Spain

AROUND a hundred people have been fined for attending an illegal all-night party at a rental villa in Alicante Province. 30 Guardia Civil and Alicante

7 Jun, 2021 @ 16:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Russian fugitive swindler arrested in Benidorm hotel two years after flying to Spain's Costa Blanca

Street robbery victim in Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca gets arrested for lying about what happened

A thief and his victim have both been arrested over a Benidorm street robbery on the northern Costa Blanca. The male victim went to to

7 Jun, 2021 @ 12:45

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

British woman found dead beside Spanish pilot ex-husband in suspected murder-suicide in Madrid suburb

POLICE are investigating the death of a British woman and her Spanish husband after the couple were found dead lying next to each other at

7 Jun, 2021 @ 12:14

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

Girl, 10. falls to death from eighth-floor of Valencia apartment block in Spain

Partygoers in Sevilla face fines after police evict 60 people attending music show

AT LEAST 60 partygoers in Sevilla are facing fines for breaching COVID-19 rules. Police were alerted to the get-together on Sunday morning (June 6) at

7 Jun, 2021 @ 08:53

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News·Sevilla

Yacht was camouflaged as a fishing boat to smuggle tons of drugs into a Costa Blanca port in Spain

TWO-and-a-half tons of hashish was found on a yacht moored at Santa Pola, leading to the detention of a Murcia and Costa Blanca-based drugs gang.

4 Jun, 2021 @ 17:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Police in Spain bust drug smuggling gang who disguised cocaine as charcoal

SPANISH police seized 300kg of cocaine smuggled into Europe by a drug trafficking gang who disguised it as charcoal. In a joint investigation by Spain’s

4 Jun, 2021 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Other News

Spain's crime rate falls but serious sexual offences and attempted murder cases rise

Tired burglar grabs a nap on a sofa after stealing a TV set from a Vigo area home in Galicia, Spain

A Vigo resident found a burglar fast asleep on her living room sofa after she returned home from a night out. The property owner entered

3 Jun, 2021 @ 17:34

Crime & Law

'phishing' And 'smishing' Gang On The Costa Blanca In Spain Stole Credit Card Details Supplied By Victims

‘Phishing’ and ‘Smishing’ gang on the Costa Blanca in Spain used credit card details conned out of victims

EIGHT people have been arrested in Almoradi and Torrevieja for running a nationwide scam that stole the credit card details of least 48 people. The

3 Jun, 2021 @ 14:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Torrevieja

Girlfriend on trial accused of killing son of mafia boss in cold blood in Spain’s Murcia

A WOMAN is on trial for the murder of a mafia boss’s son who was gunned down in Murcia. Cristina Elena T faces more than

3 Jun, 2021 @ 09:03

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia·Other News

Plague of ‘hugging’ robberies continues as couple strike across the Costa Blanca and Spain

A couple who committed at least ten ‘hugging’ robberies on the Costa Blanca, as well as in the Madrid and Murcia areas, have been arrested

2 Jun, 2021 @ 16:38

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Murcia

EXCLUSIVE: British expats caught up in faked residency probe on Spain’s Costa Blanca face two-year legal limbo and travel ban

EXPATS caught up in the alleged fraudulent residency scam on the Costa Blanca have been told by police that they can’t leave the country while

2 Jun, 2021 @ 14:15

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Belgian expat on the Costa Blanca in Spain claimed his dead mother’s state pension for over six years

A 48-year-old Belgian man has been arrested on the Costa Blanca for claiming over €90,000 from his mother’s state pension after she died in 2014.

2 Jun, 2021 @ 13:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Billionaire Mining Moguls Fight Fraud Cops in $99 Million Trial

Billionaire mining tycoons said the U.K.’s fraud prosecutor colluded with their own “bullying” lawyer to leak confidential information and manufacture grounds for a criminal probe

2 Jun, 2021 @ 12:02

Crime & Law

CHILD MURDER TRIAL: Couple in Spain’s Valencia face accusations of brutally killing their two young children in a ritual

THE most gruesome and emotional trial of the year is taking place this week in Valencia. Maria and Gabriel, a couple from Godella (Valencia Province),

2 Jun, 2021 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community