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Police outrage as Spain rules possessing or taking drugs in a parked vehicle ‘is not to be punished’

THE Spanish Secretary of State issued an instruction to the Policia Nacional and Guardia Civil, stating that the consumption of drugs in a parked vehicle

8 May, 2025 @ 11:24

Crime & Law·Lead

Couple accused of buying young boy as mother in Spain's Madrid says husband ordered sale to distant relatives

Madrid police chief steps back after car he was in hits 10-year-old girl during Spain’s blackout

The director of the Madrid police department has been suspended after the car he was travelling in hit a 10-year-old girl, when all traffic lights

8 May, 2025 @ 10:20

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid

Angry patient who attacked two ER doctors gets prison sentence in Spain

A VIOLENT patient who attacked two ER doctors at Cartagena’s Santa Lucia Hospital has been given as 14 month prison sentence following a ‘speedy trial’.

7 May, 2025 @ 17:07

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

Member of luggage robbing gang arrested in Mallorca

THE GUARDIA Civil has arrested a 35-year-old woman accused of stealing a suitcase in Palma airport. She had reportedly flown to the island from the

7 May, 2025 @ 16:30

Crime & Law·Mallorca

New Costa del Sol shooting: Two arrested in high speed car chase

THE wave of gun violence sweeping the Costa del Sol continues as two young men were arrested in Benalmadena after allegedly opening fire on a

7 May, 2025 @ 16:12

Costa del Sol·Crime & Law·Lead

Stall holder tries to sell stuffed head of protected lion that was ‘found in a bin’ in Mallorca market

POLICE were called to Consell’s Mercat dels Encants on Monday after a stuffed lion’s head was put up for sale. The seller did not have

7 May, 2025 @ 16:07

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

New law stops auto subscription renewals: Firms in Spain must give 15 days notice

SPAIN is set to introduce new legislation requiring companies to give consumers 15 days’ notice before automatically renewing their contracts. This reform, currently under parliamentary

7 May, 2025 @ 13:54

Crime & Law·Entertainment·Lead

'Police arrest woman on Madrid airport plane after stealing coat at security control

Brother finds 20-year-old brother fatally stabbed on doorstep in Mallorca’s Sant Llorenç

A 20-year-old man has died after being found with a fatal stab wound to the chest at the entrance of his family home in the

7 May, 2025 @ 12:50

Crime & Law·Lead·Mallorca

Trafficker offers cops €10k each after hotel cleaner finds his drugs in the Costa del Sol

A DRUG trafficker has been arrested on the Costa del Sol after offering police officers €10k each to keep quiet when a hotel cleaner found

7 May, 2025 @ 12:22

Crime & Law·Lead·Malaga

Narco-boats ferried drugs and illegal migrants between Costa Blanca and Algeria

A GANG that used ‘narco-boats’ to transport drugs from the Costa Blanca to Algeria and made the return journey with migrants has been busted by

6 May, 2025 @ 16:24

Costa Blanca·Crime & Law·Lead

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE ‘HOUSE OF HORRORS’ PARENTS IN SPAIN – FROM MUNCHHAUSEN TO FOLIE-À-DEUX

WE can’t avoid the question – what was going through their heads? WE can’t avoid the question – what was going through their heads? A

6 May, 2025 @ 14:10

Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Mayor and developers on trial for building illegal homes in Alicante area

A CORRUPTION trial involving politicians and real estate developers started in Alicante on Tuesday. 11 defendants are facing jail over licences granted to the building

6 May, 2025 @ 13:34

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Man dies on busy Marbella road after fleeing from police in tourist flat scuffle

A MAN believed to be around 25 years old died on Sunday after being struck by a car on a busy stretch of the A-7

6 May, 2025 @ 10:57

Crime & Law·Lead·Marbella

WATCH: Police hunt down last narco from speed boat that killed two cops in southern Spain

SPANISH police have arrested the last crew member present on the boat that killed two cops last year. The agents from the Cadiz Guardia Civil

5 May, 2025 @ 17:35

Andalucia·Cadiz·Crime & Law·Lead

Man tries to suffocate his partner and threatens her with gun in Spain's Valencia

Women in Spain are murdered by their partners ‘almost weekly’

A WOMAN was killed by her partner or ex partner every 7.6 days in Spain last year- equal to 48 femicides in 2024. While the

5 May, 2025 @ 16:07

Crime & Law·Lead

Whistle-blower reports ‘sweatshop’ after suffering work accident in Spain’s Alicante

AN ALICANTE area businessman who used cheap foreign labour was reported by an ex-employee who suffered a works accident. The 41-year-old man who runs a

5 May, 2025 @ 12:27

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Vengeful squatter sets fire to Alicante home- days before court eviction

AN ALICANTE squatter allegedly set fire to a fifth-floor flat, days before he was going to be evicted via a court order. The Policia Nacional

2 May, 2025 @ 18:00

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

WATCH: Three more terror arrests in Catalunya bring the total to 20 this year

THREE suspected jihadists accused of supporting terrorist groups like Daesh have been arrested in Barcelona province. A joint operation between the Policia Nacional and the

2 May, 2025 @ 17:00

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead

Inside Spain’s ‘house of horrors’ where three children were kept prisoner since 2021

RESIDENTS of the quiet Asturian hamlet of Toleo remain in disbelief following the discovery of three children who had allegedly been kept in near-total isolation

