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Police in Spain seize €800,000 worth of counterfeit whiskey in major crime ring bust

SPANISH police have busted a major crime ring suspected of exporting fake whiskey. Over €800,000 worth of counterfeit booze has been seized and 14 people,

16 Dec, 2020 @ 17:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Far-right activist ‘Tommy Robinson’ banned from attending football matches GLOBALLY after violence in Portugal

FAR-RIGHT ex-convict and founder of the English Defence League Stephen Yaxley-Lennon has been banned from attending football matches around the world. The fraudster grabbed headlines

16 Dec, 2020 @ 11:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News

This is the new Covid variant that could take hold in Spain this winter

People are buying FAKE and convincing negative COVID-19 test results to enter Spain and other countries as one forger arrested

POLICIA Nacional have arrested a woman for allegedly selling fake coronavirus test results. Investigators are also hunting down buyers of the forged negative results, which

14 Dec, 2020 @ 20:00

Coronavirus·Crime & Law·National News

WATCH: Couple arrested for robbing cemeteries of over 2 tonnes of bronze statues throughout Spain’s Toledo region

A MARRIED couple have been detained for the theft of nearly half a million euros worth of statues and ornaments from cemeteries in central Spain.

13 Dec, 2020 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Madrid

Polticians In Spain Call For Cash To Be Phased Out To Stop Tax Dodgers

Head of Spain’s anti-fraud authority’s husband caught running huge tax evasion network

THE husband of the head of Spain’s Anti-Fraud Office has been caught running a tax evasion network by the National Court and The Tax Agency

9 Dec, 2020 @ 12:00

Crime & Law

Police bust drug gang selling cocaine behind bar in Spain’s Mallorca

As part of a crackdown on narcotics on the island, three men were arrested and charged with drug trafficking

8 Dec, 2020 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

WATCH: Dramatic drone footage of Spain’s most wanted being arrested near Barcelona after 8 years in hiding

AN alleged murderer who was living in hiding for eight years has been arrested in Barcelona. Dramatic drone footage shows the capture of the suspect

7 Dec, 2020 @ 12:00

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

WATCH: Police dogs help smash cocaine and meth gang operating in Spain’s Mallorca

Guardia Civil shutdown three narcotics sales points in Capdepera as part of their crackdown on drugs across the island

4 Dec, 2020 @ 17:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Watch the shocking moment a woman was Tasered at Sabadell medical centre for breaking COVID-19 rules

A POLICE force has defended the use of a Taser by one of its officers on a ‘nervous’ woman who became aggressive after being separated

3 Dec, 2020 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Spain’s Balearic Islands will track illegal parties over Christmas by drone

The surveillance serves to clampdown on gatherings taking place over the allowed number of six people

3 Dec, 2020 @ 08:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Homeowner brutally beaten and tasered by two burglars in Spain’s Mallorca

Investigators say the homeowner was woken up by the thieves as they forced entry inside his house in Palma's Nou Llevant district

2 Dec, 2020 @ 19:15

Crime & Law·Mallorca

Police search farm in Spain’s Mallorca for body of missing man feared murdered by suspected serial killer

The development has led to the arrest of a 70-year-old man who is connected to the disappearance of three other men

1 Dec, 2020 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

EXCLUSIVE: British man, 21, arrested in connection with brutal stabbing of teenager in Estepona

A MAN has been arrested over the murder of a teen stabbed to death on the Costa del Sol, the Olive Press can reveal. The

30 Nov, 2020 @ 18:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Bungling Burglar Rescued By Guardia Civil After Leg Injury On Spain S Costa Blanca

Police shut down illegal party at sports centre in Spain’s Mallorca with over 150 guests

Police say the party had started in the afternoon as a small wine tasting event but quickly grew in size

30 Nov, 2020 @ 16:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

12 arrested in connection to brutal stoning of police officers in drug riddled estate in Spain’s Mallorca

The arrests come after two police officers were surrounded and attacked by a mob in the Son Banya estate

26 Nov, 2020 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Man arrested for ‘raping 19-year-old woman in field’ in Spain’s Mallorca

Police had launched a manhunt after the woman reported being sexually assaulted in a field in Lloseta on November 21

25 Nov, 2020 @ 16:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

BMW driver involved in hit-and-run in Spain’s Mallorca attended house party after killing pedestrian

In an interview with police, the detainee gave four different versions to explain why his rented BMW was damaged

25 Nov, 2020 @ 11:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

School teacher among seven arrested in nationwide child porn bust across Spain

OFFICERS from the Policia Nacional have made seven arrests in a nationwide swoop on a gang dedicated to the distribution of child pornography. According to

24 Nov, 2020 @ 12:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Police break up 150 person villa party in Estepona complete with DJs, dancers, bar staff and security guards

