Crime & Law News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

British drugs baron Brian Charrington gets his retrial date on the Costa Blanca in Spain

Infamous British drugs boss Brian Charrington gets his retrial date on the Costa Blanca in Spain

BRITISH drug trafficker, Brian Charrington, has got a new trial date after Supreme Court judges quashed his original 2018 trial in March due to ‘impartiality’

25 Jun, 2021 @ 15:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Police make 43 arrests as poorly paid foreign fruit and vegetable pickers are exploited on a farm in the Murcia area of Spain

Police make 43 arrests as poorly paid foreign farm workers are exploited in the Murcia area of Spain

EIGHT people have been arrested for exploiting foreign workers on a Murcia region farm. The Policia Nacional swooped on a Torre Pacheco finca and discovered

25 Jun, 2021 @ 13:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Mar Menor·Murcia

MACHETE MURDER: Three brothers in Spain’s Valencia arrested for hacking a neighbour to death

The officers found Edgar lying in a pool of blood with eight deep wounds, including two to the head, supposedly caused by two machetes.

25 Jun, 2021 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Benidorm court refuses joint custody of a Maltese pet dog as Civil Code changes have not become law in Spain

Benidorm court won’t grant interim joint custody for a dog as Civil Code changes are not yet law in Spain

A Benidorm judge has refused to grant an interim joint custody order for a pet dog because the Civil Code statutes have not changed yet.

25 Jun, 2021 @ 11:30

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

ONE-WAY DEAL as conman from Murcia region of Spain took online sales payments but never sent the items

ONE-WAY DEAL as conman from Murcia region of Spain took online sales payments but never sent out the items

A Murcia region man has been jailed over an online scam where he sold second-hand goods but never sent out the items. The 23-year-old Cartagena

24 Jun, 2021 @ 18:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Young man accused of raping teenager in Spain’s Valencia

A 21-YEAR-OLD man is facing up to 12 years in prison for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl in an undisclosed inland Valencia town. Despite the

24 Jun, 2021 @ 13:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Benidorm on Spain's Costa Blanca sends best wishes to Queen Elizabeth II on her Platinum Jubilee

British expat in Benidorm assaulted and robbed at entrance to his Costa Blanca home in Spain

BENIDORM police have arrested a robber who attacked a British resident and stole his bank cards and an expensive watch. The 32-year-old Romanian assailant then

24 Jun, 2021 @ 11:48

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Cocaine gang busted in Spain’s Marbella with 14 arrests made and 2 military assault rifles seized

POLICE have arrested 14 people and seized two assault rifles as they busted what they describe as one of Malaga’s most active cocaine trafficking gangs.

23 Jun, 2021 @ 19:15

Crime & Law

Illegal internet TV network dismantled throughout Spain, six arrested

TELEVISION SERVICES sold illegally online have been taken down and six people arrested in various parts of Spain. The dedicated criminal organisation was dismantled with

23 Jun, 2021 @ 10:45

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Solicitor conned €280,000 out of insurance companies with bogus car accident claims on the Costa Blanca in Spain

A massive scam led by a solicitor to con insurance companies over bogus road accident claims has been broken up by the Policia Nacional on

22 Jun, 2021 @ 20:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

British Couple Face Court Quiz Over Swimming Pool Death Of Toddler In Camposol Area Of Spain's Murcia

British expat couple face court quiz over toddler death in villa swimming pool in Camposol area of Spain’s Murcia

A British couple face a court probe after a 23-month-old boy drowned in their swimming pool in the Mazarron area of Murcia last August. Viktor

22 Jun, 2021 @ 12:24

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Big drugs stash washes ashore on popular Costa Blanca day trip island in Spain

A Tabarca Island resident had an unusual find on Saturday(June 19) after spotting a large package on the shore close to the lighthouse on the

21 Jun, 2021 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Illegally Stuffed And Hunted Wild Boar Head Discovered At Unapproved Taxidermist On The Costa Blanca In Spain

Illegally-stuffed and hunted wild boar found at unlicensed taxidermist on the Costa Blanca in Spain

AN unlicensed taxidermist could be fined up to €60,000 for stuffing the head of an illegally-hunted wild boar. The Guardia Civil raided the clandestine workshop

21 Jun, 2021 @ 13:51

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law

Benidorm estate agent accused of stealing €70,000 from a 90-year-old client on the Costa Blanca in Spain

A Benidorm real estate agent, along with his wife and son, have been arrested by the Policia Nacional for defrauding a 90-year-old man out of

21 Jun, 2021 @ 12:55

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

British Expat In Benidorm Arrested For Getting Naked Images Of Children By Hijacking 70 Home Security Cameras In Countries Like Spain, The Uk, And The Usa

British pervert in Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca made videos of naked children by hijacking 70 home security cameras across the world

A British expat in Benidorm has been arrested after hijacking over 70 home security camera feeds globally to record over a thousand videos of naked

21 Jun, 2021 @ 11:49

Benidorm·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Popular entertainer has her “livelihood taken away” as valuable PC stolen on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A COSTA BLANCA entertainer has had her “livelihood taken away” after her laptop computer was stolen from her car. Caz Miller-Matthews, who has just enjoyed

19 Jun, 2021 @ 08:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Entertainment·Lead

Couple jailed and banned from Spain after stealing €25,000 worth of jewellery

A couple have been jailed and banned from Spain after they stole €25,000 worth of jewellery in a two day mugging spree. They targeted wealthy

18 Jun, 2021 @ 17:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Man loses dead wife's inheritance in Spain because he started a new relationship

Court orders man to pay back his dead wife’s inheritance in Spain because he found love again

A man has lost his dead wife’s inheritance because he broke a promise not to have a relationship with another woman. A court in A

18 Jun, 2021 @ 16:15

Crime & Law·Lead

DOUBLE MURDER: Man accused of killing teenager and pregnant woman in Spain’s inland Valencia area

Isabell Raducanu, a 36-year-old prostitute, was six months pregnant when she was found strangled and stabbed 37 times in her flat in Xativa (La Costera).