2 May, 2025 @ 14:58

Crime & Law·Lead·Northern Spain

Judge refuses to deport Audrey Fang murder suspect from Spain to Singapore

Audrey Fang murder suspect faces deportation from Spain to be tried in Singapore

A MAN accused of murdering fellow-Singapore national Audrey Fang in Spain faces deportation and the death penalty, if convicted in his home country. The Policia

2 May, 2025 @ 14:00

Crime & Law·Lead·Murcia

WATCH: Chinese tourist chokes out thief in Barcelona

THIS is the moment a Chinese tourist became an unlikely hero in Barcelona after subduing a would-be thief with a martial arts-style chokehold. The incident

2 May, 2025 @ 12:05

Barcelona·Crime & Law·Lead·Video

WATCH: Drugged Brit in 'Kamikaze' high-speed car chase in Spain

WATCH: Drugged Brit in ‘Kamikaze’ car chase in Spain

A DRUGGED-UP British motorist led police on a high-speed chase for approximately 10 kilometres in Alicante province on Tuesday. At least 12 vehicles were damaged

2 May, 2025 @ 11:08

Alicante·Crime & Law·Lead

Three children rescued from ‘house of horrors’ in Spain: Expat parents kept them ‘locked up and surrounded by piles of garbage’ since the pandemic

POLICE have rescued three young children from a ‘house of horrors’ in rural Oviedo, where they had allegedly been confined for four years by their

1 May, 2025 @ 17:14

Crime & Law·Lead·Northern Spain

Military Parade For Hispanic Holiday In Madrid, Spain 12 Oct 2020

Army officer from Spain’s famous La Legion unit in Ronda ‘groped female soldier at party’

A SPANISH Legion officer is at the centre of a sex scandal after being accused of sexually assaulting a young female soldier during a wild

1 May, 2025 @ 16:11

Andalucia·Crime & Law·Lead·Other News

Gibraltar Police open investigation into death of 79-year-old US tourist

THE Royal Gibraltar Police have confirmed that they are currently investigating the death of a 79-year-old US citizen. The American, whose identity has not been

1 May, 2025 @ 14:48

Crime & Law·Gibraltar·Lead

Husband charged with kidnapping and murdering Ana Knezevich after she disappeared from her Madrid apartment in February

Mystery deepens: ‘Suicide’ shock as David Knezevich, charged with killing missing wife Ana in Spain, found dead in Florida jail cell

THE Florida tech boss accused of kidnapping and killing his estranged wife in Spain has been found dead behind bars, in what authorities are calling

1 May, 2025 @ 14:29

Crime & Law·Lead·Madrid·Other News

Crime & Law- Page 48

Police outrage as Spain rules possessing or taking drugs in a parked vehicle ‘is not to be punished’

Madrid police chief steps back after car he was in hits 10-year-old girl during Spain’s blackout

Angry patient who attacked two ER doctors gets prison sentence in Spain

Member of luggage robbing gang arrested in Mallorca

New Costa del Sol shooting: Two arrested in high speed car chase

Stall holder tries to sell stuffed head of protected lion that was ‘found in a bin’ in Mallorca market

New law stops auto subscription renewals: Firms in Spain must give 15 days notice

Brother finds 20-year-old brother fatally stabbed on doorstep in Mallorca’s Sant Llorenç

Trafficker offers cops €10k each after hotel cleaner finds his drugs in the Costa del Sol

Narco-boats ferried drugs and illegal migrants between Costa Blanca and Algeria

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE ‘HOUSE OF HORRORS’ PARENTS IN SPAIN – FROM MUNCHHAUSEN TO FOLIE-À-DEUX

Mayor and developers on trial for building illegal homes in Alicante area

Man dies on busy Marbella road after fleeing from police in tourist flat scuffle

WATCH: Police hunt down last narco from speed boat that killed two cops in southern Spain

Women in Spain are murdered by their partners ‘almost weekly’

Whistle-blower reports ‘sweatshop’ after suffering work accident in Spain’s Alicante

Vengeful squatter sets fire to Alicante home- days before court eviction

WATCH: Three more terror arrests in Catalunya bring the total to 20 this year

Inside Spain’s ‘house of horrors’ where three children were kept prisoner since 2021

Audrey Fang murder suspect faces deportation from Spain to be tried in Singapore

WATCH: Chinese tourist chokes out thief in Barcelona

WATCH: Drugged Brit in ‘Kamikaze’ car chase in Spain

Three children rescued from ‘house of horrors’ in Spain: Expat parents kept them ‘locked up and surrounded by piles of garbage’ since the pandemic

Army officer from Spain’s famous La Legion unit in Ronda ‘groped female soldier at party’

Gibraltar Police open investigation into death of 79-year-old US tourist

Mystery deepens: ‘Suicide’ shock as David Knezevich, charged with killing missing wife Ana in Spain, found dead in Florida jail cell

Spain issues barbecue warning after family party is caught cooking with open flame during wildfire season in Catalan national park

Spanish house prices actually drop for the first time in nearly four years – but still up 12.5% on last year

Backlash grows in Catalunya after teenagers stab ‘much loved’ father-of-two to death

Five injured as fire rips through luxury hotel under construction in Sevilla

Water supply for western Costa del Sol under pressure again as key reservoir drops to 63%

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