A makeshift club night on Avenida de la Resina, Estepona has been broken up by police for blatant disregard of the latest coronavirus measures. Around

23 Nov, 2020 @ 15:00

Crime & Law

WATCH: Beauty salon busted for selling heroin and marijuana behind the till in Spain’s Mallorca

Footage of the raid shows police searching the premises with an officer finding narcotics hidden inside hair rollers

23 Nov, 2020 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

ETA terrorist finally returned to Spain from Belgium to stand trial for 39-year-old murder of Lieutenant Colonel

A FORMER ETA member has returned to Spain to stand trial for the murder of a Spanish Lieutenant during the Vizcaya attacks in 1981. Maria

23 Nov, 2020 @ 13:15

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Police hunt driver after pedestrian killed in hit-and-run in Spain’s Mallorca

The incident occurred 200 metres from the Can Blau roundabout in Palma on Wednesday evening.

20 Nov, 2020 @ 10:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

EXCLUSIVE: Teenager killed in deadly drive-by stabbing in Estepona, Malaga

Reporting by Laurence Crumbie and Kirsty McKenzie A 19-year-old boy has been killed in a fatal passer-by stabbing in Estepona. The incident took place outside

18 Nov, 2020 @ 17:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Woman jailed after attempting to cut off boyfriend’s penis with knife during oral sex in Spain’s Mallorca

The defendant, a 52-year-old Colombian, admitted in court to seriously wounding her former partner, aged 39, with a knife

18 Nov, 2020 @ 16:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Man with black BMW attempts kidnap of two children outside school in Spain’s Mallorca

On Monday, two children from the IES Josep Sureda i Blanes school in Palma's Son Gotleu district reported being targeted by a man driving a

17 Nov, 2020 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Muslim cleric found not guilty of creating jihadist terror group on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A MUSLIM cleric based on the Costa Blanca has been cleared by the National Court in Madrid of setting up a terrorist organisation and harbouring

16 Nov, 2020 @ 17:45

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

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Police in Spain seize €800,000 worth of counterfeit whiskey in major crime ring bust

Far-right activist ‘Tommy Robinson’ banned from attending football matches GLOBALLY after violence in Portugal

People are buying FAKE and convincing negative COVID-19 test results to enter Spain and other countries as one forger arrested

WATCH: Couple arrested for robbing cemeteries of over 2 tonnes of bronze statues throughout Spain’s Toledo region

Head of Spain’s anti-fraud authority’s husband caught running huge tax evasion network

Police bust drug gang selling cocaine behind bar in Spain’s Mallorca

WATCH: Dramatic drone footage of Spain’s most wanted being arrested near Barcelona after 8 years in hiding

WATCH: Police dogs help smash cocaine and meth gang operating in Spain’s Mallorca

Watch the shocking moment a woman was Tasered at Sabadell medical centre for breaking COVID-19 rules

Spain’s Balearic Islands will track illegal parties over Christmas by drone

Homeowner brutally beaten and tasered by two burglars in Spain’s Mallorca

Police search farm in Spain’s Mallorca for body of missing man feared murdered by suspected serial killer

EXCLUSIVE: British man, 21, arrested in connection with brutal stabbing of teenager in Estepona

Police shut down illegal party at sports centre in Spain’s Mallorca with over 150 guests

12 arrested in connection to brutal stoning of police officers in drug riddled estate in Spain’s Mallorca

Man arrested for ‘raping 19-year-old woman in field’ in Spain’s Mallorca

BMW driver involved in hit-and-run in Spain’s Mallorca attended house party after killing pedestrian

School teacher among seven arrested in nationwide child porn bust across Spain

Police break up 150 person villa party in Estepona complete with DJs, dancers, bar staff and security guards

WATCH: Beauty salon busted for selling heroin and marijuana behind the till in Spain’s Mallorca

ETA terrorist finally returned to Spain from Belgium to stand trial for 39-year-old murder of Lieutenant Colonel

Police hunt driver after pedestrian killed in hit-and-run in Spain’s Mallorca

EXCLUSIVE: Teenager killed in deadly drive-by stabbing in Estepona, Malaga

Woman jailed after attempting to cut off boyfriend’s penis with knife during oral sex in Spain’s Mallorca

Man with black BMW attempts kidnap of two children outside school in Spain’s Mallorca

Muslim cleric found not guilty of creating jihadist terror group on Spain’s Costa Blanca

OPINION: Spain’s Muslim community is more right-wing than you think – and has little tolerance for squatters or high taxes

Homebuyers in Malaga need to find nearly €100k just to get a mortgage – and it’s no where near the worst in Spain

Spain’s tax return filing period starts in April: Use this handy online calculator to figure out how much you should get back – or pay up

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