18 Jun, 2021 @ 15:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Pensioner, 84, bludgeons wife to death with hammer in Madrid

A PENSIONER in Madrid was bludgeoned to death in a jealous rage by her husband of 40 years. Police were called to the Moratalaz district

18 Jun, 2021 @ 11:15

Crime & Law·Madrid·Other News

EXILED: Judge bans persistent troublemaker from Barcelona town

A MAN who attacked police with a knife has been banned from the town where he lives for two years after a series of other

17 Jun, 2021 @ 19:59

Barcelona·Catalunya·Crime & Law

British man tells court that he did not stab his ex-girlfriend and leave her in a ‘pool of blood’ at her Costa Blanca apartment in Spain

A British man has denied stabbing his ex-girlfriend at her Costa Blanca holiday apartment in 2017 and told an Alicante court that he wasn’t there

17 Jun, 2021 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

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

Gang of ‘ghost’ robbers terrorising the Costa del Sol disband after cops successful break-in probe

POLICE believe a gang of robbers has disbanded after a series of major arrests put an end to crooks terrorising homes on the Costa del

17 Jun, 2021 @ 12:44

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·Other News

EXCLUSIVE: Gestor involved in padron fraud facing eviction for 12 months non-payment of rent on Spain’s Costa Blanca

EVICTION proceedings have been launched to remove One Way Services from their Quesada office, the Olive Press has learnt. The gestor at the centre of

17 Jun, 2021 @ 12:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

CANNIBAL JAILED: Madrid man who killed his mother, chopped her into pieces and stored her in tupperware, sentenced to 15 years

A SPANIARD who murdered his mother, chopped her into little pieces and stored her in plastic containers which he ate from and fed to his

16 Jun, 2021 @ 19:41

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

Boy Hit By Shot From Air Rifle Fired From Moving Car In Mar Menor Resort Area Of Murcia

Young boy hit by air rifle shot fired from moving car in Mar Menor resort area of Spain’s Murcia region

A child was injured in the leg after shots from an air rifle were fired out of a car in the San Pedro del Pinatar

16 Jun, 2021 @ 17:45

Crime & Law·Mar Menor·Murcia

Crime & Law- Page 177

Infamous British drugs boss Brian Charrington gets his retrial date on the Costa Blanca in Spain

Police make 43 arrests as poorly paid foreign farm workers are exploited in the Murcia area of Spain

MACHETE MURDER: Three brothers in Spain’s Valencia arrested for hacking a neighbour to death

Benidorm court won’t grant interim joint custody for a dog as Civil Code changes are not yet law in Spain

ONE-WAY DEAL as conman from Murcia region of Spain took online sales payments but never sent out the items

Young man accused of raping teenager in Spain’s Valencia

British expat in Benidorm assaulted and robbed at entrance to his Costa Blanca home in Spain

Cocaine gang busted in Spain’s Marbella with 14 arrests made and 2 military assault rifles seized

Illegal internet TV network dismantled throughout Spain, six arrested

Solicitor conned €280,000 out of insurance companies with bogus car accident claims on the Costa Blanca in Spain

British expat couple face court quiz over toddler death in villa swimming pool in Camposol area of Spain’s Murcia

Big drugs stash washes ashore on popular Costa Blanca day trip island in Spain

Illegally-stuffed and hunted wild boar found at unlicensed taxidermist on the Costa Blanca in Spain

Benidorm estate agent accused of stealing €70,000 from a 90-year-old client on the Costa Blanca in Spain

British pervert in Benidorm on Spain’s Costa Blanca made videos of naked children by hijacking 70 home security cameras across the world

Popular entertainer has her “livelihood taken away” as valuable PC stolen on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Couple jailed and banned from Spain after stealing €25,000 worth of jewellery

Court orders man to pay back his dead wife’s inheritance in Spain because he found love again

DOUBLE MURDER: Man accused of killing teenager and pregnant woman in Spain’s inland Valencia area

Pensioner, 84, bludgeons wife to death with hammer in Madrid

EXILED: Judge bans persistent troublemaker from Barcelona town

British man tells court that he did not stab his ex-girlfriend and leave her in a ‘pool of blood’ at her Costa Blanca apartment in Spain

Gang of ‘ghost’ robbers terrorising the Costa del Sol disband after cops successful break-in probe

EXCLUSIVE: Gestor involved in padron fraud facing eviction for 12 months non-payment of rent on Spain’s Costa Blanca

CANNIBAL JAILED: Madrid man who killed his mother, chopped her into pieces and stored her in tupperware, sentenced to 15 years

Young boy hit by air rifle shot fired from moving car in Mar Menor resort area of Spain’s Murcia region

British property hunters face ban as Balearic Islands clamp down on foreign buyers and holiday rentals amid soaring prices

Revealed: Where foreigners are looking to buy on Spain’s costas – with one location a runaway favourite

WATCH: Activists troll mayor with birthday cake shaped like the illegal Algarrobico mega hotel on Almeria coast he refuses to demolish

Hard luck: Spain withdraws ‘Love Nectar’ aphrodisiac drink from shelves after discovering hidden Viagra ingredient

Malaga hospitals in chaos as doctors’ strike cancels 200,000 appointments – what happens now?