Gibraltar BANS BALLOONS in desperate bid to save wildlife The ban comes after authorities cancelled the territory’s annual National Day celebration in which 30,000 red and white helium balloons are released 27 Mar, 2019 @ 13:04 Crime & Law·Environment·Gibraltar·Lead
‘EVIL MONSTER’: British paedophile on run in southern Spain jailed for 23 years after hiding as English teacher with fake name Judge Rhys Rowlands told Hayes that he wouldn’t automatically get parole after serving half of his sentence, saying it is possible he could serve it 27 Mar, 2019 @ 12:30 Crime & Law·Granada·Lead
Secretive anti-North Korean group claims break-in at Spain embassy The declaration - entitled ‘Facts About Madrid’ - came just hours after Spain’s High Court named suspects in the investigation into the break-in 27 Mar, 2019 @ 09:24 Crime & Law·Lead·Politics
British men among seven arrested in Marbella for smuggling three tonnes of hash to Costa del Sol marinas Drugs were discovered in the hulls of pleasure yachts, which the gang would sail from Gibraltar and Morocco to Costa del Sol marinas 26 Mar, 2019 @ 14:26 Crime & Law·Lead
WATCH: Spain’s Guardia Civil drag ‘drunk’ woman and partner off Ryanair flight after they told passenger ‘let’s take it outside’ mid-flight Other passengers tried to calm down the woman, who kept screaming, ‘I don’t need an ambulance’ 26 Mar, 2019 @ 12:22 Crime & Law·Lead
Police in Spain catch drug ‘home delivery’ biker gang The well organised gang used Honda and Yamaha motorcycles to make deliveries 24 hours a day 22 Mar, 2019 @ 13:05 Crime & Law·Lead
M1 Legal is stacking up the victories against Spain’s Timeshare giants Cala Pi – Maintenance Fees Victory M1 Legal’s clients had two contracts, Cala Pi Maintenance S.L. and Noarre S.L. The case was initiated by their 22 Mar, 2019 @ 11:13 Crime & Law·Lead·Property
British woman in Spain arrested over murder of homeless Romanian man with no legs who was strangled and set on fire A two-month investigation led officers to the British woman and the court hearing will now take place in private 22 Mar, 2019 @ 10:40 Crime & Law·Lead
British couple arrested for ‘leading’ huge marijuana network on Costa Blanca, caught with €216,000 of drugs including cannabis ‘jelly beans’, ‘jam’ and ‘cream chocolate spread’ GUARDIA Civil have arrested 21 people for cultivating and distributing illegal narcotics under a network of cannabis associations on the Costa Blanca, including two British 20 Mar, 2019 @ 12:38 Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead
Westley Capper arrives at Malaga court on last day of Agnese Klavina trial after damning CCTV footage shown to court Klavina had been in Marbella for only six months and was working at two chiringuitos as a waitress 20 Mar, 2019 @ 11:20 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
Police arrest five ‘drug traffickers’ after young man kidnapped and murdered on Spain’s Costa del Sol Brian Martos Carmona's body was found an hour and a half later in Algeciras, a single shot had hit his arm before piercing both lungs 19 Mar, 2019 @ 13:05 Crime & Law·Lead
Dead body dumped on Spain’s Costa del Sol was of young foreigner, 23, and had at least 10 gunshot wounds His body was discovered by town hall employees at around 12.45pm at the back of a treatment plant 19 Mar, 2019 @ 10:59 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
Guardia Civil cop who killed three people after causing pile up on Costa del Sol while driving on cocaine ordered to pay €1.4 million in compensation The unnamed officer caused a pile up on the A-7 in Torremolinos in 2017, killing three and injuring nine 18 Mar, 2019 @ 16:52 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
SACRE BLOW! French smuggling gang which moved cocaine and hashish between Morocco, Malaga and Europe busted in joint operation Ten have been arrested after Guardia Civil and French Judicial Police seized 46 kilos of cocaine and 500 kilos of hashish 18 Mar, 2019 @ 16:12 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
WATCH: Manhunt launched after pharmacy robbed at GUNPOINT on Spain’s Costa del Sol The footage shows the man bursting into the pharmacy before aiming the gun at the worker behind the counter 18 Mar, 2019 @ 12:45 Crime & Law·Lead
Dead body found dumped with ‘several gunshot wounds’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol The body has been transferred to the Institute of Legal Medicine in Malaga with an autopsy to be carried out this week 18 Mar, 2019 @ 12:31 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
British expats facing 12 years in prison and €84,000 in compensation costs as trial over missing Agnese Klavina begins in Malaga TODAY Westley Capper and Craig Porter, who were the last to be seen with the Latvian woman on September 6, 2014, are each facing a 12-year 18 Mar, 2019 @ 11:22 Crime & Law·Lead
WATCH: ‘Woman not wearing shoes’ sparks bloody brawl on Ryanair flight from UK to Spain A picture showed blood on one of one of the plane’s overhead lockers before the flight set off back from Tenerife 18 Mar, 2019 @ 10:50 Crime & Law·Lead·Travel News
British expat in Spain who ‘asked friend’ to cut off his penis seemed ‘normal’ hours before but ‘struggled with gender’ The man was found staggering around Zaragoza dismembered and bloodied 16 Mar, 2019 @ 13:01 Crime & Law·Health·Lead
HOUSE OF HORRORS: Expat squatter couple caged and interrogated after dead baby and child, 3, found buried near luxury urbanisations in Spain The mother was found just after 11am today in an oil drum in the vicinity of the house 15 Mar, 2019 @ 14:23 Crime & Law·Lead
Spanish police officer who murdered Moroccan father-of-two in racist attack has sentence REDUCED for ‘transient mental disorder’ A GUARDIA Civil officer who brutally murdered a Moroccan man in a racist attack has had his sentence reduced on account of a ‘transient mental 15 Mar, 2019 @ 14:11 Crime & Law·Lead
Man’s attempt to win back ex-girlfriend by planting ‘love spell’ pineapple on train tracks ends in TERROR ALERT and one-year restraining order A MAN will go to many lengths to win back an ex-girlfriend, but few end in a pineapple, toxic peas and a terror alert. This 14 Mar, 2019 @ 17:58 Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead
WACKY RACES: Lorry driver SIX times over alcohol limit ends up in ditch with 18 tonnes of mandarins A LORRY driver six times over the alcohol limit was caught by police after he steered 18 tonnes of mandarins into a ditch. The 42-year-old 14 Mar, 2019 @ 16:58 Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead
Gibraltar number plates could be targets for vandals in Spain, warns Briton whose tyres were slashed in Marbella At least two other Gibraltarians claimed they had their tyres slashed across the border over the last week 14 Mar, 2019 @ 13:45 Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead
Neighbours of British expat accused of murdering wife in Spain say he bugged phones and was obsessed with security Elton is accused of killing Gloria, before slitting his wrists and trying to kill himself, while the pair’s 15-year-old son was locked in the garden 13 Mar, 2019 @ 20:53 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga
Malaga judge rejects report from uncle’s lawyers claiming little Julen who died in well was killed by rescue worker’s pickaxe The evidence is consistent with Julen’s father Jose’s version of events after he fell into the hole, which recount that his son was still alive 12 Mar, 2019 @ 13:39 Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga