Benidorm police catch French fugitive jailed for 10 years for drug and sex offences
A FRENCH fugitive who skipped a 10-year prison sentence was caught driving around Benidorm with bogus ID documents on him. He had been jailed for
Man is shot dead at ‘point blank range’ in front of shocked town centre shoppers in Valencia
A MAN was shot dead in the centre of Xirivella- outside Valencia City- amidst multiple eye-witnesses at around 9.45am on Thursday. The brazen assassin escaped
‘Champagne’ scammer who fizzed-up cheap Spanish wine jailed
A FRENCH winemaker has been jailed for selling fake champagne, which was in fact cheap Spanish plonk with fizz added. Didier Chopin, 56, spent 2022
Tranquil Costa del Sol resort town has seen a shocking rise in crime – with sex attacks jumping 133% in a year
ESTEPONA, long considered one of the quieter corners of the Costa del Sol, has seen crime rise sharply in the first half of 2025. The
EXCLUSIVE: ‘Friendly’ youngster killed near isolated ‘hippy’ beach in southern Spain is named, as police search for ‘four mystery men’ in connection with his grisly murder
A YOUNG man found bashed to death near an isolated ‘hippy’ beach in Almeria has been named as 23-year-old Mario Belmonte, the Olive Press can
Costa Blanca bank phone scam conned victims across Spain out of €100k
SEVEN people have been arrested on the Costa Blanca for being part of a phone scam where 42 victims across Spain were conned out of
WATCH: Police bust gang who pocketed €560k by supplying high-speed boats to migrant smugglers in Spain
A GANG made €560,000 by supplying high-speed boats to traffickers transporting illegal migrants from Algeria to Spain. Six members of the crew have been arrested
Gangster who ‘broke out of jail in Italy and fled to Spain’ arrested in sleepy Barcelona barrio
AN ITALIAN gangster on the run for nearly two months who faced 28 years in prison has been arrested by the Policia Nacional in Barcelona.
Spain’s racial tensions simmer again as thugs assault migrant children in Madrid after reports of sex attack on girl, 14, by Moroccan asylum seeker
SPAIN’S racial tensions have been brought to the boil once again after thugs targeted a Madrid centre housing young migrants following reports one of its
Tourist assaults British partner at Costa Blanca airport, injures four police officers, and damages two patrol cars
A MAN caused chaos at Alicante-Elche airport after an eye-witness saw him violently assault his British partner. The attacker was described by Elche City Council
Woman, 45, caught ‘selling cocaine and heroin in the heart of Estepona’s old town’ as police clampdown on street-level dealing
A 45-year-old woman has been arrested for drug dealing in the heart of Estepona’s historic centre after police caught her with 21 bags of cocaine
Irish crime boss John Gilligan is bailed over drug lab charges after spending eight months behind bars in Spain
IRISH mobster John Gilligan has been released from prison after being arrested in December for running a pink cocaine drug laboratory at his Orihuela Costa
Scottish ‘Tinder rapist’ arrested while working out on Costa del Sol beach stands trial in the UK
A SCOTTISH fugitive accused of rape has gone on trial in the UK after being dramatically arrested while exercising on a Costa del Sol beach
Man chained ex-girlfriend to bed until she signed over her Mallorca home and car to him
A SPANIARD has been accused of tying his ex-girlfriend to a bed in his Mallorca home to force her to sign away her flat and
Heartless gang impersonates charity workers to steal clothes for needy worth €1m in Spain
THIEVES pretended to be charity workers to steal second-hand clothing worth around €1 million from containers in the Valencian Community. The Policia Nacional have arrested
‘Dangerous’ Italian mafia boss who fled to Costa Blanca with his family is arrested in Spain
A MAFIA boss described as a ‘dangerous fugitive’ by Italian authorities has been arrested by the Guardia Civil after fleeing to Spain with his family.
WATCH: ‘Drug traffickers’ unload stash in front of stunned beach-goers on Spain’s Costa del Sol
THIS is the shocking moment a group of brazen narcos unloaded their drug haul on a packed beach on the Costa del Sol. The remarkable
Three valuable champion racing pigeons worth €170k are stolen from their home in Spain
THREE racing pigeons valued at €170,000 and owned by a syndicate have been stolen from Fortuna in the Murcia region. The birds called Sordo, Gran
Spanish tourist’s remains found on Indonesian beach as mystery turns to murder
SPANISH woman Matilde Muñoz, who went missing in Lombok, Indonesia two months ago, was killed inside her hotel room on the night she disappeared, according
Boy racer tries to outrun cops in Spain’s Malaga – smashes straight into them
A RECKLESS driver in Malaga tried to play Fast & Furious – but ended up looking more like Laurel & Hardy after ploughing straight into
French fugitive who threw Molotov cocktail-style devices at tourists is arrested on Costa Blanca
A MAN who fled French justice after being given a life sentence for homicide, arson, blackmail and extortion has been arrested in Alicante. Policia Nacional
Belgians caught with 20 kilos of marijuana stuffed in their suitcases at Valencia Airport
TWO Belgian men were caught trying to smuggle 20 kilos of marijuana onto a Frankfurt-bound flight at Valencia Airport. The narcotics had been stuffed into
Thief causes concern by stealing 30 foreign car number plates within a week in Costa Blanca tourist town
A MAN stole 30 foreign car number plates in a week in Denia, causing concern amongst residents and tourists. The thief, 56, targetted plates from
Police investigate after bloodied body is found on beach near popular natural park in Spain’s Almeria
A YOUNG man has been found dead on a beach in Almeria province, sparking a police investigation into the circumstances surrounding his death. The body
Tommy Robinson avoids charge over alleged St Pancras assault – hours before far-right activist fled to Spain
TOMMY Robinson will not face charges over assault allegations that led the British far-right extremist to flee the UK for the Spanish island of Tenerife,
Man remanded in custody for allegedly setting six forest fires in Spain’s Malaga province
A SUSPECTED serial arsonist has been remanded in custody after allegedly setting six forest fires across Malaga this summer. The man was caught in the