Crime & Law News - The Olive Press Spanish Newspaper

Drug mule, 76, is among three passengers arrested for ‘trying to smuggle 200kg of cocaine into Madrid airport’

AN ELDERLY drug mule, 76, was among three people arrested at Madrid airport on Sunday for trying to 200 kilos of cocaine into Spain. The

3 Oct, 2024 @ 11:12

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Fake El Greco painting is seized in Spain just before selling for €1.3m: Owner claimed he bought ‘genuine’ piece for €200 at a flea market

THE Policia Nacional’s Historical Heritage division has acquired a fake painting being marketed as an El Greco masterpiece with a sale price of €1.3 million.

2 Oct, 2024 @ 21:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

‘We all suspected there were drugs in the containers’: Dark turn in mystery of the German couple who vanished in Barcelona’s most dangerous neighbourhood

A GERMAN couple who disappeared in a crime-ridden neighbourhood of Barcelona may have been fleeing from debts they had built up with international cocaine traffickers.

2 Oct, 2024 @ 20:00

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Who’s a clever boy! Expert police dog Scottex wins medal of honour after working some of Spain’s biggest cases – this is his specialty

A DOG that can sniff a human body from over 100 metres away has been awarded a medal of honour by the Policia Nacional after

2 Oct, 2024 @ 19:00

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Russian-Ukrainian gangsters who installed solar panels for their Alicante marijuana farm are arrested after neighbours reported ‘a strong smell’

A GANG operating a marijuana farm took complex measures to avoid being discovered in San Vicente del Raspeig, but could’nt stop neighbours smelling the drug’s

2 Oct, 2024 @ 15:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Manchester City star is arrested in Spain for ‘stealing a fan’s phone’ in a nightclub toilet after they ‘took a picture of him without consent’

MANCHESTER City’s Matheus Nunes was arrested last month after allegedly stealing a mobile phone while at a Madrid nightclub. The Portuguese midfielder was held at

2 Oct, 2024 @ 12:25

Crime & Law·Lead

Relief for Estepona family as Kinahan-linked British boxer, 24, is convicted of murder for stabbing son, 19, to death during cocaine-fuelled road rage attack in Spain

A YOUNG British boxer who stabbed a Spanish teenager to death and fled Spain four years ago has been found guilty of murder. Lewis Briggs,

1 Oct, 2024 @ 19:30

Crime & Law·Estepona·Lead

'Carer' uses elderly woman's cash card to empty out her bank account in Spain

Carer in Alicante who stole €31,000 from a patient in her 80s is jailed

AN ALICANTE carer has been given a 21-month-jail sentence for stealing €31,000 from her elderly client. The convicted woman took her employer’s bank card to

1 Oct, 2024 @ 17:00

Alicante·Crime & Law

Brit wanted in Spain: UK police offer €24,000 reward for arrest of Thomas Dures as they appeal directly to expat community

Have you seen Thomas Dures in Spain? Contact tips@theolivepress.es BRITISH police are offering a £20,000 (€24,000) reward for information that leads to the arrest of

1 Oct, 2024 @ 15:24

Crime & Law·Lead·National News

Man who ‘poisoned his friend’s shot with a corrosive substance’ is arrested in Valencia

A SPANIARD has been arrested for allegedly giving his friend a poisoned liquor shot which hospitalised him for several days. The Guardia Civil in Valencia

1 Oct, 2024 @ 12:45

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia

Spain's 'number one safe cracker' and 'posh boy' has 'fled to Italy' amid police manhunt

Manhunt is launched for ‘posh boy’ son of Italian MP who became Spain’s number one safe cracker

BY all appearances, Alex Di Francesco (pictured above) had a childhood that many could only dream of. As the son of an Italian politician and

1 Oct, 2024 @ 07:00

Andalucia·Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

‘Wolf pack’ in Spain accused of raping three women, including a disabled friend, face 200-year prison sentence – as twisted details emerge

MEMBERS of a so-called ‘wolf pack’ (La Manada) accused of raping three women in Spain are facing a combined prison term of just under 200

