Crime & Law News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

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

Drivers in Spain beware: Mobile cameras and helicopters deployed in crackdown on speeding during Semana Santa

TAKEN FOR A RIDE: Serial Belgian fraudster fugitive caught red-handed with Aston Martin on 2,000 km ‘test drive’ in Spain

This isn’t the first time the con man has tried this stunt

24 Jan, 2020 @ 08:30

Crime & Law·Lead

Man arrested after woman found stabbed to death in Granada

the vigil will be ‘an example of respect towards women in the fight for equality’

23 Jan, 2020 @ 15:48

Crime & Law·Granada·Lead

Heartbreak as sickos steal disabled girl’s support dog at gunpoint day before she was set to be delivered to her on Spain’s Costa del Sol

A 15-YEAR-OLD girl has been left heartbroken after her support dog was robbed from its trainer just 24 hours before she was set to receive

23 Jan, 2020 @ 14:17

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Israeli and Arab arrested for selling heroin inside GOLF BALLS on Spain’s Costa del Sol

TWO men have been arrested for drug trafficking after being busted with golf balls filled with heroin. Some 85g of the drug were found inside

23 Jan, 2020 @ 12:44

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Bulgarian man arrested for body found dumped in Marbella in October after crack forensic team find blood of victim in car despite having been ‘thoroughly cleaned’

A BULGARIAN man has been cuffed for allegedly shooting a compatriot to death before dumping his body on the side of the road in Marbella.

22 Jan, 2020 @ 13:38

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Caught red-handed: Costa Blanca car thieves arrested while going equipped

CREVILLENTE Guardia Civil have arrested two Algerians, suspected of a spate of robberies throughout Costa Blanca South and Murcia. Investigations began when vehicles had been

22 Jan, 2020 @ 13:33

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

‘GUILTY’: Suspended jail sentence and €843,000 fine for landowner whose well led to Julen’s death

Serrano, who legally owns the plot in Totalan, was scheduled to be tried for manslaughter for serious negligence which resulted in the toddler’s death

21 Jan, 2020 @ 18:38

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Russian fugitive carrying infectious disease who was ‘not afraid to bite’ to infect others arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol

He was found living in a tent after fleeing from Germany in November

21 Jan, 2020 @ 15:38

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Spanish cops are hospitalised after 'accidentally' eating drug-laced sweets seized during raid of Costa del Sol cannabis club

BITTERSWEET: Confectionery giant Haribo takes legal action against students in Spain who invented ‘boozy gummy bears’

Each of the sweets contains 15% alcohol, with seven to nine of the gummies equalling a 150ml glass of wine

20 Jan, 2020 @ 20:27

Crime & Law·Food & Drink·Lead

Spain’s struggling supermarket chain Dia investigated over claims it ‘inflated’ profits by €51 million

It comes after Dia lost an eye-watering €420.7 million during the first half of 2019

20 Jan, 2020 @ 08:02

Business & Finance·Crime & Law·Lead

Marbella-based Finnish expat charged among 53 others and POP STAR in Finland’s biggest ever drug trafficking case

NIKO Ranta-aho was part of the Marbella elite. The handsome entrepreneur once owned the popular Teatro in Puerto Banus, a restaurant-cum-performance venue which welcomed such

17 Jan, 2020 @ 18:44

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

British expat Westley Capper avoids jail for hit-and-run killing of Bolivian mother on Spain’s Costa del Sol

WESTLEY Capper has been spared jail after admitting to the manslaughter of Fatima Dorado. The Olive Press exclusively revealed how the son of a British

17 Jan, 2020 @ 14:38

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Woman to head Spain’s Guardia Civil for FIRST TIME in its 175-year history

The daughter of a lighthouse keeper, Gamez will be the force's 86th leader after impressing Madrid in her previous role as head of the sub-delegate

17 Jan, 2020 @ 14:19

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Luxury Plaza Mayor shopping outlet on Spain’s Costa del Sol scammed out of €120,000 by Valencia-based scammers posing as high ranking employee

SEVERAL cyber-scammers have been arrested after hacking high-ranking employees of a luxury shopping outlet and defrauding them of €120,000. The four arrested in Valencia helped

17 Jan, 2020 @ 13:14

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

TOTAL BANKER: Billionaire handed €52.4 million fine after botched attempt at smuggling priceless Picasso painting out of Spain on yacht

Picasso completed Head of a Young Woman in his pre-Cubist phase, with the painting snapped up by Botin in London in 1977

17 Jan, 2020 @ 10:31

Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead

WATCH: Tonne of narcotics found hidden in furniture leaving Costa Blanca’s Alicante for France – 18 arrested

A DRUGS trafficking operation that transported tonnes of narcotics between Alicante and France has been busted by National Police. A total of 18 arrests were

16 Jan, 2020 @ 14:00

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·Malaga

Homeless man arrested after dog viciously attacks young British boy on Spain’s Costa del Sol

The dog is said to have suddenly attacked the boy, who had not even seen the animal, while 'the owner did nothing to prevent it'

16 Jan, 2020 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Five British people arrested on Fuengirola yacht after police catch them with THREE TONNES of hash they intended to ‘ship from Spain to UK’

Two more Brits, who are believed to have organised the logistics and transport of the drugs, have also been placed under investigation

16 Jan, 2020 @ 12:14

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

HARRY STAGG: Malaga police extend search for missing British man to WHOLE OF SPAIN as sergeant says ‘turn yourself in’

Harry left the Isle of Wight, with the intention of making it to Alora in Malaga for Christmas and New Year's Eve

15 Jan, 2020 @ 20:55

Crime & Law·Lead

British fugitive wanted over two killings in UK arrested as he leaves supermarket in Spain

The UK’s National Crime Agency is believed to have informed Spanish police of Kennedy’s location

14 Jan, 2020 @ 12:50

Crime & Law·Lead

BREAKING: Body of man found in open field on Spain’s Costa del Sol

AN investigation is underway after the discovery of a body in an open field on the Costa del Sol yesterday. The 53-year-old man was discovered

14 Jan, 2020 @ 11:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Crafty Costa Calida criminals arrested after run of holiday home robberies going back to 2018

TWO men responsible for a dozen robberies at empty holiday homes near Cartagena have been arrested. Guardia Civil officers have been tracking the pair, aged

14 Jan, 2020 @ 08:26

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Expat arrested on suspicion of murder after pushing stepfather through French window on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 40-year-old expat has been arrested on suspicion of murder after allegedly pushing his stepfather through a French window on Spain’s Costa Blanca. The man,

13 Jan, 2020 @ 13:49

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Guardia Civil issue warning over ‘false keypads’ scam at Spanish cashpoints

GUARDIA Civil have issued a warning over a scam involving ‘false keyboards’ at Spanish cashpoints. Thieves are reportedly sticking the fakes over existing keypads in

13 Jan, 2020 @ 13:30

Crime & Law·Lead

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