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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

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

Police in Spain help man with AMPUTATED PENIS in bizarre self-harm case

The man has been rushed to the Hospital Miguel Servet but it is not known if doctors managed to reattach it

12 Mar, 2019 @ 13:15

Crime & Law·Health·Lead

PICTURED: Scot killed on Costa Blanca stag do named, as police hunt two British tourists

It is believed the 33-year-old, described by a mate as ‘a laugh a minute,’ travelled to Spain as part of a stag party

11 Mar, 2019 @ 15:00

Crime & Law·Lead

‘HELP, THEY ARE AFTER ME!’: Terrifying last words of aspiring Spanish chef stabbed to death in London in attack by ‘jealous’ pal

The tragic slaying comes as the UK’s capital continues to be gripped by surging knife crime

11 Mar, 2019 @ 13:51

Crime & Law·Lead

British tourists face €3,000 fines for drinking in streets of Marbella and Mallorca this summer while happy hours BANNED

BRITS caught drinking on Marbella’s paseo maritimo or around Mallorca this summer could be fined €3,000 thanks to a new crackdown on boozy tourists. According

11 Mar, 2019 @ 13:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

REVEALED: Police found ‘trails of blood through the house’ after Spanish wife found dead at hands of alleged British killer

POLICE have revealed they found ‘trails of blood everywhere’ after they broke down the door of a house in Estepona before finding a woman dead

11 Mar, 2019 @ 12:14

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Six arrests in Spain as Guardia Civil seize 15,000 packs of cigarettes from Gibraltar that were sold in sweet shops

It is thought that the smuggling gang made orders of between 3,500 and 5,000 packs of cigarettes a week

11 Mar, 2019 @ 11:49

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

‘HE HELD MY GRANDDAUGHTER IN HIS ARMS’: British expat had drinks with neighbours hours before allegedly stabbing Spanish wife to death on Costa del Sol

NEIGHBOURS have revealed that a British expat who allegedly murdered his wife in Estepona last night came round for a beer before going home to

10 Mar, 2019 @ 23:18

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

British man stabs Spanish wife to death on Spain’s Costa del Sol, before slitting wrists and trying to kill himself

Estepona City Council has now ordered three days of mourning for the murdered woman, with a minute’s silence to be held at 6:00pm.

10 Mar, 2019 @ 13:18

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Guardia Civil in Mallorca swoop on drug gang and seize TWO KILOS of Marijuana

Guardia Civil arrested 10 people and seized two kilos of marijuana, as well as a cache of stolen goods

6 Mar, 2019 @ 16:50

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Local Vox leader in Spain arrested for alleged sexual abuse of disabled children and paying them for sex acts

Police are now investigating to see if there are more victims and to see if there is more evidence on computers and tablets

6 Mar, 2019 @ 12:13

Crime & Law·Lead

Spain suspects ‘political espionage’ in raid on North Korean embassy in Madrid

POLICE in Spain suspect ‘political espionage’ was behind attack on the North Korean embassy in Madrid. The South Korean consulate has been approached as part

6 Mar, 2019 @ 12:12

Crime & Law·Lead·Politics

Police believe slain millionaire Marco laundered Kinahan cartel money, as latest Marbella shooting sparks manhunt

49-year-old millionaire Marco Yaqout was shot more than 20 times last January while parking outside his two-storey villa in San Pedro de Alcantara

4 Mar, 2019 @ 15:56

Crime & Law·Lead

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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

SACRE BLOW! French smuggling gang which moved cocaine and hashish between Morocco, Malaga and Europe busted in joint operation

WATCH: Manhunt launched after pharmacy robbed at GUNPOINT on Spain’s Costa del Sol

Dead body found dumped with ‘several gunshot wounds’ on Spain’s Costa del Sol

British expats facing 12 years in prison and €84,000 in compensation costs as trial over missing Agnese Klavina begins in Malaga TODAY

WATCH: ‘Woman not wearing shoes’ sparks bloody brawl on Ryanair flight from UK to Spain

British expat in Spain who ‘asked friend’ to cut off his penis seemed ‘normal’ hours before but ‘struggled with gender’

HOUSE OF HORRORS: Expat squatter couple caged and interrogated after dead baby and child, 3, found buried near luxury urbanisations in Spain

Spanish police officer who murdered Moroccan father-of-two in racist attack has sentence REDUCED for ‘transient mental disorder’

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

WACKY RACES: Lorry driver SIX times over alcohol limit ends up in ditch with 18 tonnes of mandarins

Gibraltar number plates could be targets for vandals in Spain, warns Briton whose tyres were slashed in Marbella

Neighbours of British expat accused of murdering wife in Spain say he bugged phones and was obsessed with security

Malaga judge rejects report from uncle’s lawyers claiming little Julen who died in well was killed by rescue worker’s pickaxe

Police in Spain help man with AMPUTATED PENIS in bizarre self-harm case

PICTURED: Scot killed on Costa Blanca stag do named, as police hunt two British tourists

‘HELP, THEY ARE AFTER ME!’: Terrifying last words of aspiring Spanish chef stabbed to death in London in attack by ‘jealous’ pal

British tourists face €3,000 fines for drinking in streets of Marbella and Mallorca this summer while happy hours BANNED

REVEALED: Police found ‘trails of blood through the house’ after Spanish wife found dead at hands of alleged British killer

Six arrests in Spain as Guardia Civil seize 15,000 packs of cigarettes from Gibraltar that were sold in sweet shops

‘HE HELD MY GRANDDAUGHTER IN HIS ARMS’: British expat had drinks with neighbours hours before allegedly stabbing Spanish wife to death on Costa del Sol

British man stabs Spanish wife to death on Spain’s Costa del Sol, before slitting wrists and trying to kill himself

WATCH: Guardia Civil in Mallorca swoop on drug gang and seize TWO KILOS of Marijuana

Local Vox leader in Spain arrested for alleged sexual abuse of disabled children and paying them for sex acts

Spain suspects ‘political espionage’ in raid on North Korean embassy in Madrid

Police believe slain millionaire Marco laundered Kinahan cartel money, as latest Marbella shooting sparks manhunt

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