30 Sep, 2024 @ 15:58

Catalunya·Crime & Law·Lead

Estate agent who shot British expat, 80, to death inside her Alicante villa is jailed

A WOMAN, 48, has been jailed for 15 years after an 80-year-old British widow was shot dead at the front door of her Elche area

30 Sep, 2024 @ 15:50

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

Daylight shooting in centre of tourist-packed Malaga leaves six people injured: Police make four arrests

SPANISH police have made four arrests following a dramatic shooting in Malaga at the weekend. At least six people were injured following a suspected shoot-out

30 Sep, 2024 @ 14:30

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Assassins waited until 'Brit finished playing football' before gunning him down and then torching the getaway car on Spain's Costa del Sol

Irish gangland figure linked to the notorious clan ‘The Family’ is arrested in Spain after major drugs bust

AN IRISH gang member with links to the Dublin-based ‘The Family’ crime organisation has been arrested during an Alicante Province drugs raid. Details about the

30 Sep, 2024 @ 13:26

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

British tourist is found dead during round of golf in Spain’s Mallorca: Police launch investigation

A BRITISH tourist has been found dead during a round of golf in Mallorca. The unnamed man was enjoying the sport with friends at the

28 Sep, 2024 @ 11:20

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Three Valencia supporters who shouted racist abuse at Real Madrid's Vinicius apologise before a court in Spain

Football fan in Spain’s Mallorca who racially abused Real Madrid’s Vinicius Jr escapes jail with suspended sentence

A REAL Mallorca fan who racially abused the Real Madrid star Vinicus Jr has been handed a 12-month suspended prison sentence. The unnamed man, who

28 Sep, 2024 @ 09:00

Balearic Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Mallorca·Sport

Porsche and Audis are among 22 stolen cars seized in Spain’s Cadiz: Luxury vehicles were being sent to Morocco

A SERIES of luxury cars stolen from countries across Europe were seized by police just moments before they were due to be shipped to Morocco.

28 Sep, 2024 @ 08:00

Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Madeleine McCann suspect Christian Brueckner is in ‘top 1% of dangerous criminals’ with penchant for ‘sadism and paedophilia’, psychiatrist tells court

MADELEINE McCann suspect Christian Brueckner is in the ‘top league’ of dangerous criminals, an expert psychiatrist told a court today. Dr Christian Riedemann gave his

27 Sep, 2024 @ 15:02

Crime & Law·Lead

British couple found guilty of ‘outraging public decency’ after performing sex act in front of passengers on EasyJet flight from Spain’s Tenerife

A TRIP to the ‘mile-high club’ has turned into a trip to court for one British couple after they were caught red-handed performing a lewd

27 Sep, 2024 @ 13:27

Canary Islands·Crime & Law·Lead·Travel News

Woman in Spain's Andalucia conned out of €170,000 by man pretending to be Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt condemns fraudsters in Spain who posed as him to con two women out of €325,000

BRAD Pitt has criticised the five conmen who used his image to swindle hundreds of thousands of euros out of two unsuspecting female victims. Earlier

27 Sep, 2024 @ 11:44

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead

Brit and Dutchman beat taxi driver to a pulp in Spain’s Ibiza ‘when he refused to help them deliver drugs’: Drivers too scared to work at night after attacks from tourists

A BRIT and a Dutchman have been arrested after allegedly beating up a taxi driver because he refused to help them deliver drugs. The British

27 Sep, 2024 @ 09:05

Crime & Law·Ibiza·Lead

Truck sparks panic in Spain’s Valencia after ramming into cars at high speed while heading for the city centre

A TRUCK has sparked chaos in Valencia after driving at speed on the wrong side of the road and hitting multiple vehicles. Several calls were

26 Sep, 2024 @ 18:14

Crime & Law·Lead·Valencia·Valencian Community

Pictured: Tragic Brit, 28, who plunged to his death from Benidorm hotel balcony during night out with friends

A BRITISH amateur football coach who was holidaying with friends in Benidorm died after a drunken fall from his second-floor hotel balcony, an inquiry has

26 Sep, 2024 @ 13:10

Benidorm·Crime & Law·Lead