Thursday, March 28, 2024

Crime & Law

Infamous British conman Mark Acklom freed from prison in Spain’s Murcia

A NOTORIOUS British fraudster who tricked a former girlfriend out of her £800,000 life savings has been freed from Murcia Penitentiary near Cartagena. Mark Acklom...

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

ON TRIAL: Nigerian sex slave traffickers operating in Spain’s Gandia face 30 years in prison

A fourth suspect is said to be at large in London and failed to answer the court summons

FIREBUG: Man arrested accused of causing 19 forest fires in Spain’s Caceres

A MAN has been arrested  accused of setting 19 forest fires in Spain’s Caceres over a period of two years. One of the blazes burned...

Man allegedly kills his mother’s dog by hurtling it from eleventh floor in Spain’s Malaga

A MAN is under police investigation for allegedly killing his mother's dog by throwing it from the eleventh floor of a building in Malaga's...

BREAKING: Two armed men enter Barcelona restaurant after ‘fatalities’ and dozens injured in ‘likely terrorist attack, say police

TWO armed men have stormed a restaurant in Barcelona after a van ploughed through crowds in the popular Las Ramblas area caused 'fatalities', according...

Man shot dead with hands tied behind back dug up in Benahavis

The decomposing body had been buried close to the surface in a Benahavis garden

There was a time when wearing a face mask got you 100 lashes during carnival celebrations in Spain 

WEARING masks has been part of carnival celebrations for centuries. Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, mask-wearing is inevitably widespread in Carnaval celebrations this week...

‘MAIL ORDER DRUGS’ as Costa Blanca gang send out marijuana parcels from Alicante-Elche airport in Spain

FOUR men have been arrested over a major marijuana growing and shipping operation that dispatched customer orders from Alicante-Elche airport. The criminal enterprise was co-ordinated...

New Sevilla anti-corruption judge Maria Bolanos questioned about connections

Mercedes Alaya's replacement Maria Nuñez Bolaños is already in hot water

Elderly man bound and beaten by burglars in Spain’s Mallorca with suspects taking €10,000 in cash

The suspects bound the pensioner's hands with rope and struck him multiple times, repeatedly asking him where he kept his valuables

The six sex crimes Madeleine suspect Christian Brueckner is facing in Portugal, Belgium and Germany

EXCLUSIVE: German is being probed over abuse of a 10-year-old just 4 weeks before Maddie went missing - and 12kms away!

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Drunk Irish mother arrested for abandoning young child in Spain’s Mallorca

A 45-YEAR-OLD Irish tourist has been arrested for going on all-day drinking sprees at her Manacor hotel and leaving other guests to look after...

Madrid cops arrest ‘highly radicalised’ Moroccan with suicide bomb manual days before Gay Pride event

The man had an extremely dangerous profile, similar to that of those who carried out recent attacks in Britain and France

€300 for a jetski ride from Africa to Spain – how illegal immigrants built a €50 million industry in...

ILLEGAL immigrants crossing the Straits of Gibraltar can buy a ticket on a jetski for as little as €300 a pop, new figures have...

Men brandishing weapons threaten to kill doctors at Valencia’s La Fe Hospital in Spain

TWO brothers walked into Valencia's La Fe Hospital on Wednesday and shouted that they were 'going to kill the doctors'. One of the Spaniards brandished...

Police catch multi-tasking robber specialising in catalytic converter thefts on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A THIEF from Oliva in Valencia province who turned his hand to a variety of robberies has been arrested by the Guardia Civil. He was...

Woman in Madrid arrested after leaving four-year-old daughter alone at night to go to work

A WOMAN has been arrested by police in Madrid after leaving her four-year-old daughter home alone at night so that she could go to...

Brawl erupts between drunk British tourists in Spain’s Magaluf days after infamous party strips shut down

Footage shows dozens of men causing havoc after they were allegedly refused entry into a bar

Basque terrorist group Eta plan to disarm

Terrorist group Eta is responsible for 800 deaths over four decades, and the disarmament could potentially end the violence

Child sex abuse video swappers in Spain are arrested after tip-off from US Embassy in Madrid

12 people have been arrested by the Policia Nacional across Spain for possessing and distributing obscene child sex abuse materials via the internet. One of...

Teenage dognappers demand €150 ransom from pet owner in Spain’s Valencia area

THREE teenagers tried to extort €150 from a Paterna dog owner after breaking into her house and stealing her pet. Two 16-year-olds and a 17-year-old...

Expat arrested on suspicion of murder after pushing stepfather through French window on Spain’s Costa Blanca

A 40-year-old expat has been arrested on suspicion of murder after allegedly pushing his stepfather through a French window on Spain's Costa Blanca. The man,...

Teenage ‘thief’, 19, is arrested after alleged victim spots him wearing his stolen t-shirt

A THIEF stole a football shirt from a Benitachell home in Alicante province only for the owner to spot him wearing it in a...

Man found murdered at home in Valencia’s Gandia

A 67-YEAR-OLD man has been found dead and tied up in his home in Gandia (La Safor, Valencia). The body of Carlos Almiñana was discovered...

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