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WATCH: Police in Spain ‘fire rubber bullets’ at Scottish football fans after Benidorm bar ‘torched’ and man arrested for crystal meth

It also emerged on Wednesday that there would not be a fan zone for the roughly 10,000 football fans journeying from Scotland to Spain

21 Feb, 2019 @ 17:08

Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

Heavily pregnant woman in Spain arrested for hiding 43 wraps of hash inside her

The woman told police she was 7 months pregnant and was carrying the hash inside her body

21 Feb, 2019 @ 15:12

Crime & Law·Lead

Spain reaches new migrant rescue deal with Morocco

New plan agreed as the Government of Pedro Sanchez looks to halve the number of illegal migrants, after 2018 saw a record 62,000 arrivals

21 Feb, 2019 @ 13:49

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Politics

Vandalised Malaga cultural centre has CCTV installed in police crackdown on graffiti

Police training was put to use as officers in Rincon caught three graffiti artists red-handed

21 Feb, 2019 @ 11:41

Crime & Law·La Cultura·Lead·Malaga

LAST MAN: Premier League star confronts burglars at Marbella mansion while wife and three kids sleep

The gang fled with some cash and jewellery from the former Argentinian international’s multi-million euro mansion

20 Feb, 2019 @ 17:01

Celebrity·Crime & Law·Lead·Sport

Five Guardia Civil officers jailed in Spain for tobacco smuggling through Gibraltar

The arrest of these Guardia Civil agents marks the second from the Spanish institution in less than a month

19 Feb, 2019 @ 13:44

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

WANTED BRIT: Liverpudlian gangster who ‘dealt AK-47s and cocaine’ spotted roaming southern Spain in luxury Audi

The UK based Cullen gang was heavily armed, with access to a fully working AK47 assault rifle, a pump action shotgun and handguns

19 Feb, 2019 @ 12:22

Crime & Law·Lead

Costa del Sol police arrest young mum for trying to throw daughter, three, out of 10th floor apartment window

Police said the house was littered with feces and rubbish, and they found a dog locked in a cage with its own feces

18 Feb, 2019 @ 17:17

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

WATCH: Dramatic six-car pile-up blocks Marbella tunnel as Guardia Civil on scene

Images show traffic driving slowly on the road through the tunnel, while police and ambulance crews attend the scene

15 Feb, 2019 @ 18:58

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

‘ABSOLUTE CHAOS’: Ryanair flight from Glasgow to Malaga diverted after violent ‘hen party brawl’

Things allegedly got so violent cabin crew had to ask passengers for help

15 Feb, 2019 @ 13:37

Crime & Law·Lead·Travel News

Spain tourism chiefs call for alcohol ban in airports and say British police ‘have power’ to stop boozing on flights

There is one incident for every 1,424 flights, according to IATA data, while 50 flights per day have to deal with drunken passengers

14 Feb, 2019 @ 14:12

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca·Travel News

British drug dealer cuffed ‘outside military establishment’ in Gibraltar carrying large amounts of cocaine

He has been arrested for possession and possession with intent to supply

13 Feb, 2019 @ 15:37

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

IN PICS: Torching of Marbella beach club – favourite of Pamela Anderson and Eva Longoria – ‘most likely settling of accounts’, police reveal

Investigators have found evidence that the flames began in at least eight different areas

13 Feb, 2019 @ 13:20

Crime & Law·Lead

Endangered rhino, lion, hippo and tigers part of more than 200 species found at illegal taxidermist in Spain

Six people have been arrested on suspicion of possessing and trafficking of protected species

13 Feb, 2019 @ 11:26

Crime & Law·Lead

29 arrested in Spain as 500 police continue HUGE drug bust in Cadiz and Costa del Sol with roadblocks, boats and helicopters

“All those who work or collaborate with drug traffickers will end up in jail"

12 Feb, 2019 @ 18:00

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Malaga·Sevilla

Bar owner in Spain who said ‘I don’t want black people here’ fined €1,500 after refusing to let black group in

On top of the fine, the bar owner will now also be banned from working in the leisure, teaching and sporting sectors for 30 months

12 Feb, 2019 @ 15:13

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Manhole cover thefts on Costa del Sol spiralling out of control as replacement costs total €80,000

Police are even now monitoring vehicles with specialised hooks that can lift up the heavy iron covers

12 Feb, 2019 @ 14:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

500 police begin HUGE drug bust on Spain’s Costa del Sol and Cadiz with boats and helicopters

A police boat and at least two helicopters are also patrolling the skies and seas in the area

12 Feb, 2019 @ 12:34

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead·Malaga

Tourists in Spain could face PRISON for writing name in sand on protected beaches

Perpetrators could be fined up to €600 or face prison, while visitors to the island will now have to get written permission before visiting the

11 Feb, 2019 @ 19:05

Crime & Law·Lead·Travel News

British model among arrests in Spain over brutal ‘love triangle’ murder of drug dealer Carl Carr buried by Costa Blanca motorway

POLICE have now detained a British model and issued a European Arrest Warrant for an Irishman over the brutal killing of a drug dealer in

