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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

Costa del Sol man held over attempted murder of teen who he rammed with car after Christmas club row

A TEENAGER on Spain’s Costa del Sol has been left in a critical condition after he was deliberately hit by a car on Christmas Eve.

27 Dec, 2018 @ 12:53

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

TRAGIC: Louisa and Maren were both students who loved travelling

PURE EVIL: Backpackers beheaded and stabbed to death in Morocco before video shared online in ISIS inspired attack

The attack has shocked the north African country, a popular holiday destination for expats and locals in southern Spain and one of the more liberal

21 Dec, 2018 @ 11:30

Crime & Law·Lead

One tonne of cocaine found hidden in avocados on Spain’s Costa del Sol

The haul, with a street value of around €160 million, was found in a warehouse in Velez-Malaga earlier this month

20 Dec, 2018 @ 15:50

Crime & Law·Lead

REVEALED: How foreigners are responsible for 95% of mafia murders and which day you’re most likely to be murdered in Spain

If you have killed someone, you’re more likely to be male, with men carrying out 89% of all murders

19 Dec, 2018 @ 19:00

Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Protest planned after dog shot and killed on the street by police in Spain (WARNING: Distressing images)

Sota was shot by cops in Barcelona yesterday while its owner was being arrested

19 Dec, 2018 @ 18:19

Crime & Law·Lead

EXCLUSIVE: Criminal gang ‘cloning expats’ car keys’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol with gadgets bought from China

One British expat had €2,500 worth of speakers and equipment stolen from his van, despite NO signs of a break in

19 Dec, 2018 @ 14:57

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

British expat pensioners from southern Spain caged AGAIN after allegedly trying to smuggle €2 million cocaine haul on cruise ship

The pair were arrested in Norway 10 years ago when they were found to be hiding drugs again

17 Dec, 2018 @ 19:31

Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: ‘Narco terrorists’ BOMB Marbella carwash and are then arrested in Sweden

POLICE have arrested three Swedish men who set off two bombs in Marbella and Benahavis. Spain’s Guardia Civil and Policia Nacional worked with the Swedish

14 Dec, 2018 @ 14:17

Crime & Law·Lead

Body found in hunt for missing British tourist Nixon Smith who was mugged in Spain before missing flight home

A BODY has been found in the search for missing British tourist Nixon Smith who was mugged just two days before catching his flight home.

13 Dec, 2018 @ 11:34

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga·National News

REVEALED: What’s really behind the surge in ‘narco terrorism’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol as record €100 million cash and 40 tonnes of drugs seized

Udyco has cost the illegal drug trafficking economy €100 million in 2018

12 Dec, 2018 @ 15:36

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Police free pregnant teen sold by parents for €8,000 to Romanian family in Spain’s Andalucia

POLICE have freed a pregnant teen who was sold by her parents to a Romanian family in Andalucia. The 16-year-old’s mum and dad flogged her

11 Dec, 2018 @ 17:50

Crime & Law·Huelva·Lead

Commissioner Espino with Pres of Balearic Gov Armengol

Gender violence a top priority for New Police Commissioner of the Balearics

THE NEW Police Commissioner of the Balearic Islands took office this week with a pledge to crack down on domestic abuse and gender violence. The

11 Dec, 2018 @ 17:03

Crime & Law·Health·Mallorca

Kinahan mafia member who plunged to death from Marbella hotel balcony ‘took his own life’, police say

POLICE believe the Irish mafia member who plunged to his death in Marbella took his own life. Michael Cumberton, 30, a prominent member of the

11 Dec, 2018 @ 16:40

Crime & Law·Lead

DRUG BUST: Civil servant who led multi-million euro drug empire between Spain’s Costa del Sol and Morocco one of 57 arrested

The town hall worker imported 62 tonnes of hash a year to the Costa del Sol

10 Dec, 2018 @ 11:53

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Leading Irish Kinahan mafia member falls to death from Marbella hotel in ‘accident’

AN Irish mafia member has been found dead in Marbella after falling from a hotel balcony. Michael Cumberton, a prominent member of the Kinahan cartel,

9 Dec, 2018 @ 16:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga