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SCAM ALERT: Pensioners claim British conwoman tried to coax them from bus stop into ‘fake shuttle’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol

BRITISH pensioners have warned that an expat conwoman could be behind a Costa del Sol taxi scam. The pair, both 75, claim they were confronted

18 Jan, 2019 @ 16:22

Crime & Law·Lead

Caged ISIS terrorist was planning to bomb popular fair on Spain’s Costa del Sol

The 27-year-old had filmed a video at Manilva fair in August 2018 claiming it was his chosen location to carry out the attack

18 Jan, 2019 @ 14:48

Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: International fugitive who ‘shot man in belly with AK47’ arrested in family park on Costa del Sol

On Monday police in Benalmadena cuffed the international fugitive, 24, who is wanted by the Danish authorities

17 Jan, 2019 @ 17:22

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Spanish comedian who blew nose on national flag set to have court case dropped

THE Prosecutor’s Office has asked that the case against Dani Mateo, the comedian who blew his nose on the Spanish flag, be dropped. It made

16 Jan, 2019 @ 14:18

Celebrity·Crime & Law·Lead·National News

WATCH: Suspected ISIS terrorist led away by police as Costa del Sol Muslim leader condemns planned attack

“Islam is about peace and love, not terrorism"

15 Jan, 2019 @ 16:46

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: ISIS terrorist cuffed in popular British expat hotspot on Spain’s Costa del Sol was ‘ready to attack’ after taking deadly oath

It is the same oath carried out by the majority of the terrorists behind recent attacks across Europe

15 Jan, 2019 @ 13:15

Crime & Law·Lead

Police in Spain seize grenades, submachine guns and detonators from stolen UK-registered car

GRENADES, submachine guns and detonators have been seized by police in Spain from a stolen UK-registered car. The weapons were found in an abandoned Volkswagen

14 Jan, 2019 @ 15:43

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Wanted British expat launches metal bench at police officer while being arrested for drug trafficking in Marbella

The 44-year-old from Liverpool was arrested under a European Arrest Warrant

14 Jan, 2019 @ 12:11

Crime & Law·Lead

15 arrested as police in Spain SMASH Armenian-led tennis match-fixing ring involving 28 pro players

US Open participant among 83 investigated for tennis match-fixing in Spain

12 Jan, 2019 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

JAIME BOND: Two arrested on Spain’s Costa del Sol for 007-style PEN GUN and seven kilos of cocaine

Sean Connery’s Bond uses a similar 9mm rocket-firing pen gun in the film Never Say Never Again (1983)

9 Jan, 2019 @ 12:19

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Man shot outside nightclub on Spain’s Costa del Sol

The victim was shot in the leg before being taken to the Costa del Sol hospital

7 Jan, 2019 @ 12:33

Crime & Law·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Seriously ill Brit spent Christmas and New Year locked up with terrorists in southern Spain and has STILL not been charged with crime

Robert Mansfield-Hewitt has been locked up for seven months and still insists his innocence

5 Jan, 2019 @ 10:01

Crime & Law·Lead

British ‘gang boss’ arrested for murder in Spain is wanted for 29 crimes and could face 100 years in prison

POLICE in Tenerife have arrested a man wanted by Scottish authorities for 29 crimes, including murder. Authorities think the 35-year-old fugitive, thought to be from

4 Jan, 2019 @ 15:30

Crime & Law·Lead

DEAD BODY washes up on tourist beach on Spain’s Costa del Sol (WARNING: distressing image)

THE rotting corpse of an unidentified man has been found on the beach of Calahonda de Mijas this morning. At 8:15am the Guardia Civil got

4 Jan, 2019 @ 14:14

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

16 arrested in southern Spain for building ILLEGAL luxury drug compound with high walls and swimming pools

POLICE have arrested 16 people who illegally built 14 luxury villas with swimming pools in La Linea. Investigators believe the 11,000 square metre estate in

4 Jan, 2019 @ 11:48

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

CLOSE CURTAIN CALL: Costa del Sol pensioner cheats death as curtain stops bullet in ‘submachine gun’ shootout

A WOMAN in Malaga has cheated death after her curtain stopped a bullet in a New Year’s Day gun battle. Paquita, a 79-year-old widow, was

3 Jan, 2019 @ 14:53

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

63 YEARS: Paedophile in pope’s inner circle who lived in Spain protected by ‘mafia’ Vatican for seven decades

SINCE 1943 the Vatican hid documents on the paedophilia of a top Catholic priest, it has been revealed. Marcial Maciel, who founded the Legionaries of

3 Jan, 2019 @ 13:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Two members of Spain's notorious 'Wolf Pack' sex attackers have their sentences reduced

Judges in Spain let ‘Wolf Pack rapists’ roam free after delaying 9-year sentence for brutal sex attack

THE infamous gang behind the sex attack that rocked Spain has been spared prison. Three of Spain’s top judges made the ruling after the five

3 Jan, 2019 @ 11:34

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Sevilla

Driver in Spain’s Ibiza tests positive for ALL DRUGS in NYE breathalyser revelation

IBIZA police have arrested a driver who tested positive for all drugs when breathalysed on New Year’s Day. Roadside tests revealed the 31-year-old man had

2 Jan, 2019 @ 20:01

Crime & Law·Lead

British tourist in Spain killed in head-on car crash on ‘death alley’ road hours after flying to Alicante with family

A BRITISH woman has been killed in a car crash hours into her holiday, while her partner is in a coma and her daughter is seriously injured. Thought to be from Bedfordshire and in her 60s, the

2 Jan, 2019 @ 09:00

Crime & Law·Lead

British family of grandma in coma SLAM insurers forcing them to pay €5800 to fly her home after brain haemorrhage in Spain

THE British family of a grandma in a coma have slammed their insurers after being made to pay almost €6000 to fly her home. Patricia Reid,

31 Dec, 2018 @ 11:34

Crime & Law·Health·Lead·Malaga·Travel News

Swiss-Spanish man arrested on suspicion of beheading and stabbing to death backpacker pair in Morocco

MOROCCAN authorities have detained a Swiss-Spanish national in connection with the brutal killing of two Scandinavian backpackers. Maren Ueland, 28 from Norway and Louisa Vesterager Jespersen,

30 Dec, 2018 @ 21:01

Crime & Law·Lead

Man STABBED to death and thrown under moving car in Spain’s Malaga this morning

POLICE are investigating the death of a man in Malaga after he was stabbed several times. The victim, believed to be between 35 and 40

30 Dec, 2018 @ 11:39

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Hunter in Spain throws injured fox through air and repeatedly STAMPS on its head (WARNING: distressing images)

SHOCKING images have shown a Spanish hunter chase a fox and then smile to the camera after he stamps on its head. The hunter, in

30 Dec, 2018 @ 11:00

Crime & Law·Environment·Lead·Nature

300 mainly African migrants dock in Spain after a week at sea saw them refused entry by Italy and Malta

A BOAT carrying 300 migrants docked in Spain this morning after being refused entry twice into Europe. Operated by Spanish charity NGO Proactiva Open Arms,

28 Dec, 2018 @ 17:41

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

XMAS BUST: Police in two sleepy Andalucia towns arrest 4 as 1000 cannabis plants and six cars seized this week

POLICE in two Andalucia towns have made huge drug busts over Christmas, arresting four people this week. In Manilva and Alhaurín El Grande, Guardia Civil officers

27 Dec, 2018 @ 14:46

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

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