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WATCH: Human trafficking gang that imported nearly 1,000 illegal immigrants arrested in Spain’s Alicante

AN INTERNATIONAL gang of human traffickers that brought nearly 1,000 illegal immigrants to Spanish shores has been arrested. Policia Nacional and EUROPOL combined forces to

3 Feb, 2020 @ 18:56

Almeria·Cadiz·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Huge cannabis farm found in garage on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Nine people were arrested, all of Spanish nationality, while 633 marijuana plants have been seized

3 Feb, 2020 @ 17:17

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Violence: Woman showing signs of violence found dead in Sevilla

The authorities are asking the community to contact them with any information

3 Feb, 2020 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

REVEALED: Mini phones as small as a big toe being smuggled into prisons inside visitors’ RECTUMS across Spain’s Andalucia allowing British and Spanish criminals to continue working and ‘plan their escapes’

PRISON guards in Spain have warned that mini phones being smuggled into prisons are allowing criminals to continue their work behind bars. The devices, measuring

3 Feb, 2020 @ 13:22

Crime & Law·Lead

REVEALED: French drivers are worse than British for road crimes in Spain

FRENCH and Portuguese drivers are far worse than British, when it comes to driving offences in Spain. The country’s Traffic Department, the DGT, have just

3 Feb, 2020 @ 12:36

Cadiz·Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

Malaga-based criminal network busted with 34 arrested in illegal immigration case

THE Policia National has detained 34 members of a criminal network allegedly involved in illegal immigration. Those arrested were held for crimes of forgery, promotion

3 Feb, 2020 @ 12:01

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Man appears in court for rape of woman in own home in Spain’s Andalucia

The man was taken to the courts at Prado de San Sebastian this morning at 9am

31 Jan, 2020 @ 13:58

Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla

Man with almost half a kilo of hash in stomach arrested in Marbella after telling doctors he’d ‘swallowed batteries’ in suicide bid

The suspected drug trafficker was forced to expel the 430 grams of the illegal substance through natural means

31 Jan, 2020 @ 07:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

British fugitive ‘drug trafficker’ detained in Marbella’s San Pedro after European arrest warrant issued

Police held the man in the Marbella town after pulling him over, while he was driving

29 Jan, 2020 @ 17:27

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: ‘Violent’ Russian fugitive carrying ‘infectious disease’ arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol after holding nurse hostage with knife

The man threatened to kill the woman with the homemade weapon, convincing her to open a door and let him escape

29 Jan, 2020 @ 10:30

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

German man arrested for sexual assault and violence in a Costa del Sol nightclub

The victim was taken to a healthcentre for her injuries

28 Jan, 2020 @ 15:54

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Spanish dentist caught secretly filming receptionist undress is given three years in prison

A SPANISH dentist has been sentenced to three years in prison for secretly filming one of his workers getting changed.

28 Jan, 2020 @ 11:49

Crime & Law·Lead

FAMILY AFFAIR: Brothers arrested for stealing €18,000 of designer watches from tourists in Marbella’s Puerto Banus

A Policia Nacional probe was launched following a tip-off from a Puerto Banus bouncer to the Policia Local

28 Jan, 2020 @ 11:01

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Pensioner kills wife and commits suicide in Spain before granddaughter discovers bodies

This latest gender violence killing is now the sixth reported in Spain in 2020

27 Jan, 2020 @ 16:31

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Man found with 71 bags of drugs in stomach after killing young man in car crash on Spain’s Costa del Sol

The drugs were discovered by an X-ray machine at the Axarquia hospital, where the 36-year-old was being treated for severe chest trauma

27 Jan, 2020 @ 11:22

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Hundreds of Chihuahua and Pomeranian puppies due for sale around Spain are rescued from illegal basement kennels in Madrid

POLICIA Nacional agents have arrested five people and rescued 270 Chihuahuas and Pomeranians bred in illegal kennels close to Madrid. The gang, two of which

26 Jan, 2020 @ 10:51

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·National News

Irish terrorist captured on Spain’s Mallorca

two British agents posed as a Serbian businessman and his girlfriend on holiday

25 Jan, 2020 @ 09:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

American sisters urged to declare rape accusations before a judge in Spain’s Murcia as suspects prepare to file false accusation claims

A MURCIA judge has pleaded for three American sisters to declare before a judge their claims that they were raped by three Afghan men on

24 Jan, 2020 @ 17:42

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Pensioner accused of killing wife, 73, is locked up without bail in Spain’s Andalucia

A spokesman for the Guardia Civil said there were no previous reports of abuse between the couple

24 Jan, 2020 @ 17:03

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead

Pensioner arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol for threatening to attack British Embassy in Madrid

A PENSIONER has been arrested for threatening an attack on the British Embassy in Spain. The 74-year-old Lebanese man was arrested in Benalmadena after phoning

24 Jan, 2020 @ 14:27

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Colombian Cocaine Caravans caught in Canary Islands, cartel arrested

AN INTERNATIONAL gang of drug traffickers were busted in a large-scale dawn raid in the Canary Islands. Holiday caravans were used to transport cocaine around

24 Jan, 2020 @ 09:58

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Mallorca