COVID-19: Businessman arrested for ‘stealing two million face masks’ from warehouse of bankrupt firm in Spain The Spanish suspect flogged the masks in Portugal, as well as gloves and other personal protective equipment (PPE), police said 7 Apr, 2020 @ 17:46 Crime & Law·Lead
DO NOT enter your payment details if you receive these two WhatsApp messages, as scammers are trying to cheat people out of their money in Spain SCAMMERS have been out in full force during the state of emergency, looking to capitalise on the current state of events. 7 Apr, 2020 @ 17:09 Crime & Law·Lead
Brit arrested on Costa del Sol after fire leads police to discover electricity fraud and marijuana lab The investigators found that the home was illegally hooked onto the public power grid 7 Apr, 2020 @ 12:05 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
Man sets fire to car in Spain’s Mallorca after ex-wife ‘refuses to let him inside house’ during coronavirus lockdown Investigators say the man set his vehicle on fire after his ex-wife failed to let him inside of his his former home 6 Apr, 2020 @ 14:30 Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca
ETA member acquitted of double attack in Spain’s Valencia in 2003, where Brit expat was injured AN ETA member has been acquitted for his role in multiple attacks in the Valencian Community in 2003. 5 Apr, 2020 @ 15:43 Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead
Man sentenced to four months in prison in Spain’s Castilla y Leon for breaching lockdown four times after caught breaking and entering A MAN has been sentenced to four months in prison for skipping quarantine in Castilla y Leon. 3 Apr, 2020 @ 15:13 Crime & Law·Lead
WATCH: Armed police bust ‘dangerous’ drug trafficker who smuggled cocaine into Spain’s Mallorca from Barcelona The criminal gang allegedly smuggled large quantities of cocaine from Barcelona into Mallorca 2 Apr, 2020 @ 18:12 Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca
Child abuse cases in Spain are increasing during the coronavirus lockdown CHILD abuse cases in Spain have risen during the state of emergency. 2 Apr, 2020 @ 16:37 Crime & Law·Lead
Pensioner murders her husband and then takes her own life in Madrid after he allegedly abused her A 66-YEAR-OLD woman has stabbed her 68-year-old husband to death and then taken her own life at their home in Madrid. 2 Apr, 2020 @ 15:43 Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid
Man arrested for attacking police after knifepoint robbery in Andalucia He made off with €400 from the cash register after threatening the employee 1 Apr, 2020 @ 18:18 Crime & Law·Granada·Lead
Domestic abuse calls increase by nearly 20% in Spain during the period of lockdown compared to last year DOMESTIC abuse calls have increased dramatically during the lockdown, compared to the same period last year. 1 Apr, 2020 @ 15:08 Crime & Law·Lead
Drug clan mount blockade prohibiting ‘customers’ accessing shanty town in Spain’s Mallorca over coronavirus fears Son Banya residents set up a barricade to make clear that outsiders would not be welcome inside 1 Apr, 2020 @ 13:35 Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca
Two coronavirus patients escape hospitals in Madrid and are found in Malaga by the Spanish police A PAIR of patients who had tested positive for coronavirus and escaped from hospitals in Madrid have been found in the province of Malaga. 31 Mar, 2020 @ 18:38 Crime & Law·Health·Lead·Madrid·Malaga
Holidaying pensioners found dead in possible ‘coronavirus suicide pact’ in Spain’s Tenerife It was neighbours who phoned authorities to the property in Los Cristianos 31 Mar, 2020 @ 08:33 Crime & Law·Lead
Residents break coronavirus lockdown in Spain’s Mallorca to stop criminal making imminent car theft A group of residents ignored government orders to remain indoors in order to stop a car theft 30 Mar, 2020 @ 12:31 Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca
Drug dealer uses taxi to distribute narcotics around Spain’s Madrid amid coronavirus lockdown A MAN has been arrested today for posing as a taxi driver to deal drugs around Madrid. The suspect allegedly hid narcotics in chewing gum 29 Mar, 2020 @ 19:07 Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid
Lockdown rebel ignores COVID-19 checkpoint, crashes car into lamppost and attacks police officers in Spain’s Mallorca A dramatic police chase pursued after a man failed to stop at a checkpoint in Alcudia 29 Mar, 2020 @ 15:03 Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca
Police in Spain’s Catalunya seize 1,681 litres of a cleaning product falsely sold as hand gel, even though it’s not meant to come into contact with skin THE police have seized 1,681 litres of a cleaning product falsely sold as hand sanitiser in Catalunya. 28 Mar, 2020 @ 19:15 Barcelona·Crime & Law·Health·Lead
Man sentenced to four months in prison for repeatedly breaking lockdown restrictions in Spain’s Valencia A MAN in the region of Valencia has been sentenced to four months in prison for repeatedly breaking lockdown restrictions. 27 Mar, 2020 @ 20:15 Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead
Woman punctures partner’s tyres because he ‘kept going to play slot machines’ and risking coronavirus infection in Spain’s Alicante A WOMAN has punctured the tyres of her partner’s car because he kept ‘leaving to play slot machines’ and she feared he would catch coronavirus 27 Mar, 2020 @ 12:08 Costa Blanca·Crime & Law
WATCH: Five people denounced for flouting coronavirus lockdown with Semana Santa parade, music and traditional dress in Spain’s Andalucia Footage of the event, which flies in the face of Spain’s coronavirus lockdown, shows revellers dancing to breakbeat music 27 Mar, 2020 @ 11:53 Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla
Bishop in Spain’s Basque Country fined €600 for driving with someone in the passenger seat A BISHOP in the Basque Country has been fined for driving with someone in the passenger seat. 26 Mar, 2020 @ 19:59 Crime & Law·Lead
Madrid Police decline fining couple caught having car sex because ‘they couldn’t find intimacy’ at their busy home MADRID police agents have declined fining a couple caught having sex in a car because they ‘couldn’t find intimacy’ at home. Policia Local located the 26 Mar, 2020 @ 19:44 Crime & Law
Police in Spain’s Navarra made a denuncia against an 80-year-old woman for breaking lockdown, possession of drugs and flashing the officers AN 80-year-old woman in Navarra has been denounced by the police for breaking lockdown, possession of drugs and flashing the officers. 26 Mar, 2020 @ 14:10 Crime & Law·Lead
FINNISHED: Expat confesses to operating drug trafficking ring from Spain’s Marbella in shock u-turn for Finland’s biggest ever narcotics case A MARBELLA-based Finnish expat has confessed to a string of drug-related charges in his home country. Niko Ranta-aho took the surprising step to plead guilty 25 Mar, 2020 @ 18:27 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
Four arrested for kidnapping and holding man for four days in Sevilla Police found a man handcuffed and lying on the ground with a hood over his head 25 Mar, 2020 @ 17:38 Crime & Law·Lead·Sevilla