11 Feb, 2019 @ 15:35

Crime & Law·Lead

NARCO WARS: Thousands arrested and hundreds of tonnes of drugs seized in Andalucia last year as battle between mafias and police rages on

The results came in what was one of the bloodiest years on the Costa del Sol in terms of mafia activity

11 Feb, 2019 @ 13:00

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Granada·Lead·Malaga

British pensioner found dead in Spain’s Andalucia after family kept mummified body secret in house for 1 year

A BRITISH grandmother has been found dead in Andalucia after her family kept her mummified body in the house for a year. The unidentified 79-year-old’s

10 Feb, 2019 @ 12:15

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

VARICOSE VANDAL: Spaniard, 79, arrested for 12th time after damaging 1,000 cars and ‘causing €500,000 in damage’

AN elderly Spanish ‘vandal’ has been arrested for the 12th time in a year for ‘scratching’ 1,000 cars. José Antonio Vázquez Vázquez, 79, is accused

9 Feb, 2019 @ 11:52

Crime & Law·Lead

Man in Spain arrested as police find his girlfriend chopped up in freezer

If this case is confirmed as gender violence, it would mark the 8th killing of a woman by a partner or ex-partner in 2019

8 Feb, 2019 @ 11:39

Crime & Law·Lead

‘WE MISS YOU’: Family of Amy Fitzpatrick who vanished in Spain mark birthday with heartbreaking picture of her as child

Accompanying the picture was a message: “27 today…… We miss you with all our hearts”

7 Feb, 2019 @ 16:56

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

THANKS ELTON: Tributes for Spanish police dog who retires after decade solving murders and disappearances

When the Spanish police took him on over 10 years ago, he was the only dog of his kind in the force

7 Feb, 2019 @ 12:25

Crime & Law·Lead·National News·Other News

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WATCH: Police in Spain ‘fire rubber bullets’ at Scottish football fans after Benidorm bar ‘torched’ and man arrested for crystal meth

Heavily pregnant woman in Spain arrested for hiding 43 wraps of hash inside her

Spain reaches new migrant rescue deal with Morocco

Vandalised Malaga cultural centre has CCTV installed in police crackdown on graffiti

LAST MAN: Premier League star confronts burglars at Marbella mansion while wife and three kids sleep

Five Guardia Civil officers jailed in Spain for tobacco smuggling through Gibraltar

WANTED BRIT: Liverpudlian gangster who ‘dealt AK-47s and cocaine’ spotted roaming southern Spain in luxury Audi

Costa del Sol police arrest young mum for trying to throw daughter, three, out of 10th floor apartment window

WATCH: Dramatic six-car pile-up blocks Marbella tunnel as Guardia Civil on scene

‘ABSOLUTE CHAOS’: Ryanair flight from Glasgow to Malaga diverted after violent ‘hen party brawl’

Spain tourism chiefs call for alcohol ban in airports and say British police ‘have power’ to stop boozing on flights

British drug dealer cuffed ‘outside military establishment’ in Gibraltar carrying large amounts of cocaine

IN PICS: Torching of Marbella beach club – favourite of Pamela Anderson and Eva Longoria – ‘most likely settling of accounts’, police reveal

Endangered rhino, lion, hippo and tigers part of more than 200 species found at illegal taxidermist in Spain

29 arrested in Spain as 500 police continue HUGE drug bust in Cadiz and Costa del Sol with roadblocks, boats and helicopters

Bar owner in Spain who said ‘I don’t want black people here’ fined €1,500 after refusing to let black group in

Manhole cover thefts on Costa del Sol spiralling out of control as replacement costs total €80,000

500 police begin HUGE drug bust on Spain’s Costa del Sol and Cadiz with boats and helicopters

Tourists in Spain could face PRISON for writing name in sand on protected beaches

British model among arrests in Spain over brutal ‘love triangle’ murder of drug dealer Carl Carr buried by Costa Blanca motorway

NARCO WARS: Thousands arrested and hundreds of tonnes of drugs seized in Andalucia last year as battle between mafias and police rages on

British pensioner found dead in Spain’s Andalucia after family kept mummified body secret in house for 1 year

VARICOSE VANDAL: Spaniard, 79, arrested for 12th time after damaging 1,000 cars and ‘causing €500,000 in damage’

Man in Spain arrested as police find his girlfriend chopped up in freezer

‘WE MISS YOU’: Family of Amy Fitzpatrick who vanished in Spain mark birthday with heartbreaking picture of her as child

THANKS ELTON: Tributes for Spanish police dog who retires after decade solving murders and disappearances

The Spanish Indiana Jones: How a ten-year-old boy from Granada became a hero in Italy after unearthing rare Roman coin

Storm Oriana ‘red alert’ weather warning issued for winds of up to 140km/hour in Spain’s Valencia

Rain for Cadiz Carnaval: Weather alerts to dampen festivities across much of Andalucia this weekend

Spain is selling six houses a minute – one in three in cash – despite prices soaring by double digits

WATCH: Historic moment century-old Montejaque dam sends hundreds of millions of litres of water gushing into Guadiaro valley